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August 2017

August 04, 2017

God, Gays, Autism and Embodiment

What’s it like raising a child on the autism spectrum? Or being married to an...

November 2016

November 10, 2016

Post-Election Hangover With Tripp and Christian

This is a post-election podcast. It is very fresh. Tripp Fuller (Host of the Homebrewed...

August 2016

August 22, 2016

Who’s down with learning how not to be an asshat? I mean if you like...

February 2016

February 23, 2016

Talking Sex with Invisibilia’s Hanna Rosin

I've wanted to interview Hanna Rosin, host of NPR's Invisibilia Podcast, contributor to/former editor of The...

December 2015

December 09, 2015

Daddy, What Does a Dead Body Look Like?

We got the call Thursday night and were on a plane from Portland to New...

December 01, 2015

Dad, Why Can’t We Just Kill Them?

Read my follow-up piece written the next day about ISIS HERE. My twelve-year-old son posed...

November 2015

November 17, 2015

Does Religion Make Our Kids – and Us – Jerks?

There's a well-known phenomenon in churches where young families, many of whom have not been...

August 2015

August 06, 2015

Does a Doctrine of Hell Justify Killing Children?

I've written a great deal about hell. I even debated a theology professor from Western...

August 04, 2015

No One is Pro-Abortion (and Few are Fully Pro-Life)

I'm not the only one who is frustrated with, and even a little bit exhausted...

July 2015

July 15, 2015

Sophia Rising: A Revolution of Strong Women is Coming

We're witnessing what I see as the beginning of a feminine revolution in the United...

December 2014

December 16, 2014

Are We Addicted to a Constant State of Distraction? #MyJesusProject

I was catching up on back-episodes of 60 Minutes last night (required viewing for all...

December 09, 2014

Jesus Can’t Breathe: a Spiritual Problem That Begs a Spiritual Response

My friend, Peter Heltzel, and a cohort of some 75 faith leaders in New York...

November 2014

November 21, 2014

How Generosity Goes Viral (A Five-for-One Deal) #Feeding5000 #MyJesusProject

"Woah," Mattias' eyes bulged when he walked in and saw the red mountain bike, sitting...

June 2014

June 25, 2014

Engaging a Generation for Justice

Often the Church does many things well: outreach in their neighborhoods, dynamic worship services, and...

June 18, 2014

GO: The Biggest Word in the Great Commission

Our son, Mattias, is a complicated kid. He’s sweet, creative and remarkably intelligent. But to...

April 2014

April 16, 2014

Lobster Hands, World Vision and Raising Babies (CultureCast)

Jess the Intern and Philip the Page show off their costuming skills for Zoe’s play,...

April 15, 2014

Four Reasons Men Need Paternity Leave

I was saddened, but not entirely surprised, by the response New York Mets second baseman...

February 2014

February 10, 2014

Will Corporate America Normalize Gay Marriage?

There was quite a fuss about Coca Cola airing a commercial during the Super Bowl...

January 2014

January 02, 2014

Five Things That Will Shock Our Grandkids About Us

I’m a big fan of the TV show Mad Men, which takes place in the midst of...

December 2013

December 10, 2013

Sandy Hook and the Endurance of Love

This week marks a year since the nearly incomprehensible school shootings in Newtown, Conn. Gaping...

December 06, 2013

How Financial Guru Dave Ramsey Missed the Mark

I love Dave Ramsey’s Financial Peace coursework. It put our family on stable financial footing...

November 2013

November 02, 2013

Bring on the Running, Bring on the Waiting

This was written by a friend of mine, Sunny Buchanan Ridings. I am sharing for...

October 2013

October 16, 2013

Be Annoying for God

This is part of a weekly bible study called Heretic's Guide to the Bible. To...

September 2013

September 05, 2013

Miley Cyrus’ Contribution to Feminism

Ever since the most recent Video Music Awards show aired, there has been a breathless...

August 2013

August 06, 2013

Hope Without Expectation

Following is excerpted from the August 11th Heretic's Guide to the Bible study, "All In,"...

June 2013

June 13, 2013

Time to Admit It: We’re All Gay

I was disappointed, although not entirely surprised, when the Southern Baptist Convention resolved to withdraw...

May 2013

May 29, 2013

Jesus, Don’t Let Me Die Before I’ve Had Sex

I wrote a piece recently about the Christian challenges of what I call "marriage worship,"...

May 22, 2013

The Dangers of Christian “Marriage Worship”

I've written before about the seemingly contrasting messages we offer to young people in church...

May 16, 2013

The Absurdity of Legislating Sexual Morality

I used to joke that there was a glaring, if not largely ignored, loophole in...

May 15, 2013

Tales of a Male “Preacher’s Wife”

(This is excerpted from my full article featured this month in Sojourners Magazine and on...