I looked at it and thought: What can this be? And I was given this general answer: It is everything which is made. […] It lasts and always will, because God loves it; and thus everything has being through the love of God.

The witness of Scripture and the long memory of the Church clarify that God is not neutral. When we speak of God’s preferential option for the poor, it is not to politicize faith, but to remember it. In this reflection, we explore how neutrality, centrism, and the language of polarization often conceal privilege and, worse, relativize injustice.

Polarization Pt. 2: A look at how tribal impulses, our innate desire to belong, and embodied particularity make “perfect conformity” and even neutrality impossible.

Everything is political, especially Jesus, but not in the way we tend to imagine.

In this vlog, I dig into the phrase “culture war” and why I believe it’s a misleading frame. Drawing from my professor LA Henry’s insight, I explore how language like “culture war” or “gay agenda” functions as a thought-terminating cliché—tools of power that obscure real issues of justice and human dignity. This isn’t about left vs. right. It’s about who gets to be seen as fully human.

A maiden voyage of a vlog that delves into why I can’t escape Simone Weil’s gravity, the road that led me to graduate studies at St. Stephen’s, my thesis, the risks of authenticity, and the conviction that theology only matters if it’s lived.

He regarded himself as “an administrator of this property for the sake of the poor,” coming close to emptying the treasury. This release of wealth and material goods to the poor was not seen to be charitable, nor lauded as gratuitous kindness. Instead, it was an act of return as those who give, “must be admonished to acknowledge that they have been appointed by the heavenly Lord to be the dispensers of temporal means, and to display their humility the more, inasmuch as they realize that what they dispense belongs to others.”

“If we can never be certain of being ‘in the truth’, we should treat all solutions to problems, particularly in the field of politics, as provisional. The idea of a Utopia is positively dangerous…”

Everything touches the polis. In this 5-part series, I grapple with; What do we mean when we say “everything is political”? How does our desire to belong make us tribal, and how do appeals to “centrism” often sustain injustice and propagate a harmful status quo? Rooted in theology, history, and contemporary examples, this series argues that the Christian response is not to be a moderate but to embody cruciform love — a posture that learns to hold difference respectfully while actively working for justice. It’s a critical dive into the narratives we hear (with pastoral honesty), along with some practical steps we can take in our communities to do justice and love mercy.

"We can escape from these dehumanizing systems. The way ahead will be found by those who are unwilling to be constrained by the apparently all-determining forces and structures of the Industrial Age. Our freedom and power are determined by our willingness to accept responsibility for the future." - Ivan Illich

God is sending Elijah to unlearn power. Charity can be a path to control.

“When generosity becomes separated from receptivity, it tends toward imperialism.” - Romand Coles

Blessed are they who can learn guesthood.

White Americans find it as difficult as white people elsewhere do to divest themselves of the notion that they are in possession of some intrinsic value that black people need, or want.

“Nearly everywhere – often even when dealing with purely technical problems – instead of thinking, one merely takes sides: for or against.”

“He was crucified under Pontius Pilate…”

I'm excited to announce my latest EP, Voyage.