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October 2016

October 27, 2016

Are people of color protecting our country from fascism?

It's been over a week since this astonishing contrast of maps made the rounds on...

October 26, 2016

I’m tired of auditioning to be your pastor

I'm pretty good at being a pastor. It's my favorite thing to do. When I've...

October 25, 2016

Election Day Communion

I've found myself at a loss for words lately. I'm so fatigued by this presidential...

October 17, 2016

Christian spirituality for a non-Christian audience

I've been offered an amazing opportunity by the Tulane Hillel rabbi Yonah Schiller to talk...

October 17, 2016

What if God wants the pro-life movement to lose the Supreme Court forever so they can act like Christians again?

[Note: A previous version of this post had a featured photo with an image that...

October 16, 2016

Just remember that Dubya and Hillary belong to the same church

They're both United Methodist: Dubya and Hillary, two of the most hated politicians in America....

October 13, 2016

The religious right needs to repent, not rebrand

Ever since Donald Trump was caught saying the P-word, conservative evangelical leaders have been feverishly...

October 07, 2016

Let’s start an inclusive evangelical campus ministry network!

Time just ran an article about InterVarsity Christian Fellowship's witch-hunt against LGBTQ-affirming staff-people. Not staff-people...

September 2016

September 29, 2016

How do you teach thirst at a school where everyone drinks?

You have to learn how to be thirsty. And until you’re thirsty, you cannot really...

September 28, 2016

My favorite quotes from our Rob Bell interview

Rob Bell is on our podcast this week. I didn't get to participate because my...

September 27, 2016

“I settled the suit with no admission of guilt” (Donald Trump’s atonement theory)

"I settled the suit with no admission of guilt." It was Donald Trump's best line...

September 27, 2016

To the ones who never say yes

You will never be inspired If you refuse to be breathed into If you always...

September 23, 2016

It’s against my religion to believe the official report

“His disciples came by night and stole his body while we were asleep” (Matthew 28:13)....

September 21, 2016

This is what spiritual warfare looks like

"If anyone among you wants to be my disciple, let him take up his cross...

September 20, 2016

The problem with the golden calf story

I noticed a problem in the Bible that I'd never noticed before in church last week....

September 18, 2016

My seven salvations so far

There is nothing more anxiety-inducing about growing up Southern Baptist than the obsession with having...

September 13, 2016

We’re all a basket of deplorables

Basket of deplorables. What an odd phrase that Hillary Clinton chose to use. She was...

September 12, 2016

An open letter with 12 honest questions for the Wesleyan Covenant Association

Dear Wesleyan Covenantal Association, First of all, I'm not afraid of you. I don't think...

September 12, 2016

My four favorite parts of Science Mike’s new book

If for some reason you don't know "Science Mike" McHargue, he's someone you need to know,...

September 11, 2016

A poem I wrote on September 12th, 2001

On September 12th, 2001, I was sitting with a bunch of anarchists in an illegally...

September 10, 2016

Five things I would tell my suicidal 21-year old self

Since it's International Suicide Prevention Day, I wanted to share some reflections about my suicide...

September 09, 2016

How about instead of buying your pastor a beer you stop driving us to drink?

It's International Buy Your Priest a Beer Day, and I'm feeling like the woman who...

September 07, 2016

Toxic Christianity encapsulated in a church sign

This church sign captures everything that is wrong with toxic Christianity and why it positions...

September 06, 2016

Satan, Beyonce, and Jesus the Problematic Fave

This week on Crackers and Grape Juice, I talked with one of my favorite people...

September 04, 2016

Do you want to see inclusive campus ministry thrive?

The hopes and prayers from the past few months of planning and preparation have come...

September 03, 2016

Five reasons why taco trucks are America’s salvation

When Donald Trump's surrogate infamously declared that there will soon be #TacoTrucksOnEveryCorner unless somebody stops...

September 03, 2016

When the kingdom of God disrupts my church marketing

Everyone is always marketing. I suspect there were hundreds of college classrooms that began their...

August 2016

August 28, 2016

Colin Kaepernick and the test of American freedom

If you haven't heard about the latest drama on the Interwebz, San Francisco 49ers quarterback...

August 26, 2016

Christians should be creating safe spaces, not ridiculing them

Well, the University of Chicago has been all over my feed lately because of a...

August 24, 2016

Is Jesus the only way to God?

This week's Crackers and Grape Juice episode addressed the question "Is Jesus the only way...

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