How to Talk More About Sin
What if we’ve been misunderstanding the point of sin?
Your Middle Class Church Is Shrinking Because the American Middle Class Is Shrinking
Many young working class Americans don’t have Sundays off.
Consider the Ram: A Letter on Not Sacrificing One Another on the Altar of Self-Righteousness
What if our acts of fidelity to the tribe our back bumper testifies to have actually been the thing God was satirically calling into question from the beginning?
A Statement on The Nashville Statement
The word courage or “counter-cultural witness” is typically reserved for those willing to die themselves rather than a term for those using oppressed minority groups as a bullet shield for their own existential anxieties about losing political power in a changing world.
Millennials + Minimalism…Hold on, It’s Not What You Think
When the flood waters of my existential anxiety about what my life is supposed to be about recede, so will the usefulness of all the things I clung to in order to survive the storm of my uncertainty.
Blessed are the Blessed in Spirit?
I want to believe that God actually has as much to say to those of us able to constantly upgrade our lives as God does to those of us who can’t.
How Not To Be Evangelical This Ash Wednesday
As St. Paul and Jon Lennon sort-of put it, in the end all we have (or need) is love.
Good News for Epiphany: A Baby Changes Everything
New parents limp, but they also beam. May you beam in the dark during this season of light because a baby has entered your world.
An Open Letter to Tennessee (and Others in America’s Heartland Who May Be Listening In)
Tennessee, perhaps you should rethink your state book proposal. Because the ancient text you’ve selected doesn’t have incredibly favorable things to say about government officials who leverage religion for personal, financial, and political gain.
Courage in the Real Word: A Word to My Internet Enemies & Friends
Make sure you leave enough in the tank for the moments requiring actual faith, hope, and love in the real world.