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January 2026

January 22, 2026

Speaking the Truth in Love

"Speaking truth to power" is a worn-out catchword phrase. It has outlived its usefulness. We...

January 20, 2025

Trumpism vs. the Gospel: What Jesus Says About Power

Today is inauguration day. Last November, Trumpism won the majority of the elections. I watched...

November 2023

November 13, 2023

The Charlatans Will Always Be With You

Charlatans are usually a minor problem for churches. However, if you fall prey to any,...

September 2023

September 07, 2023

Christians at Pride

A straight white male attended our local pride event. It was me. I am not...

July 2023

July 31, 2023

Rahab’s Lie

Telling a lie for a good cause presents an ethical quandary. Rahab's lie is upheld...

July 10, 2023

Imagined Injuries

Church folk sure like going to court. Imagined injuries now make laws and policies. The...

May 2023

May 30, 2023

Littleness of Souls

The danger of disaffiliation is not smaller churches, budgets, and a smaller denomination. The danger...

April 2023

April 17, 2023

Communing With Judas

It is a common holy week theme. Can you sit with your Judas? Do we...

October 2022

October 03, 2022

The Gospel of Rights-Scolding

Anthropologist and essayist David Graeber coined the term "rights-scolding" to name the phenomenon of lecturing...

September 2022

September 02, 2022

Freedom of Speech And Thought

John Climacus in the Diapsalmata observed people demand freedom speech and neglect their freedom of thought. ...

August 2022

August 08, 2022

The Lies Have It

Lies are reality if they are told first. That is until they are proven false....

July 2022

July 21, 2022

3 Steps to Reconstructing Faith from Christian Nationalism

A friend confessed she was having a faith crisis because of Christian nationalism. She needs...

July 18, 2022

Is Your Political Organization A Church?

Political organizations making religious claims is nothing new in the United States. The role of...

July 13, 2022

3 Ways To Get Things Wrong

It is no surprise to anyone who reads the Bible to hear people get things...

July 11, 2022

Faking Community

A new HBO series The Anarchists is really about faking community. Briefly stated; the series is...

June 2022

June 30, 2022

A Death Cult

Fascism is a death cult. It does not matter what form or name it takes....

June 13, 2022

Avoiding Bible Abuse

Para-Church organizations regularly abuse the Bible. It is easy to do when one has an...

May 2022

May 19, 2022

Good Guys With Guns

The root of all true heresies is to assume "we" are right, true, and good...

May 03, 2022

Divorce: Church Style

Experience teaches me that nothing stops a person who wants a divorce. Begging a person...

April 2022

April 28, 2022

The Weapons Are The Point

I watched a Senator the other day read from a list of weapons the US...

April 16, 2022

Highway Out of Hell

What was Jesus doing on Holy Saturday? Was he really in or spiritually out of...

April 04, 2022

Mass Graves And Biblical Authority

Recent reports of mass graves of civilian casualties once again raise the ire of observers....

March 2022

March 10, 2022

The Revolution Begins May 1st

Forgive me for approaching what many take as serious business lightly. What some people believe...

March 07, 2022

Beginning A Forty Day Journey

The story is about the end of Jesus’ forty days in the wilderness. We are...

February 2022

February 24, 2022

Ukraine and The Same Old Story

The leader began with the story. "There is evil abroad." And the tale continued from...

February 14, 2022

Truth Divides Before It Unites

The truth will set you free. But only when we are ready to step up...

January 2022

January 24, 2022

Preacher Stories And Other Lies

We call them illustrations. Other people might say, "Preacher stories." Many times they are outright...

November 2021

November 22, 2021

Rushing to Judgment and Kyle Rittenhouse

The last few weeks has been a lesson in judgment. Or rather I should say...

November 15, 2021

Heresy, Insanity, and The Destruction of the Faith of Jesus

Heresy is not often the equivalent of insanity. We who grew up during the cold...

November 01, 2021

4 Ways to Protect from Bad Faith

Faith is good. Bad faith is awful. I cannot count the number of people I...