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May 2018

May 14, 2018

Palestinians are in Hell, Fundagelicals Celebrate. This is Why.

Today the world is split into two sides. You're either celebrating with Israel or mourning...

May 03, 2018

Peace, Church.

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

January 2018

January 12, 2018

Blessed Are The “Shithole” Countries, the Kingdom Belongs to Them.

Can you imagine Jesus calling Haiti or other countries in Africa "shithole" countries? Yesterday in...

November 2017

November 09, 2017

To the “Godless”: We Must Stop the Rising Theocracy of Radicalized Christianity

"Whoever does not love does not know God, for God is love." 1 John 4:8 During...

October 2017

October 11, 2017

The Line in the Sand: I Side with Eminem and So Would Jesus

My whole life I was made to believe I was sick when I wasn't 'Til...

October 10, 2017

Onward Christian Soldiers: The Culture War I Grew Up in Fighting for “Jesus”

"Of all tyrannies, a tyranny sincerely exercised for the good of its victims may be...

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 30, 2017

WWSD (What would Satan do?): A New Grassroots Movement

WWJD (What would Jesus do) was a popular phrase in evangelical circles in the 1990's. It...

September 29, 2017

Dear Christian Conservative: An Open Letter from an Ex-evangelical

Dear Christian conservative, I do not know how to co-exist with you anymore and...

September 26, 2017

Dear America: We Need to Unite These Divided States

Dear America, It is vital right now that we see this NFL controversy for what it...

September 09, 2017

Empty the Pews: Top 10 Reasons I Support #EmptythePews on Twitter

It has been almost six years since I emptied the pews of church. I haven't...

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...

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 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...

December 2016

December 14, 2016

A Message of Hope this Christmas to a Dying World

Approximately 2000 years ago a Jewish man began walking the earth, speaking revolutionary words and...