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June 2016

June 07, 2016

Welcoming Wonder and Curiosity: Lessons from a Comic Shop for the Church

I have loved comics for as long as I can remember being able to read....

April 2016

April 20, 2016

Holy Ship: Four Ways the Church is like the Millennium Falcon

When I was a kid, I loved the Millennium Falcon. Okay, so it's not just when I...

October 2015

October 27, 2015

Should Boys Dress as Female Characters for Halloween? What About Genocidal Maniacs?

For the past two Halloweens, both of my young sons have chosen to dress up...

July 2015

July 15, 2015

Peace is Not Tranquility (A #WGFest2015 Lectionary Reflection)

Lectionary Year B — Proper 11 — Mark 6:30-34; 53-56 On Saturday, my youngest...

June 2015

June 15, 2015

Jeremiah 29:11 Isn’t about You … And That’s a Good Thing

Jeremiah 29:11 is not about you. And, to be honest, I really don't think you...

May 2015

May 28, 2015

Abuse Happens in Progressive Churches, Too: The Duggar Scandal and the Failure of Self-Critical Reflection

Now is the time to talk about abuse in the church. Now, when you are...

May 25, 2015

Fiction for the Soul: 9 Spiritual But Not Religious Summer Reads

Fiction is good for the soul. For me, novels and short stories — not theological tomes...

March 2015

March 17, 2015

Leprechaun Traps and the Terrible Lessons They Teach

UPDATE: This afternoon, as my children and I continued to discuss whether it was okay...

February 2015

February 26, 2015

Vinyl Church: 5 Things Christians Can Learn from Vinyl Records

Vinyl. It's not just for hipsters any more. And Christians ought to listen up, because the...

October 2014

October 06, 2014

Killing Jesus Just Killed White Jesus: Nat Geo’s Miniseries Casts Lebanese-born Actor to Play Jesus

Killing Jesus might have just killed White Jesus. National Geographic Channel’s new miniseries, Killing...

April 2014

April 19, 2014

Holy Saturday and Harry Potter: On Tombs, Thestrals, and the Descent into Hells

In Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix, author J.K. Rowling introduces readers to...

April 11, 2013

Transforming Film into Contemplative Prayer: A Review of Thom Stark’s ‘Who Art in Heaven’

Director Thom Stark summarizes his award-winning film Who Art in Heaven simply: "A Man Prays." But...

February 2013

February 18, 2013

DJesus Uncrossed: Tarantino, Driscoll and the Violent Remaking of Jesus in America

No doubt, a lot of people are upset, or are going to be upset,...

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