Eric Minton

Consider the Ram: A Letter on Not Sacrificing One Another on the Altar of Self-Righteousness

December 12, 2017

Church Life, Global, Immigration & Refugees, Politics, Race, Sexual Minorities, Theology

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

Eric Minton

August 31, 2017

Church Life, Politics, Sexual Minorities, Theology

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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

Eric Minton

May 31, 2017

Church Life, General, Theology

1

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?

Eric Minton

April 19, 2017

Family and Parenting, General

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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

Eric Minton

March 1, 2017

Theology

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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

Eric Minton

January 4, 2017

Family and Parenting, General, Theology

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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)

Eric Minton

February 24, 2015

Politics

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

Eric Minton

January 30, 2015

General

Make sure you leave enough in the tank for the moments requiring actual faith, hope, and love in the real world.

Consider the Ram: A Letter on Not Sacrificing One Another on the Altar of Self-Righteousness

A Statement on The Nashville Statement

Millennials + Minimalism…Hold on, It’s Not What You Think

Blessed are the Blessed in Spirit?

How Not To Be Evangelical This Ash Wednesday

Good News for Epiphany: A Baby Changes Everything

An Open Letter to Tennessee (and Others in America’s Heartland Who May Be Listening In)

Called to Respond: Dismantling the Doctrine of Discovery

In Pursuit of Real Wisdom

Speak Love: #RaiseYourVoice Online Book Study

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