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February 2015

February 10, 2015

Progressive Christianity: Progressive, but still super racist

[This is of course not about all progressives. There are many amazing progressives not-so-well-known and...

January 2015

January 15, 2015

Mega-Church Pastor that Allegedly said “N-Word”

The "n-word" is one of the most divisive and emotionally charged words within our U.S. context. I think social...

December 2014

December 17, 2014

The Violence of Demanding Peaceful Protest: The Missteps of Clergy in Ferguson

"We don't want anyone getting arrested or lashing out in anger. It is your job...

December 04, 2014

Indifference is the Opiate of the Privileged

I'm not sure if religion is the opiate of the masses but I'm convinced that indifference is...

December 01, 2014

12 Things I Wish Racist People Understood

These days there are very few people I engage with on the topic of race that...

November 2014

November 25, 2014

“Your Silence Is Deafening.”

There’s a Martin Luther King Jr. quote being passed around on the internet that reads,...

October 2014

October 15, 2014

Partial Justice: Woman Locks Officer in Basement

[Woman Locks Officer In Basement: You might have seen this pop up on Reddit the...

October 02, 2014

Pseudo-Pacifism: Why Privileged People Love Quoting MLK

[The uncensured version of this photo was doctored, original photo is of MLK showing a...

September 2014

September 08, 2014

DeChristianizing: Chatting with Conservatives

Lem, as you'll hear in the video, professes to be an evangelical, while Brent is slightly...

September 01, 2014

Theological Abuse: The Problem is Not Mark Driscoll

Hypothetically speaking, if Mark Driscoll did in fact decide to resign from Mars Hill Church,...

August 2014

August 28, 2014

Jon Stewart on Ferguson

“Race is there, it exists. You’re tired of hearing about it? Imagine how fucking exhausting...

August 26, 2014

Ignorance Kills

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

August 22, 2014

How to Deal With Friends’ Racist Reactions to Ferguson

How to Deal With Friends’ Racist Reactions to Ferguson is a Guest Post from JENÉE...

August 22, 2014

How to Deal With Friends’ Racist Reactions to Ferguson

How to Deal With Friends’ Racist Reactions to Ferguson is a Guest Post from JENÉE...

August 19, 2014

We Are Ferguson

I asked a local seminarian and active pastor this week what his thoughts were about...

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...

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 28, 2014

How The Internet Killed [Westernized] Christianity

The question is valid, "How much more do we have to take from the church...

June 2014

June 18, 2014

Don’t Be This Guy: “Student Defies School Order Speaks Openly of His Christian Faith”

Christian to Christian... Please, don't be this guy. This only works when you're like... Ghandi,...

April 2014

April 30, 2014

White Privilege Explained

Privilege is an oddity, though what's more idiosyncratic is that society has taken arbitrary factors, such as...

April 07, 2014

Segregation in the Church: White’s Only Bible Studies

I couldn't believe it. You're not going to invite my friends are you? You're not...

December 2013

December 13, 2013

“Jesus was white…”

Just to be clear, Jesus was not a white man. I thought up until tonight, no one...

October 2013

October 16, 2013

The Forgotten Minority: That Moment When You Realize You’re Not White

The Forgotten Minority: That Moment When You Realize You're Not White When I was five...

August 2013

August 23, 2013

Abolishing Silence

I met with a pastor the other day, who's church is a wealthy, upper middle...

June 2013

June 14, 2013

The Poor & The Powerless

I became a Christian at 19 or so. I mean I guess I was a Christian...