Author of DISCIPLES OF WHITE JESUS: The Radicalization of American Boyhood (March 25, 2025) - AVAILABLE NOW! Order on Bookshop Barnes & Noble Comma (Minneapolis)
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INNOCUOUS WHITE SUPREMACISTS AND MIDWESTERN SMALL TOWNS
MINNESOTA STAR TRIBUNE
March 25, 2025
An excerpt from my book, Disciples of White Jesus: The Radicalization of American Boyhood
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As the brilliant October sun beat down on the green grass, shining rays through the yellow leaves that had already changed on the nearby birch trees, I realized that this “Hof”— rather than representing something that the white Christian residents of the town wanted to outright destroy — instead maybe represented something abhorrent within ourselves, something we’d rather keep far below the surface.
YOUTH BASKETBALL IS A WAY OF LIFE IN THE STATE OF HOCKEY
MINNESOTA STAR TRIBUNE
March 11, 2025
Someday, in an instant, for all of us, it will be the last game. The beauty of sports — even for me to this very day as a very much former basketball player and former sportswriter — is that sports teach all of us the value of now. To live in this very moment, this one shining moment and give it everything we have. To sometimes sideline our will — what’s best for us — for the betterment of the team. To learn to play a role, and not always the starring role.
AND NOW ELON MUSK IS COMING AFTER LUTHERAN REFUGEE ORGANIZATIONS
MINNESOTA STAR TRIBUNE
Feb. 5, 2025
Before I begin, you should know that I had vowed that this time around I would not allow my own vocation and journalism to be dictated by Donald Trump’s — or his people’s — social media posts.
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I would not let my Friday nights be derailed by hysteria on CNN and MSNBC about the latest “Friday night surprise.” I was determined therefore to stay focused on my own unique role as a pastor, parent and writer. I’d set my own narrative.
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Then, they came for Lutherans.