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November 2017

November 01, 2017

Is it okay to be white?

Apparently there is a national movement started by white nationalists in the netherworld of 4chan...

October 2017

October 22, 2017

Why I’m not taking my blog down from Patheos even though they hired Mark Driscoll

I'm not a woman. That means that misogynist ex-pastor Mark Driscoll's words do not violate...

October 02, 2017

Some Thoughts on “Thoughts and Prayers”

Prayer is always primarily about the transformation of the one doing it.

August 2017

August 26, 2017

The Theology That Pardons White Supremacy

Last night I witnessed a white United Methodist pastor seeking to justify Donald Trump's pardon...

August 24, 2017

A conversation with my son about the difference between history and historiography

My older son and I have been having some conversations during the past year about...

August 15, 2017

Charlottesville: a first-hand account of racist violence

[I asked my dear friend Deborah Porras to share her eyewitness account of what happened...

August 13, 2017

What If This Is the New Church?

I've been thinking about what I would preach today if I were preaching. And I...

August 12, 2017

How Satan Wins in Charlottesville and Elsewhere

Last night, a group of white nationalists carrying tiki torches took over the UVA Lawn...

August 11, 2017

The spiritual discipline of backing down

As I write this, the world has been taken hostage by a high-stakes game of...

July 2017

July 31, 2017

What Does Winning Look Like for Christians?

Before Donald Trump became president, he promised that if he were elected, Americans would "win...

July 19, 2017

7 Ways I’m Not Entirely Progressive

I just got back from the Wild Goose Festival. It's a great experience every year,...

July 04, 2017

The Selective Inerrancy of Romans 13 for American Patriots

The signers of the Declaration of Independence were not biblical inerrantists. If they had been,...

February 2017

February 20, 2017

When will political incorrectness stop being a family value?

Milo Yiannopoulos is the poster boy of the alt-right movement. His entire platform is based...

February 17, 2017

The visa that would fix our immigration system

Fifteen years ago, I worked for the Farm Labor Organizing Committee (FLOC), a mostly Latino immigrant...

February 14, 2017

The revolution will not be built on white shame

When I first entered the world of white radicalism in the early 2000's, I noticed...

February 09, 2017

The spirit of power, love, and self-discipline (2 Timothy 1:7)

On Tuesday, the daily office lectionary included this verse from 2 Timothy 1:7: "God did...

February 08, 2017

The number one problem in public education

Ten years ago, my name was Mr. G. I was the 10th grade English and...

February 02, 2017

A visit to the ICE office

This week, I got to do church in a way that I hadn't experienced before. After...

January 2017

January 29, 2017

Jesus doesn’t do walls (Ephesians 2:14)

If you want to get to the core ethos of true Christianity, Ephesians 2:14 is...

January 27, 2017

It’s time for the true conservatives to stand up!

In order to cope with the events of last week, my wife and I have...

January 24, 2017

Five #AlternativeFacts of toxic Christianity

While government officials have always distorted truth, the Trump Administration is the first to openly...

January 11, 2017

What if Franklin Graham was right about God’s role in Trump’s election?

When the news broke of Russian interference in the presidential election, Franklin Graham responded with...

January 04, 2017

How did defenders of absolute truth become post-truth ideologues?

A crucial part of my conservative evangelical upbringing was learning about the difference between “absolute...

December 2016

December 28, 2016

Why I hate the word “content”

I usually hate words whenever they become trendy, whenever it seems like people are saying...

December 03, 2016

What if they’re the ones who know Jesus better than we do?

What if they’re the ones who know Jesus better than we do? What if they...

November 2016

November 30, 2016

What if we all just blocked Trump on Twitter?

I want to start a campaign to block Donald Trump on Twitter. Not just block...

November 22, 2016

Resisting Satan in an age without integrity

My wife Cheryl has integrity. I often make fun of her for it. When she's...

November 16, 2016

Intersectionality for bewildered white evangelicals

In the Washington Post this week, white evangelical millennial leader Katelyn Beaty said, "I can’t...

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 25, 2016

Election Day Communion

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