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May 2012

May 20, 2012

PregMANcy, the Interview (Patheos Book Club Q & A)

I spent a few minutes in the hot seat with Patheos editor Deb Arca who...

May 04, 2012

Clowns, Bad Haircuts and Dreams of Disaster (Day Three)

"I had a weird dream last night," Amy said, "that our house in Pueblo was...

March 2012

March 31, 2012

PregMANcy: The Video

This is a funny little trailer my son, Mattias, and I put together to tell...

March 23, 2012

Which Matters More: Faith IN Jesus or the Faith OF Jesus?

Following is taken from Banned Questions About Jesus. Galatians 3:22: Is it the faith of...

March 19, 2012

Stuffed Cows and the Self-Imposed Cost of Free Grace

Each of us is our own worst enemy at one time or another. My eight-year-old...

March 17, 2012

Sex, Babies, Music, Gas and Politics: My Chat with Carol Howard Merritt

Author, speaker, pastor and God Complex Radio show host Carol Howard Merritt invited me on...

March 04, 2012

Man Finds Jesus in His Tortilla

Here I am, urging people to deconstruct their preconceptions about God, and this guy finds...

March 03, 2012

Is God Dead?

There was a movement back in the 1960s that many of us have only read...

February 2012

February 28, 2012

The Heart of All Anxiety: Fear of Loss

I got emails from my mom and uncle about Nana, my last living grandparent. The...

February 21, 2012

Stolen Valor and Government’s Moral Authority

I'm always fascinated by issues of free speech and what should be within the reach...

February 17, 2012

Who Would Jesus Glitter Bomb?

For starters, I'll apologize for not including my usual images and links. I poured an...

February 15, 2012

Hottest Topics of the Past Month

I decided it was kind of fun to go back and see what folks are...

February 11, 2012

The Birth Control Web Gets Stickier

Barack Obama made a public effort this week to reach a compromise with religious employers...

February 01, 2012

Belief in Jesus: The Only Way to Heaven?

Following is one of the more interesting questions posed in Banned Questions About Jesus. This...

January 2012

January 31, 2012

On Asperger Syndrome and Broken Hearts

Our son, Mattias, is eight years old. Everyone thinks their kid is special, and in...

January 27, 2012

Mark Driscoll: Sadist Pastor on the (Mars) Hill

I grew up in the Baptist Church as many of you already know. While there...

January 20, 2012

I Continue to Fail “The Poor”

I'd like to think I'm pretty consistent in my advocacy for the poor. I have...

January 16, 2012

Atheism: A Null Hypothesis on God

It's funny, but I realized that when I talk about myself in relationship to atheists...

January 11, 2012

Sex Experiments for Jesus?

Having grown up in the Dallas.Fort Worth area, I'm quite familiar with the Grapevine, Texas...

January 09, 2012

I’m NOT writing about Tim Tebow

I woke up thinking about what I was going to post today, and I told...

January 05, 2012

The Nerd Gospel

I have a number of identifiers on my various venues I write for and on...

December 2011

December 30, 2011

Early Buzz for PregMANcy (and a free book offer)

I'm getting seriously excited about the release of my memoir, PregMANcy: A Dad, a Little...

December 24, 2011

“The Santa Atheist” and “Amy Had a Little Lamb” (Audio Stories)

I've published the videos of our kids reading their Christmas stories previously, but Amy and...

December 23, 2011

Did Saturday Night Live’s Tim Tebow Skit Go Too Far?

Living in Colorado, I get more than a healthy dose of Tim Tebow Mania. I've...

December 20, 2011

Who’s Your Daddy? (Excerpted from PregMANcy)

With less than two months until PregMANcy, my memoir on family, faith and fatherhood hits,...

December 16, 2011

Christians, Take Up Your Mats and Walk

There’s an old joke that speaks directly to one of the biggest issues holding back...

December 15, 2011

Matisyahu’s Naked Face: Religious Exodus?

When I shaved my head and posted photos on my Facebook page, I got about...

December 12, 2011

Tim Tebow: The Mile High Messiah

You don't have to be from Colorado these days to hear about the so-called "Tebow...

December 03, 2011

Kierkegaard: What is a Poet?

Recently I wrote an article about preachers and the risks of false prophecy we face...

November 2011

November 30, 2011

Finding Good in College Sports Sex Scandals

First Penn State coaches are embroiled in sexual abuse scandal, and now Syracuse. I'll spare...