The Teaspoon Brigade

Published Posts

  • Who does God belong to?

    Religion and spirituality should, and do, belong to everyone. Conservatives and the far-right don’t own it, and we shouldn’t let them pretend they do.

  • It’s Their Territory

    What Trump’s comments tell us about the US empire, and why we need to resist all imperialism if we want a future with justice and peace.

  • International Justice

    International Justice

    There are debts owed by most of the richest and most powerful nations in the world. Those of us with privilege and power should accept that restitution for past or ongoing wrongs might not…

  • Gardening in the Apocalypse

    Gardening in the Apocalypse

    Being in a garden is good for me, and maybe would be for you too. Some reasons to make time for it when you can.

  • Cynicism Isn’t Realism

    Media That’s relentlessly pessimistic is dis-empowering and politically stagnant; it isn’t realistic, it’s a worldview progressive people should reject.

  • 21st century Christianity, Part Two: Fire and Salt

    21st century Christianity, Part Two: Fire and Salt

    Christians aren’t supposed to just believe the right stuff – following God means actively working to make the world better.

  • The Masks of Empire

    The Masks of Empire

    Empire wears masks to protect what it really is – a short poem.

  • Faith should be Political

    Religious people get too comfortable on the political sidelines, but you can’t be about peace, justice, or love and not care about politics.

  • Christian Nationalism isn’t Christian

    This ideology might be on the rise, but it has almost nothing in common with Christian teaching.