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May 2018

May 10, 2018

This is America: Childish Gambino’s Uncomfortable Portrait of Us

Donald Glover's Childish Gambino video portrays a tension between the "America" we want to think...

May 07, 2018

The Gospel of Toxic Masculinity: Why the Southern Baptists are Actually Condoning Domestic Abuse (Whether They Mean To Or Not)

Who's game for some Monday morning feminist rage? Everyone? That's what I thought. Let's roll....

May 04, 2018

The Stormy Pamphlet: A Hamilton Parody for a President and a Porn Star

As the Trump-Stormy Daniels debacle continues to make headlines, enjoy this spoof on "The Reynolds...

May 02, 2018

Kansas ‘Religious Freedom’ Bill Hurts Children and the Economy

Kansas lawmakers are trying to push through a bill that would allow adoption and foster...

April 2018

April 24, 2018

Women in the House: Tammy Duckworth (and her baby) Make Way for Equal Representation

It's a good week for girls. Sen. Tammy Duckworth was already killing it as the...

April 19, 2018

Church-Shopping 101: The 3 Things Your Church Website Should Say in One Click

Before investing time in your church, potential guests want to know as much as they...

April 18, 2018

Coffee Break: A Self-Imposed Time-out for Starbucks

Some might say it’s a little too late, but Starbucks is taking a step in...

April 11, 2018

Sick and Tired: The Real Burden That Lawmakers Place on Teachers

Guest post: My friend Tasha is one of many teachers in Kentucky (and elsewhere)...

April 10, 2018

And Who Else Would We Be?

I wrote a book last summer. It made me really angry. That book *officially* releases...

April 03, 2018

Easter Snow: A Frozen Hallelujah, Étude

There was candy. There was singing and there were flowers, and kids in bright new...

March 2018

March 30, 2018

7 Last Words, Redux

Because for the real, the raw, and the unimaginable that this day brings... sometimes art...

March 14, 2018

Miracles of the Dust: Stephen Hawking, Science and Sacred Embodiment

He opened up the heavens for us. And he was an atheist. Stephen Hawking long...

March 05, 2018

Parenting the Resistance: 5 Ways to Have Hard Conversations with Kids

It went down like this: "Mommy, I have a joke for you, listen. How long...

February 2018

February 27, 2018

A Long List of Questions: And Why Arming Teachers Is Not the Answer

Guest Post: Aimee Hicks Graham in-san-ity. noun: The state of madness (synonyms: madness, dementia, lunacy, instability, mania,...

February 20, 2018

A Better Way: Support of Haiti Orphanages Does More Harm Than Good

Guest Post: Margot DeGreef It's a common sight: American church groups traveling in matching t-shirts, with a...

February 15, 2018

Jesus is Not the Answer: 5 Tangible Actions for Gun Sense

Let's just get this out of the way: Jesus is not going to fix our...

February 07, 2018

Friends With Benefits: Why We Need More Affection

It was a 3-hour train ride. We didn't put the armrest down between us, and...

February 05, 2018

Built to Serve: Dodge Truck Ad is an Exercise in Misappropriation

Toyota--good game. Although, would it have killed you to have a woman rabbi or something?...

January 2018

January 26, 2018

Career Obsessed Banshees with Snake-Filled Heads: Why Courtland Sykes Is No Joke

Career-obsessed banshees. She-devils who shriek from the tops of tall buildings. Mean-spirited radical feminists. Women...

January 24, 2018

Not One More: Eleven Shootings in Three Weeks, With A Long List of Accomplices

Three weeks into the 2018 school year, there have been eleven school shootings in the...

January 15, 2018

White, Polite, and Part of the Problem: How to Honor MLK Day

We hold these truths to be self-evident: that white people, as a rule, like for...

January 08, 2018

Not-So-Little Black Dresses

"I'm not usually into award shows... but I watched every minute of the Golden Globes...

January 02, 2018

The “Time, Talent & Treasure” Approach to Simplifying Your Life

As a rule, I do not believe in New Year's resolutions. If you need to make...

December 2017

December 13, 2017

Alabama is Not the Problem: Roy Moore and the Greater Sins of America

A lot of people are hating on Alabama, and the South in general lately. As the...

December 11, 2017

What Mary Knew

Allow me a Grinch-y moment folks... I love Christmas, but some of the secular trappings...

December 05, 2017

All the Rage: What’s “In” This Holiday Season

So, happy Advent, everyone! What should we talk about today? The fact that the President...

December 04, 2017

Let God’s Blessings Trickle Down Slowly (and Other Stuff The Bible Doesn’t Say)

Let justice trickle down like a leaky faucet... Praise God from whom all blessings trickle...

November 2017

November 29, 2017

A Slow Burn: Why Matt Lauer Got Fired But Trump Is Still President

Bill Cosby. Louis C.K. Billy Bush. Harvey Weinstein. Charlie Rose. Matt Lauer. They're dropping like...

November 28, 2017

Outside the Box: Rethinking Holiday Charitable Giving

I am fundamentally opposed to Black Friday shopping. For many reasons, not the least of...

November 22, 2017

Holidays Are Complicated: But You Are Loved

“For surely I know the plans I have for you, says the Lord, plans for...