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December 2018

December 31, 2018

My Top Ten Posts of 2018

My Top Ten Posts of 2018 Maybe it's just me but, it feels like as...

November 2018

November 03, 2018

What’s So “Progressive” About Me?

What’s So “Progressive” About Me? When I meet up with folk that have maybe followed...

February 2018

February 05, 2018

Millennials and Religion: Will a Lost Generation Ever Be Found?

Millennials and Religion: Will a Lost Generation Ever Be Found? In John Chapter 6 Jesus...

December 2017

December 13, 2017

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...

September 2017

September 18, 2017

Progressive is the New Evangelical

I’ve been calling myself a “progressive” but lately I’ve come to dislike being referred to...

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...

June 2015

June 15, 2015

Making Sense of Rachel Dolezal’s Backlash And Why She Faked Being Black

By now you’ve probably heard of Rachel Dolezal, this morning she announced her resignation as...

May 2015

May 01, 2015

I Want To Be An Activist

“I want to be an activist.” These were the words of Henry, a six year...

April 2015

April 27, 2015

Martin Luther King Jr. on His Biggest Mistake

"Alex Haley’s 1965 Playboy Interview with Rev. Martin Luther King Jr. | In 1964, after he...

April 24, 2015

Creflo Dollar and Every Other Mega-Church

Here's my question: "How is Creflo Dollar's request for a $65 million jet any different than...

April 22, 2015

My “Affair” with a Youth Pastor

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

March 2015

March 13, 2015

Ex-Ex-Gay

I don’t know if there was a single moment when I realized that I had...

March 02, 2015

My Interview with Donald Miller

[Photo via Caleb Morris] To hear the rest subscribe here and I'll shoot it over...

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...

January 13, 2015

Wounded, but Healing

“I'm at a point in my life where everything is falling apart and everything is coming together at the...

November 2014

November 13, 2014

Exorcism Ruined by Phone Call

Exorcism Ruined by Phone Call... I think this is set up or satire maybe -...

November 12, 2014

Overgeneralizing Example

As someone who tweets on topics having to do with faith, religion, justice, and theology...

October 2014

October 17, 2014

Is Christianity Really Dying?

[A more comprehensive look into the study, research, and it’s methods can be found here...

October 14, 2014

The Cost of Leaving Christianity

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

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...

September 03, 2014

Steven Furtick and Elevation Church: Emotionally Manipulating Baptisms

When I lived in Southern California I would visit various churches, the one I’d attend...

August 2014

August 26, 2014

Ignorance Kills

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

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 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 24, 2014

Millennials and Religion [Part 2]: Gone and Not Coming Back

[It took me a while to write this, as I thought I'd have a post up...

July 07, 2014

How to Be Single and Happy

Single and happy are two words we don't often hear used in the same sentence, on...

June 2014

June 04, 2014

[Re] Defining Evangelicalism

[Re] Defining Evangelicalism: I, am an evangelical. There, I said it. Though, when I call...

April 2014

April 09, 2014

Loneliness (Part 1)

A while back I met with a mentor to talk about a then current relationship...