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February 2025

February 25, 2025

The Power of Empathy: How Understanding Can Change the World

Imagine emerging from the darkest chapter of your life and instead of harboring resentment, you...

February 17, 2025

Why Posting on Social Media Won’t Change Anything

We all know the feeling: you see something infuriating on social media and, before you...

November 2024

November 06, 2024

What We Can Learn From This

I’m sure many of you woke up this morning like I did. Dreading the news...

October 2024

October 25, 2024

Bishop Swan Unmasks White Evangelical Hypocrisy

It’s not every day that someone responds to a divisive political statement with the kind...

October 31, 2023

The Answer To Everything?

What if I told you I had the answer to all of humankind's greatest problems?...

February 2023

February 11, 2023

Why James White Cannot Admit Slavery Is A Sin

On Wednesday of this week I was in Houston, Texas, to debate James White [a...

January 2023

January 17, 2023

GUEST POST: Home Improvement by Lito Bujanda-Moore

NOTE: This homily was delivered on Sunday, Jan. 15, 2023 at First Unitarian Universalist Church,...

January 24, 2022

10 More Things That Aren’t In Your Bible

Taking inspiration from my fellow Heretic and Apostate, Matthew Distefano's post here on Patheos -...

June 2020

June 18, 2020

Will You Help Us Build Something New?

After posting a few articles here and sharing them around social media, I've received a...

June 17, 2020

Dear White Christians: Here’s What You Still Don’t Understand

Today a friend of mine on Facebook said that he had never met anyone who...

June 15, 2020

[GUEST POST] Shine the Light by Amy Chumbley

I need to confess something. I’ve had lots of black friends over the years but...

June 09, 2020

Sorry Mr. President: My Friend Martin Isn’t ANTIFA

Kinda surreal to wake up and realize the President of the United States of...

June 04, 2020

Exposing The Myth Of White Privilege

"White Privilege is a myth!" I hear many of my friends say. Those people always...

May 2020

May 29, 2020

Dear Police Officer: We See You

Please watch the video linked here. I want to say a few things about it...

May 28, 2020

Please Just Follow The Rules [A Poem]

And when we murder you, could you please protest peacefully? And when we choke your...

May 28, 2020

Please Make It Stop

Once more, another unarmed black man is dead at the hands of a white man....

May 12, 2020

GUEST POST: Kyle Butler – Racism: My Answer To It

NOTE: In honor of Ahmaud Arbery, I’m surrendering my blog today to someone who...

May 11, 2020

GUEST POST: One Nation Under God by Michele Smith Lindo

NOTE: In honor of Ahmaud Arbery, I'm surrendering my blog today to someone who...

May 08, 2020

10 Reasons Not To Attend NOMAD 2020

Not sure if you've seen any ads for this new online conference called NOMAD...

May 07, 2020

I’ve Just Witnessed A Murder

I've just witnessed a murder. In broad daylight. Caught on camera. An innocent man was...

March 2020

March 04, 2020

How I Love My Bendable Jesus

Oh bendable, poseable Jesus, how I love thee. Let me count the ways. I love...

July 2019

July 23, 2019

Dear White American Jesus [Guest Post by Kenly Stewart]

One of the most important theological/Christological statements I've ever read comes from Khalil Gibran, the...

July 19, 2019

Why It’s So Hard To Talk About Racism

I am no stranger to disagreements. My friends on Facebook are very used to engaging...

April 2019

April 29, 2019

There Are No White People In The Bible

Ok, there are some white people in the Bible. Maybe if we look in the...