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December 2016

December 24, 2016

How Christians overcome the scandal of a baby God

God cannot be a baby. That's a scandal. Because babies are not omnipotent. They're not...

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 28, 2016

So you want a Christmas gift for your distraught moderate Republican aunt?

Everyone talks about that crazy uncle. I'm sure he had some rich things to say...

November 20, 2016

I’m with the people making sanctuary

The only positive thing about the last two weeks has been the sacred space I've...

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 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...

September 2016

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 18, 2016

My seven salvations so far

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

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 07, 2016

Toxic Christianity encapsulated in a church sign

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

August 2016

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...

August 23, 2016

The orthodoxy of the blues

The seventh chapter of my book How Jesus Saves the World From Us is about...

August 20, 2016

Does love really trump hate or is that just a hashtag?

For the past week, I've been haunted by a moment that occurred during some dead...

August 14, 2016

It’s time to put the knife down

At our joint book event this weekend, Liz Edman read a passage from her book...

August 13, 2016

My conversation with Queer Virtue’s Liz Edman

Today was the big day. I got to have a public conversation with Liz Edman,...

August 11, 2016

Who are the false prophets? (Matthew 24:11-12)

I stumbled across a scripture that I've been meditating on this week. The Ferguson Declaration...

August 10, 2016

When a well-intentioned white person exudes white supremacy

Well the Gospel Coalition is in trouble again. They wanted to participate in the race...

August 09, 2016

Engaging the Ferguson Declaration: A #BlackLivesMatter Creed

Today is the two year anniversary of the murder of Michael Brown on Canfield Street...

August 08, 2016

Liz Edman: queer pride vs. Christian empire

This June, I had one of the most epic conversations of my life in a...

July 2016

July 29, 2016

Bec Cranford: tattooed Pentecostal wonder-woman

I'm continuing to play catch up on my Wild Goose interviews for Crackers and Grape...

July 28, 2016

Brandan Robertson’s rich nomadic spirituality

I've gotten way behind in sharing my Wild Goose interviews on the Crackers and Grape...

July 27, 2016

Our Chicago #DetoxifyChristianity panel

In Chicago last night, I had the privilege of sitting in a panel discussion with...

July 19, 2016

Please support our inclusive, justice-seeking campus ministry!

There is not a more critical time in the spiritual journey of Christians today than when...

July 19, 2016

Six things that make white Christian America toxic

Since it's Donald Trump's big week and he's an excellent bellwether of the toxicity of...

July 17, 2016

Is the Holy Spirit a respecter of institutions?

Some United Methodists are overjoyed about the election of Karen Oliveto, our first openly queer...

July 16, 2016

Could a queer bishop restore Wesleyan holiness to the United Methodist Church?

Last night, the Western Jurisdiction of the United Methodist Church elected our first openly-queer bishop,...

July 07, 2016

Toxic authority, police brutality, and white evangelical Christianity

I have learned about three police killings of black people in the past 24 hours....

July 01, 2016

Is there a Christianity that isn’t toxic?

Have American Christians become what Jesus came to stop us from being? It’s not an...

June 2016

June 29, 2016

The river is good to me and so is God

For two decades, the Eno River in Durham, NC, has been an important temple for...

June 28, 2016

Can queer pride save the American church?

This past Friday, as the financial world was reeling in the wake of the Brexit...