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February 2016

February 19, 2016

On Making America Great Again

It is early days. A long road stretches out between here and November. I know...

February 10, 2016

The Death We Carry

I've been planning this for weeks. An intentional out-of-office beginning to Lent; traveling to different...

February 01, 2016

Trump and the Christian Persecution Complex

I found myself beginning morning prayer today with a sincere "Dear God... please do not...

January 2016

January 19, 2016

Chapter and Verse: Why Faith-Based Voting is a Bad Idea

This story about Donald Trump speaking at Liberty University is so full of gross things,...

January 18, 2016

Shed a Little Light: Observing MLK Day

Thanks, readers, for sharing your observations of Martin Luther King day. I've enjoyed your pictures and...

January 14, 2016

Still, Always: What Alan Rickman Really Gave Us

Many of the miracle stories in the gospels have a common denominator: the hush factor. After...

January 11, 2016

5 Real Reasons You Want to Win the Lottery: But Mostly Why You Don’t

If I won the lottery, I would not buy a fancy house or car. I would...

December 2015

December 30, 2015

For the Turning: A Progressive Year in Review

Dear Friends and citizens of the internet, I know I'm not alone in feeling that...

December 24, 2015

Meanwhile, Instead, Anyway: Christmas, the Great Conjunction

My high school English teacher--the one who showed me the wonders of eliminating 'to-be' verbs...

December 22, 2015

Deep in the Root

Deep in their roots, all flowers keep the light. This winter image, offered up by...

December 16, 2015

Hope Trumps Fear: Advent Thoughts on the GOP Debate

"Look Daddy! Every time Trump gets 'booed,' an angel gets his wings!" ...is the thought...

December 03, 2015

Come Darkness, Come Light

I'm going to have to call the police on my neighbors. The liturgical police, that...

December 01, 2015

Naughty or Nice: Tell Your Kids They’re Good

I swear I didn't lose it on purpose. Here's how it happened. When my daughter...

November 2015

November 30, 2015

Keeping the Light

Normally, I’m a purist. Nothing green or sparkly goes up at my house until the...

November 17, 2015

What Faith and Freedom Demand

I had no idea... I had no idea that so many people were total experts...

November 11, 2015

Liberals Love America Too

We rail against gun culture, the gross injustice of capitalism, and the disintegrating lines between...

November 09, 2015

Red Cup Blues: 7 (Real) Reasons to Step Away from the Starbucks

Lots of good things start with imaginary Christian persecution. For instance: My first viral blog...

November 07, 2015

Lost in the Crowd

It's been a big week in Kansas City. Following the Royals' World Series win, we pretty...

October 2015

October 26, 2015

7 Ways to Prepare Your Kids for Dating…Without Using a Shotgun

It’s the oldest joke in our cultural lexicon: the father, casually cleaning his shotgun on...

October 01, 2015

Ordinary Day

Nobody came into my place of work today and shot me. No enraged white man...

September 2015

September 30, 2015

It is Finished: The Life and Death of Kelly Gissendaner

It's done. Sort of. The story of a killer. It was one-part true crime, and...

September 23, 2015

Get it Together, America–We’ve Got Company

Maybe this week in U.S. news is no more embarrassing than any other. But I...

September 22, 2015

Talking to Strangers: Scene in a Bar

I was drinking a beer. That was her first clue that I wasn’t a real...

September 14, 2015

Hope, Healing, and Multiple Drafts: A Conversation with Author Reba Riley

I recently posted a review of the new book “Post-Traumatic Church Syndrome.” Since then, I’ve...

September 09, 2015

That One Time When Kim Davis Stopped Being Hilarious

Yesterday, I did something I’ve never done before—I took down a previously published blog post....

August 2015

August 31, 2015

Clean Hands, Full Hearts (Can’t Lose): A Sermon About Purity and Tradition

7Now when the Pharisees and some of the scribes who had come from Jerusalem gathered...

August 26, 2015

When Violence is Not News

The fresh horror out of Virginia this morning: a news anchor and camera man went...

August 20, 2015

The Naked Truth About Dress Codes

Women's bodies sure are controversial these days. And not just in the political/ideological sense regarding reproductive rights...

August 19, 2015

Healing and Hilarity in “Post-Traumatic Church Syndrome”

If David Sedaris and Anne Lamott had a baby together... it would be this book....

August 12, 2015

All the Weird, Wonderful World: A Back-to-School Prayer

As I mentioned last year, I am usually not the parent crying into my latte...