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May 2018

May 21, 2018

The day I Met Bishop Michael Curry, The Priest of the 2018 Royal Wedding.

"Dr. King was right: ‘We must discover the power of love, the redemptive power of...

May 09, 2018

Signs of Our Times: Google Results When I Searched “Evangelicals Are”.

This morning I was researching the Puritans of the 1600's and 1700's. I was curious...

May 03, 2018

Peace, Church.

I know there are so many of you who have been hurt by the church....

April 2018

April 26, 2018

No, Jesus Never Said We Could Earn Jewels For Our Future Gold Crown.

It has been a little over seven years that I hit the reset button on...

February 2018

February 21, 2018

Manipulation by the Hard Right: The Most Important Thing Billy Graham Ever Said.

This morning, America's pastor, Billy Graham has passed away. In his 99 years, he has...

February 12, 2018

Be Mine: I Think God Loves Us Like This, Not The Way We Were Taught.

Forget diamonds, I'd rather have a dog as my best friend, or God, they're a...

February 07, 2018

No Matt Walsh, Yoga is Not Demonic, But Shame is.

Look to him, and be radiant; so your faces shall never be ashamed. Psalm 34:5 Shame. It's...

January 2018

January 27, 2018

Another Week, Another School Shooting: Our Prayers Need to Change

"The problem I am submitting to you arises not about prayer in general but only...

January 20, 2018

Pride Comes Before The Fall: We All Come Off Our High Horse Eventually

Pride goes before destruction, and a haughty spirit before a fall. Proverbs 16:18 I had...

December 2017

December 27, 2017

An Ex-Evangelical’s Guide to Christmas: What I Told My Kids.

Christmas 2017 was the fifth consecutive year I have not attended church services during the...

December 13, 2017

No ‘Moore’ Members Only: Club almost Elected a Child Molester to U.S. Senate

If you aren't an ex-evangelical or former fundamentalist Christian, you may be scratching your head...

October 2017

October 03, 2017

Leaving Las Vegas: Returning with Hope and Promise of a Better World

Like many of you, my heart is boiling with fire raging blood in response to...

September 2017

September 06, 2017

DACA and the Gospel: Jesus is a DREAMer

If you grew up in Fundamental American Christianity, chances are you sung the...

August 2017

August 18, 2017

Believing in Hope: What if the World is Going to Get Better?

Like many of you, believing in hope is a difficult task these days. Let's entertain...

July 2017

July 29, 2017

Heaven: Would the Religious Right Even Want to Go There?

One of the most beautiful concepts I learned as a child growing up in church...

July 18, 2017

Given to Fly: Leaving the Cage of Fundamental Christianity

When birds are raised in captivity and accidentally get out of their cage, they usually...

May 2017

May 23, 2017

To the Black Sheep

"Two roads diverged in a wood, and I-I took the one less traveled by, And...

May 17, 2017

Why My Children Will Not Be Attending Vacation Bible School at Your Trump/Liberty University Supporting Fundamental Church.

Dear Friend, I know you think you're doing the right thing. I know you're guilt...

May 01, 2017

Jerry Falwell Jr. Says ‘Evangelicals Have Found Their Dream President.’ It is Time for Us to Denounce these Pharisees and Speak Out.

Saturday, April 29, 2017, Jerry Falwell Jr., an influential evangelical leader and president of Liberty...

April 2017

April 08, 2017

Sympathy for the Devil

The U.S. presidential election of 2016 will be one that the world will never forget....

March 2017

March 20, 2017

Winter is Over. Now We Must Inspire New Life With Our Light.

This has been a rough winter for those of us in the resistance. A lot...

March 09, 2017

I Asked God to Break My Heart For What Breaks His…

Ten years ago, when I was at the height of my Christianity, I prayed a...

March 08, 2017

Are We Guilty of Political Elitism?

Growing up in Fundamental Christianity gave me many beautiful roots to grow from. Seeds were...

February 2017

February 15, 2017

If Being a Christian Means XYZ, then I am not a Christian.

In his book, Thy Kingdom Come: How the Religious Right Distorts Faith and Threatens America, Randall...

February 09, 2017

What if you were a refugee?: How to Inspire Empathy.

Like millions of human beings around the world, I am struggling to understand the political...

February 05, 2017

The Good News in the Age of Trump: Believe in the Age to Come.

I was taught at a very young age, as long as I can remember, what...

January 2017

January 25, 2017

Resistance, Victory, and Hope: Finding Strength after Week One of Trump’s America.

As we approach the end of week one of the Trump presidency, yesterday was the...

January 18, 2017

Cleansing the Temple: Our work post the inauguration of Trump.

As I awoke from my depressed slumber from the late eve of election night, I...

January 15, 2017

Debating Jesus, Part I.

From the moment I was born, I was immersed in Fundamental Christianity, pointed toward Jesus....

January 15, 2017

Debating Christ, Part 2.

I imagine that if Jesus was physically here today he'd knock at my door after...