Musing on Strategic Benevolence
I am about to leave the happiest job I’ve ever had as the sole financial officer for a small nonprofit. I’m headed for a financial leadership career in the supply chain sector that will provide …
Culture
God Sized Lessons: Existential Crisis, Party of One Please
This wasn’t the first time this type of emotion had haunted me. I remember feeling like this after having my first child. Everyone would say really lovely things, expressing joy for our growing family, while …
The Problem and Blessing of Transparency
When I started Faith on View in 2011, I wrote on the About page that transparency is a core value of mine and this website (blog at that point) would seek to be transparent. That declaration …
White Jesus: Is it a Symbol of the Church’s Hate That Needs to be Toppled?
As an Artist, Arts & Religion Scholar, Christian, and Hispanic who has been vocal about racial issues, I received messages and comments from friends when Shaun King’s tweeted a few years ago, arguing that statues …
Jesus Didn’t Die for Our Country—He Died Because of It: Prayers, Empires, and the Cross We Refuse to Carry
On Monday, April 28, three people knelt in the Rotunda of the U.S. Capitol to pray. Among them was Rev. Dr. William Barber—pastor, teacher, and tireless advocate for the poor. They weren’t shouting. They weren’t …
Why I’m Not Tempted to Apostate
I hope this title is appreciated and that the article is appreciated at least half as much as the title. I enjoy approaching serious subjects with a casual, Kermit the Frog tea sip before I …
How Artists Communicate: A Look at J.M.W Turner
A Change in Artistic Style Do you think a change in artistic style could ever warrant a belief that someone is struggling with their mental health? Before you answer, come on a little journey with …
Repenting of Pathological Individualism
I read an article titled, “Why I stopped talking about racial reconciliation and started talking about white supremacy.” This article talks a bit about the pathological individualism of white theology. This is something I have thought …
The Problem with Racism Today is People Don’t Know They are Racist
When many people think of racism, they think about things like slavery, lynchings, and Jim Crow. We think about things like in the sign below, where people are intentionally equating Blacks and Mexicans with dogs. …
Trumpamentalism: The Dangerous Faith of MAGA and Why It’s So Hard to Break
I’ve spent much of my life thinking about faith, belief, and the stories we tell ourselves to make sense of the world. Growing up in a religious tradition that prized certainty above all else, I …