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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...

July 2017

July 28, 2017

The Left’s Hamburger Problem and Eugene Peterson’s Flip-Flop

Some analysts say the left could gain some momentum, but only if they stop being...

July 19, 2016

CultureCast LIVE at the Goose with Trey Pearson

For the first time, we did a live show out of town with the whole...

November 2015

November 20, 2015

Kill Rock Star’s Portia Sabin on How the Music Biz Ticks

If you listened last week, we talked it up with Hell's Kitchen's own Portia Sabin,...

June 2015

June 17, 2015

Five Reasons We Take Our Kids to Gay Pride

The Gay Pride parade in Portland, Oregon is not only a family-friendly event; it's a...

June 10, 2015

LGBTQ Pride Month: What We Do When the Bible is Ignorant?

Let's face it; the Bible is ignorant about some things that we know more about now,...

October 2014

October 14, 2014

The Good and Bad in the Vatican’s new LGBT Statement

In what the Human Rights Campaign calls a "seismic shift in position," the Extraordinary Synod...

April 2014

April 28, 2014

Church Sues State for Marriage Equality

Never before has a major Christian denomination sued state government in the United States over...

March 2014

March 20, 2014

Why Should the Church Care About Marriage?

I was asked by my friend, Audrey, at the GLAD Alliance (Gay & Lesbian Alliance...

March 04, 2014

A Faith, Broken: When Inclusion Evokes Christian Ire

I have great respect for religion writer Jonathan Merritt, even though we disagree on a...

January 2014

January 29, 2014

Why the Grammys’ “Macklemore Weddings” Were a Good Thing

Lots of folks have been chattering about the mass wedding that took place in the...

August 2013

August 30, 2013

Mackelemore: Same Love

For the two and a half people in the world who have yet to see...

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 25, 2013

Why I Am Actively Supporting the Boy Scouts

A kid no more than thirteen or so came to our door yesterday. We stood...

March 2013

March 20, 2013

My Frustration with Bell, Clinton and Obama on Marriage Equality

I know this may not be a popular position to take among my readers. After...

December 2012

December 18, 2012

Justin Lee on Gays vs Christians, Bill O’Reilly & Pat Robertson (CultureCast)

After a delightful anecdote about Christian's daughter and a painful listen to the worst version...

October 2012

October 22, 2012

Rev. Phil Snider, LGBT Rights and Going Viral (CultureCast)

Over the weekend, our friend Phil Snider had the unexpected pleasure of going viral. Not him personally,...

October 04, 2012

When Church Drives Sexuality Underground, Bad Things Happen

I got a link to an article yesterday from a friend of mine, and on...

August 2012

August 09, 2012

Homosexuality and the Bible: a Flowchart

Not sure of the original source on this, but I think it's pretty great.

July 2012

July 25, 2012

Bryan Fischer: Blame Darwin, Liberals, Gays for Aurora Shooting

It's common for pundits and media talking heads to use things like the tragic killing...

July 23, 2012

Further Thoughts on Chick Fil A

To be honest, I did not expect anything near the stir my first piece caused...

July 21, 2012

Farewell, Chick Fil A

I've been a fan of Chick Fil A for a long time. Their food is...

July 02, 2012

Why Anderson Cooper’s Sexual Orientation Matters

Cable News Network (CNN) anchor Anderson Cooper didn't exactly rattle the rafters with a collective...

June 2012

June 27, 2012

When All the Church Can Say is “I’m Sorry”

Two weeks after we arrived in Portland, Amy (my wife and new senior pastor at...

May 2012

May 29, 2012

Did Pastor Charles Worley Break the Law?

Most people with some sense of universal human dignity have found the screed Pastor Charles...

April 2012

April 28, 2012

Further Thoughts on Mars Hill and the “Angry Queers”

There's been some interesting discussion following my recent post about the vandalism of a Mars...

April 19, 2012

“Open Homosexuality,” Prostitution and Tony Perkins’ Moral Slippery Slope

Tony Perkins, head of the Family Research Council, appeared on Janet Mefferd's Christian radio show...

February 2012

February 25, 2012

John Piper Hates on Gays via Twitter

It's bad enough when Christians sit silently by while LGBTQ (Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgender and...

February 17, 2012

Who Would Jesus Glitter Bomb?

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