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October 2017

October 26, 2017

A Lament for Liberal Protestantism

This review was previously published in Sociology of Religion, but since so few read journals, here it...

October 21, 2017

Driscoll on Patheos: My Request for an Apology

Several have wondered how can I stay on Patheos, since Patheos just invited Mark Driscoll...

October 05, 2017

More Blood at the Altar of the Gun

Previously published in The Seattle Times Special to The Seattle Times IN religious circles, many...

June 2017

June 29, 2017

We are all Hagar

Texts for this Sermon: Genesis 16:1-16; Genesis 21:1-21. On occasion I get asked: "Why are...

April 2017

April 09, 2017

Everything Belongs and the End of Religion

Recently I’ve been thinking that in Evangelical culture in the Pacific Northwest there is a...

April 03, 2017

Weak theology and the anti-gospel of American exceptionalism

(Originally published in The Immanent Frame, April 3, 2017). A few years ago, I reviewed David...

March 2017

March 27, 2017

I’m Praying for Sean Hannity

This blog was inspired by Ted Koppel’s take down of Sean Hannity on TV. Koppel...

March 20, 2017

A Shack of Grace

The movie, The Shack received an 18 percent rating from the “top” critics. They say...

March 05, 2017

Bread and Breasts

We go to a church near us; we can get there in five minutes. We...

February 2017

February 27, 2017

Princeton Theological Statement Against American First

An important message from my alma mater, Princeton Theological Seminary, no bastion of liberalism, but...

February 21, 2017

Do Black Lives Matter to the Church?

Guest Blogger: Brooke Anne Wellman As a white person, it is difficult to write about...

February 21, 2017

Guest Blogger: Brooke Anne Wellman

February 06, 2017

Sometimes Goodness Triumphs

"Some believe it is only great power that can hold evil in check, but that...

January 2017

January 30, 2017

Time for a New Confessing Church

For the last three years I’ve moderated the Veritas Forum at my University. And each...

November 2016

November 15, 2016

I Saw this Coming

One of my favorite authors, Sherman Alexie, had a wonderful tweet after the election: “Anyone...

November 11, 2016

Resilient Peace in the Time of Crisis

Leonard Cohen, who died the day after Trump’s victory in the presidential election, introduced his...

November 08, 2016

I’m with the Nasty Women

I'm with the nasty women for lots of reasons! I'm reading John Caputo's The Weakness...

October 2016

October 28, 2016

Religion is for Lovers

These are dark days folks. Everyone is just a bit down. (Thank God for the...

October 15, 2016

How a Trump-like Culture Nearly Killed Me and May Destroy America

Words can heal and they can kill. These days we are in a word storm....

October 05, 2016

Edgeman: Rob Bell in LA

I just watched a beautiful film piece on Rob Bell in The New Yorker Presents,...

September 2016

September 13, 2016

God Kick: Terror in Cinque Terre (written with Brooke Wellman)

Trips of a lifetime are etched into our memories, this one for different reasons than...

July 2016

July 08, 2016

Lament and Prayer for a Nation

The joy of our hearts has ceased; our dancing has been turned to mourning. The...

July 05, 2016

Baptist Anti-American Civil Religion

I’ve written and thought on American civil religion for some time now. Inevitably, our American...

June 2016

June 24, 2016

Apocalypse Now: The New History of American Fundamentalists–A Review

Matthew Sutton’s American Apocalypse: A History of Modern Evangelicalism is beautifully written, thoroughly documented and,...

June 14, 2016

Haunted Houses and the Ability to Mourn

The irony of the Orlando massacre is that it was done only a mile away...

April 2016

April 27, 2016

‘Don’t be codependent’ or ‘I’d rather go skiing’ (Or ‘If you’re codependent, I’m outta here’)

A few years ago in speaking to a group of Pentecostal preachers, at one point,...

April 10, 2016

My White Tribe: The Unmarked Group

I asked my Jackson School International Studies class called, "Cultural Interactions in an Interdependent World,"...

March 2016

March 25, 2016

We’re Winning Against ISIS: Religious Violence and Occupation

I’ve been thinking and writing about religious violence for some time now. Along with many...

March 22, 2016

Hope Beyond Despair

I was reminded recently that Nikos Kazantzakis’ 1955 The Last Temptation of Christ has Jesus,...

March 15, 2016

Rob Bell is Here: A Review of How to be Here-with Addendum

Rob Bell is a friend. I wrote a book about him. We spent something on...

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