The Emperor of Mickey D’s

January 20, 2025.Reading time 3 minutes.

A new song of resistance, in honor of the Inauguration Day of Trump 2.0.

I wrote this song the day after RFK’s ridiculous McDonald’s plane ride with all the Trump Bros. Tracked and released for you today.

Rock Hammer To the Stone

December 30, 2024.Reading time 3 minutes.

Whenever you feel like curling up in the fetal position, and no matter how challenging or hard things may get, keep chipping away. And as you wield your own rock hammer, inhale/exhale the chorus as a mantra for you, and me, and our broken world.

Ten Years After A Failure To Move

August 3, 2024.Reading time 5 minutes.

Ten years ago this week, I was blessed to participate in the most powerful non-violent witness of my life, when I was arrested outside the White House, standing up for our young immigrant “Dreamers” and their families.
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White American Christianity’s Tribal Flaw

June 17, 2022.Reading time 15 minutes.

“Indeed, an hour is coming when those who kill you will think that by doing so they are offering worship to God.”— John 16:2 “When your icon of the enemy is completeyou will be able to kill without guilt,slaughter without shame.The thing you destroy will have becomemerely an enemy of God, an impedimentto the sacred […]

Rock Hammer To The Stone

January 6, 2022.Reading time less than 1 minute.

White Privilege Illustrated: The HOLC Maps

June 26, 2020.Reading time 27 minutes.

Far too many times, I hear White people say White Privilege is a myth or a creation of the Left. But there are ways to VISUALIZE it…to illustrate it…show show its pernicious effects beyond shadow of dout. Exhibit A: The HOLC Maps. This is a long blog. I can’t apologize for that, because you need […]

Recovering From “Time-Release Suicide”

January 13, 2019.Reading time 29 minutes.

The “then and now” profile meme on Facebook right now has inspired me to finally make a post I’ve been contemplating for several years. For several years now, people have commented on the amount of weight I have lost, and have asked me about it when they see me. I’ve been considering a way, and […]

Enemy-Making in a Time of Peace

October 30, 2018.Reading time 19 minutes.

If I had one book that I could force everyone in the world to read (and I know that I cannot…) it would be Sam Keen’s “Faces of the Enemy.” Besides the Bible, it’s hard to name a single book that has had a more profound impact on my life. I reread it often. I […]

My Speech from the Black Tie Dinner

December 16, 2017.Reading time less than 1 minute.

I was honored to receive the “Humanitarian of the Year” Award from the Black Tie Dinner. The complete video is now up. Thanks again to the board for this truly amazing honor. 2017 Black Tie Dinner – Kuchling Humanitarian Award from Black Tie Dinner on Vimeo.

My Speech at the Anti-White Supremacy Rally

August 26, 2017.Reading time less than 1 minute.

Many thanks to our good friends at First Unitarian, for posting this video of my speech at the “Anti-White Supremacy” rally in Dallas. What a great night it was. As I say in the speech, standing around and below me were almost twenty United Methodist clergy colleagues who stood in solidarity with us that night. […]