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January 2012

January 18, 2012

Republican Baptist Church: Truth in Advertising in South Carolina?

Given that it's primary season in South Carolina, I couldn't help but chuckle when I...

January 03, 2012

The Redemption of Time: The Christian Calendar as Civil Disobedience

Late last week, I took my two boys grocery shopping, and my observant four-year-old remarked...

December 2011

December 27, 2011

the dangers of the imagination: the conservative response to Christmas, Undocumented

Some time ago, my friend and writer George Elerick asked his readers if the church...

December 21, 2011

Christmas, Undocumented, Part Two: A Silencing Night

"Silent Night, holy night, all is calm, all is bright, 'round yon virgin mother and...

December 19, 2011

jesus, born of an illegal immigrant

UPDATE: Part Two will be available for download Wednesday morning at 8 a.m. This project...

December 08, 2011

rick perry and the real war on faith

Of course there’s a war on faith, Rick Perry. There has been a war on faith for...

November 2011

November 16, 2011

parable of the three vice presidents: an occupy wall street tale

Once upon a time, a wealthy CEO of a multinational corporation called his three most...

October 2011

October 04, 2011

an ass and a bunch of zombies: the triumphal entry and occupy wall street

It was the zombies. Always the zombies. Yesterday, the protesters of the Occupy Wall Street...

September 2011

September 28, 2011

jesus was guilty

Jesus was not an innocent man. As a matter of fact, the Son of God...

September 22, 2011

the state killed two men last night (but we only cared for one)

Two men were executed last night by the state. And no one said a word...

September 11, 2011

Fight Tragedy on 9/11

This week, churches across America will memorialize, mourn and remember the almost 4,000 people who died...