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November 2020

November 18, 2020

When Church Is a Rock Concert

There needs to be more written about megachurches' adoption of rock concert aesthetics. The colored...

July 2020

July 20, 2020

The GOP is the real threat to religious believers

The true risk to religious believers is not the Left, for all of Laura Ingraham...

May 2020

May 28, 2020

This Isn’t a Culture War, It’s a Pandemic

This feels like pandering. That's what it feels like. Talking ad nauseam about getting churches...

March 2020

March 30, 2020

Some Catholics Issue a Call to Contagion–and Death

When COVID-19 spreads through churches, it doesn't stay in those churches. Newly infected parishioners go...

March 12, 2020

This is Robert. Don’t be Robert.

One way the state wants churches to help partner in this is by canceling church...

June 2019

June 06, 2019

It turns out the Bible is not so clear as all that

The problem with fundamentalism is that it takes words written in a different language in...

January 2019

January 03, 2019

Small Children Aren’t Supposed to Sit Still, Debi

The swatting is not the key point here---young children are not wired to sit still...

February 2018

February 07, 2018

How Should Churches Respond When People Leave?

Christianity Today recently posted an article titled Six Ways to Support and Challenge Those Who Leave...

December 2017

December 13, 2017

Why are Millennials Leaving Christianity? Fox News Has No Idea.

It is worth exploring the reasons for the decline in church attendance beyond evangelicalism. But...

February 2015

February 02, 2015

Today I’m Proud of Joshua Harris

Forging our own paths after the level of parental control homeschooling afforded our parents isn't...

February 02, 2013

Raised Evangelical: Isaac’s Story

"My name is Isaac. I am a nineteen-year-old male living in the buckle of the...

December 2012

December 04, 2012

Unitarian Universalism and Diversity of Belief

As I've spent time learning about Unitarian Universalism, I have come to understand the problem...

November 2012

November 26, 2012

What Is a Church?

Are churches the only place people have to meet their need for community, transcendence, meaning,...

November 18, 2012

Raised Evangelical: Joy’s Story

"My name is Joy; I am a 42-year-old wife and working mother of 2. I...

November 13, 2012

My Local Atheist Group Didn’t Meet My Needs

For two full years, I didn't go to church. I enjoyed sleeping in on Sunday...

November 11, 2012

Five Things I Love about My Local UU Church

I've been attending the local Unitarian Universalist church since the end of the summer. Here...

November 11, 2012

Raised Evangelical: Julie’s Story

"Hi, my name is Julie. I’m twenty years old. I was brought up with a...

November 06, 2012

Preaching Politics from the Pulpit on Left and Right

I heard politics preached from the pulpit on a regular basis in the evangelical megachurch...

November 04, 2012

Raised Evangelical: Lina’s Story

"I’m Lina, and I’m everywhere I thought I wouldn’t be. I grew up as a...

October 2012

October 28, 2012

Raised Evangelical: Matthias’ Story

"I am a 23 year old male currently residing in the “bible belt”. I grew...

October 22, 2012

Do you mean the Bible is inerrant, or that you are inerrant?

Evangelicals and fundamentalists claim that they rely on the Bible alone, and hold it up...

October 22, 2012

Raised Evangelical: Rebekka’s Story

"My name is Rebekka, I’m in my mid-twenties, and from Denmark. I grew up in...

October 13, 2012

Raised Evangelical: Shannon’s Story

"I grew up believing in Christianity like I believed the sky was blue and 2+2...

October 08, 2012

Raised Evangelical: Veronica’s Story

"My name is Veronica. I'm currently 35 years old. I was raised by my parents...

October 01, 2012

Raised Evangelical: Jenn’s Story

"My name is Jenn. My parents converted from Baptist to Evangelical not long after I...

September 2012

September 26, 2012

Raised Quiverfull: Chryssie’s Story

"I don’t remember when my parents first came in contact with Bill Gothard, Michael/Debi Pearl...

September 24, 2012

Raised Evangelical: Kacy’s Story

"I was raised an Evangelical Baptist in the “Bible Belt.” The church we attended was...

September 10, 2012

Raised Evangelical: Angie’s Story

"I am Angie, a 24-year-old recent college graduate who is married. When I was around...

September 02, 2012

“Suffer not a woman to teach, nor to usurp authority over the man”

The Friendly Atheist recently posted an the results of a survey on women in the church,...

August 2012

August 22, 2012

Raised Quiverfull: Kiery’s Story

"My parents sort of came to Quiverfull beliefs on their own. When I was about...