In the weeks following the Newtown shootings, there were calls for a "conversation" about guns. I always find it funny when folks talk about having a conversation, because it never means what I think it should mean. I'm envisioning something like one of those old PBS shows from the 70s where men in serious suits... Continue Reading →
How A Progressive Christian Pastor Made His Peace With Guns (Kinda Sorta.)
Growing up, I was taught by my mother that guns were not good things. Having come of age in Flint. Michigan that started to see a rise in violent crime in the 1980s, that message was only drilled into me further. The urban environment that I come from taught me one thing: guns were bad,... Continue Reading →