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August 2018

August 31, 2018

A Manifesto of Sorts for Hippie Heretics (and a New Facebook Group)

We are an online community of people seeking a safe space for discussion and fellowship...

August 03, 2018

Why I Value Christian “Orthodoxy”

I think I've just pinpointed, for myself, why I so value Christian “orthodoxy,” even though...

July 2018

July 03, 2018

Rethinking Petitionary Prayer with Mark Karris (Review of Divine Echoes)

In Divine Echoes, Mark Karris tackles our understanding of petitionary prayer in light of the...

May 2018

May 31, 2018

Top 25 Favorite Hymns of Progressive Christians

Based on your responses, here are the 25 hymns most loved by progressive Christians—and we...

March 2018

March 21, 2018

Different Faiths, Same Religion

We all have a faith, and we all have a religion, but the two aren’t...

January 2018

January 29, 2018

A Response to My Former Self on Unity & Theological Essentials

Four years ago, I wrote a chapter for the book, Simple Church: Unity Within Diversity....

July 2017

July 12, 2017

Breaking: Good Satire Discovered at the Babylon Bee

Visitors to The Babylon Bee were shocked to discover something entirely new to the website:...

July 10, 2017

Faith Communities (and a Hate Group) at Bellingham Pride

I was thrilled to see nine affirming congregations at my city’s Pride parade. And when...

April 2017

April 11, 2017

We All Form One Body (RTT)

For week two of Random Text Tuesday (RTT), my random-text selector gave me Romans 12:5....

April 06, 2017

On “Picking and Choosing” Beliefs with Humility

I had an interesting conversation in the comments of another post, and I thought it...

January 2017

January 23, 2017

12 Famous Quotes These Christian Leaders Never Said

I frequently see these quotes make the rounds on social media. They’re mostly great sentiments,...

December 2016

December 18, 2016

Patmos by C. Baxter Kruger (Book Review)

The majority of my reading is generally nonfiction theology. But within the realm of fiction,...

February 2016

February 05, 2016

25 Views on Hell? 2 Questions to Reframe the Debate

The Christian church has always agreed that there will be a final judgment of the...

December 2015

December 01, 2015

What Defines a Heretic? Am I One?

Biblical definition Biblically speaking, the word heretic comes from the Greek hairetikon, meaning “divisive” (Titus...