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July 2020

July 02, 2020

Readers of Faith on the Fringe will enjoy this

If you enjoy reading from a progressive Christian perspective, you’ll love Faith, Hope, and Baseball,...

June 2020

June 19, 2020

Living in Interesting Times

My grandmother taught in a one room school house. She was sixteen, teaching all grade...

June 15, 2020

A Lesson About Race

I learned an important lesson about race in the United States from an African-American classmate...

June 10, 2020

Confessions of a DoorDash Dasher

I didn’t read the instructions. I needed extra cash, so impulsively I downloaded the app...

June 06, 2020

Police Officers are Trained to be Cowards

In response to protests against police brutality, police across the country cracked down brutally— tear-gassing...

June 03, 2020

Trump is an anti-Christ fool: Don’t Get Distracted

President Trump’s pointless political posturing with a Bible in front of a church is an...

May 2020

May 25, 2020

Do not weep, maiden, for war is kind.

Do not weep, maiden, for war is kind. (an excerpt) by Stephen Crane Do not...

May 24, 2020

The Man He Killed

The Man He Killed by Thomas Hardy 'Had he and I but met By some...

May 18, 2020

Help Wanted at the International Mission Board

The International Mission Board has been looking for a marketing director. At $115,000 minimum annual...

April 2020

April 30, 2020

Would You Kill Baby Hitler?

Watching the new PBS series about World War II, World on Fire, I asked myself,...

April 14, 2020

All Our Yesterdays

When the days of the week blur together and feel like a vacation that’s gone...

April 11, 2020

An Easter Sunday Video

An Easter Sunday video.

April 06, 2020

Maundy Thursday and Good Friday 2020

The baby born at Christmas is murdered on Good Friday. Battered, broken and betrayed, the...

April 04, 2020

A Special Palm Sunday Video

I've created a special Palm Sunday video. Follow the link to watch the video: faithonthefringe.com/2020/04/03/palm-sunday-2/ For...

April 01, 2020

Palm Sunday – They’ll Be Some Changes Made

Matthew 21:1-11 21:1 When they had come near Jerusalem and had reached Bethphage, at the...

March 2020

March 24, 2020

10 Ways to Cope with Anxiety

From the holidays to the coronavirus, from families to work, stress attacks our spirits, minds,...

March 16, 2020

Three Celtic Christian Traditions for Today’s Church

People are leaving church. It’s no secret. Generations of Americans have no history in a...

March 16, 2020

St. Patrick’s Breastplate

“St. Patrick’s Breastplate” or “The Lorica” Tradition says this prayer was written by St. Patrick....

March 14, 2020

Come Near to God – Wash Your Hands

February 2020

February 22, 2020

Lent 2020

Millions of Christians enter the Lenten season observing one of the oldest traditions in the...

February 13, 2020

Hypocrites in the House of the Lord ~ And a Request

I started Faith on the Fringe in 2015 because I believe much of mainstream Christianity...

February 12, 2020

Abraham Lincoln – Born Feb. 12, 1809

Abraham Lincoln was born Feb. 12, 1809 near Hodgenville, Kentucky. He was born in a...

February 09, 2020

A Novel Idea – Updates on a Debut Novel

Of the dozen or so people in the world who know and care that my...

January 2020

January 31, 2020

Rising Above the Sunk Cost Fallacy

In for a penny, in for a pound. Throwing good money after bad. Do you...

January 10, 2020

MLK Jr.

From the day he was born to the day he was murdered, 39 years later,...

December 2019

December 16, 2019

All of the People in the Bible

All of the people in the Bible are Middle Eastern, African, and Mediterranean. When we...

December 03, 2019

The pigs have taken over Evangelical Christianity

In George Orwell’s Animal Farm the animals rebel against human masters and promise a future...

November 2019

November 23, 2019

A Beautiful Day in the Neighborhood and Mr. Rogers’ Legacy

Tom Hanks stars in A Beautiful Day in the Neighborhood, but the movie isn’t about...

November 08, 2019

Trump, Paula White, and becoming a shut-eye

When a con artist starts to believe her con, that’s know as becoming a shut-eye....

November 04, 2019

Mr. Rogers Believes in You

"“Love is at the root of everything,” Mr. Rogers says at the beginning of the...