For the past several months, I've been trying to find the language for a tension that keeps showing up in my life and work. It appears in courtrooms and classrooms. In ministry and in writing. In conversations about crime, poverty, trauma, faith, and justice. I knew what the tension felt like, but I didn't yet… Continue reading Both Things are True: Why I Refuse to Choose Between Justice and Mercy
Tag: human dignity
A Jail, Not a Graveyard
There are some things a community should never grow used to. Death inside a county jail is one of them. Yet here we are — watching the same headlines cycle through our feeds, hearing the same recycled explanations from officials, witnessing the same failures repeat year after year. If this were once or twice, maybe… Continue reading A Jail, Not a Graveyard
On (In)justice 