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September 2016

September 19, 2016

What the Truman Show Says About Inner Religious Freedom

In the movie The Truman Show, the director of Truman's show, is asked "Why do you...

September 01, 2016

On Lynching Colin Kaepernick

I'm having the hardest time fully understanding why our nation is so incredibly outraged over Colin...

August 2016

August 23, 2016

When You’re Failing at Life #Adulting

I've been pissed at myself as of late. You see, I'm a grown ass man, and...

May 2016

May 06, 2016

“How do we call people in even as we call them out?”

I recently lost yet another a white friend over “the issue of race.” It was...

February 2016

February 23, 2016

Hurry Sickness: A Lesson on Doing Nothing

I almost died. Not really, but kind of... If you by any chance follow me...

February 10, 2016

Why I’ll Be Angry if Wheaton College Does Not Fire Larycia Hawkins

“It's worth remembeing that the wedge that splits the wood is what ultimately takes the...

January 2016

January 27, 2016

Four Things You Should Know Before Reading The Bible

The other day my doctor found out that I attended seminary, she was ecstatic telling...

December 2015

December 02, 2015

Back on Patheos: A Short Update and The Plan

Damn, so much is happening in my life right now; I shut down my site,...

July 2015

July 02, 2015

How You Can Help Fight Racism, And 7 Books to Read

But in my opinion, and experience so far, if someone is unwilling to read something...

April 2015

April 22, 2015

My “Affair” with a Youth Pastor

"It took me years to realize that my relationship with my pastor was not romantic...

February 2015

February 09, 2015

The Worship Leader: Marginalized because I was gay #TheDechurched

[Photo from @dankadanka] #StoriesFromTheDechurched is a series with no end date in mind collecting stories from those who have...

November 2014

November 02, 2014

I Went Back to Church

I went back to church this week. It's been close to a year since I've...

October 2014

October 14, 2014

The Cost of Leaving Christianity

You know sometimes you tell a lie so long, you don’t know when to stop....

October 05, 2014

Pentecostalism and Spiritual Abuse

[This is a guest post written by Carly Gelsinger] We were the "chosen ones," the ones...

September 2014

September 09, 2014

Why I Still Believe in God

I still believe in God. Hesitantly. With many theistic believers proposing that God exists because...

August 2014

August 26, 2014

Ignorance Kills

I think that one of the most fundamental reasons in regards to misunderstandings on the...

August 20, 2014

Why I Kept Going to Church

When people hear my story, they often ask me why I stayed in church, and...

August 14, 2014

Revolution of Niceness: Differentiating Between Good and Nice

I'm not sure anyone else within white Americanized Christianity, is saying it so I will: The...

August 12, 2014

Dealing With Depression:

In the wake of both Robin William’s and Philip Seymore Hoffman’s passing many of us...

August 04, 2014

Mark Driscoll vs. The Internet

Spoiler Alert: Mark Driscoll is losing. I don't have a TV - but after a...

July 2014

July 30, 2014

Dear Pastor Who Keeps Emailing Me…

I think there is the widespread assumption that I left the Church because I, personally,...

July 03, 2014

3-things You Won’t Hear in Marriage Counseling, But Should have

So… You’re married… and you’re finding out (or know full well) just how difficult this...

June 2014

June 26, 2014

I Have Cancer…

Let me get this out of the way: I am no theologian. I don’t have...

June 24, 2014

Slut-Shaming, Patriarchal Abuse, & A Call to Revolt

There’s always been this weird stigma within conservative sects of Christianity that anything remotely sexual...

June 13, 2014

Dear Men: A Much Needed Lesson on Menstruation

[Dear Men] I’ve said this before and I’ll point it out again: Menstruation is caused...

April 2014

April 17, 2014

The Best of Times and the Worst of Times

I bawled my eyes out while watching this. As Rollie Williams from Upworthy says so...

October 2013

October 09, 2013

Influence

In college I had a professor who wanted to prove how easily influenced people could...

September 2013

September 23, 2013

everything

To me it's always been weird that as Christian's we've taken a neutral stance on...

September 16, 2013

Minimalist Christianity

"I am learning that a man can live profoundly without masses of things." I don't...

September 13, 2013

It’s All About Jesus

A friend asked me the other day, "What are my top 5 values..." I stumbled...