Month: October 2026

The gospel is political. But it isn’t partisan. So where’s the line for pastors? Should clergy ever endorse a candidate—or does our responsibility look different? In this episode of Unbound.Love, Natalie and I wrestle with the blurry line between pastor and private citizen, the power that comes with a pulpit, and why preaching love your neighbor, welcome the stranger, feed the hungry, care for creation will inevitably bump into politics. I know where I land: I won’t tell you who to vote for. But I will tell you to vote—and to carry the same measuring stick into the voting booth that Jesus gave us everywhere else: Does this help me love God and love my neighbor? Pull up a chair. This one gets a little meandering—and a little complicated.

In this episode of Unbound Love, Natalie and Gayle take a meandering, and deeply honest, conversation into Indigenous history, colonization, Christianity, and the uncomfortable question of culpability. What happens when the church has been part of the harm? What does it mean to acknowledge the land we live on, the cultures that were erased, and the ways history continues to shape our lives today? And what might genuine reparations and reconciliation look like? Along the way, they unpack assimilation, the colonization of Jesus, the complicated relationship between church and state, and the difference between a “melting pot” and a place where people are allowed to remain fully themselves. This conversation asks us to look backward – not to stay there, but to understand what happened, what we’ve inherited, and what we might do differently moving forward. Listen in—and bring your questions, your discomfort, and your willingness to wander down a few rabbit holes.