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June 2013

June 27, 2013

Ick! That Guy is Married to a Dude!

George Takei of both Star Trek and Facebook fame has penned a beautiful and insightful...

June 27, 2013

Whoa…wait…are Tim LaHaye’s Left Behind novels about gay marriage?

Will conservative Christians ever recover from those mean gay bullies? The Daily Show's Samantha Bee...

June 26, 2013

See How to Properly Respond to Michelle Bachmann

A good lesson from House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi (D-CA) (h/t: TPM) This should be...

June 25, 2013

Does Ozzy Actually think “God is Dead?” You Might Be Surprised.

The new single by Black Sabbath asks the question "God is Dead?" Okay, the grammar...

June 24, 2013

Not “Illegals,” but Brothers and Sisters: Reflections of a Former Missionary

Yuriy and Van lived in a much nicer neighborhood than we were used to. Most...

June 18, 2013

Approaching Justice is heading to San Jose #NN13

The week of Netroots Nation 2013 has arrived. I will be in San Jose Thursday...

June 18, 2013

Women as Chicks (Adventures in Parenting)

"Why are those chicks running so slow," asked Todd my 13-year-old son. We was wondering...

June 17, 2013

Homosexuality Is Not a Sin

“Love the Sinner, Hate the Sin." Not sure if I hate the sin, but I...

June 12, 2013

No Liberals Here! (Adventures in Sunday School)

Okay, it might be an exaggeration to call anything that happens at church an adventure....

June 11, 2013

Charity vs. Justice part 2

As a mainline protestant pastor it may be odd to be writing a post on...

June 11, 2013

“…they depict God as a monster moved solely by God’s own power and glory….” #rawlsreligion

Following his experiences in World War II, John Rawls more and more moved away from...

June 10, 2013

The Good Samaritan as The Other

The parable of the Good Samaritan is well known and much beloved. The image of...

June 06, 2013

Strange Gods: The Idol of Ideas (Chap. 3)

NOTE: See my earlier posts in this series here and here. Over the course of...

June 06, 2013

More Than Belief: Faith as a Relationship with God.

I recently heard somebody refer to faith as a verb. While many verbs are involved...

June 05, 2013

Choose The Left: Some Thoughts on Being a Mormon Dem

The above bumper sticker has been on our Chevy Suburban since early spring. Lyndee, my...

June 05, 2013

Judith Butler’s Religious Roots (Video)

In the following video, philosopher Judith Butler discusses her work and philosophy with Wesleyan University...

June 05, 2013

Power to The United Nations

I am very excited to see that Samantha Power is being appointed as United States...

June 04, 2013

Are Mormons Protestants?

Should Mormons be categorized as Protestants? The 2012 Casper College Humanities Festival focused on the...

June 03, 2013

Ben Bernanke is a Rawlsian!

Well, maybe. In a speech at the Baccalaureate Ceremony at Princeton University on Sunday, Federal...

June 03, 2013

Charity Vs. Justice

It is often said that social justice is about forcing others to be charitable. I...

June 02, 2013

The Temple of Joseph and the Temple of Sam

A couple of years ago, my family made the four hour trip from Casper, WY...

June 01, 2013

Baptists Set to Ditch Boy Scouts

CNN is reporting that the Southern Baptist Convention will be abandoning the Boys Scouts of...