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April 2020

April 28, 2020

The Book (A Poem About Hegemony)

This may not be the right question but Are you a character in a book...

April 26, 2020

Judas (A Poem About The Freedom To Be Wrong)

I will arrive when I Can be wrong without shame, When I know that I...

April 26, 2020

Gardening Alone (A Poem About Making Beats)

I’m gardening alone In my headphones And I get to create An entire universe from...

April 24, 2020

Being A Man (A Poem About Fatherhood)

You asked for the difference Between a man and a boy And I don’t...

April 22, 2020

The Prophet’s Lipstick (A Poem About Isaiah)

Now I know what Isaiah did when he was Playing around with fire as...

April 20, 2020

Cancel (Another Poem About Twitter)

Beelzebub was presiding over the Convention of demons he had Gathered to strategize about what...

April 17, 2020

Thumb Tacks (A Poem About Memories)

My medicine today is thumb tacks -- I threw out every other crutch (Except my...

April 13, 2020

Is Progressive Christian Twitter A Middle School Cafeteria?

During the pandemic, I have been having a fascinating and frustrating journey in my various...

April 11, 2020

Possibility (A Poem About Divine Mystery)

Holy Saturday is The day when there are no Answers, only waiting In the womb...

April 05, 2020

My Shed (A Poem About Becoming A Man Again)

I practiced Zen in my shed today — At first I was only looking for...

April 04, 2020

The Space Between The Notes (A Poem About Slowing Down)

On the night that Ellis Marsalis died, You reminded me that Music is the space...

March 2020

March 31, 2020

The Battle For Eucharist

There was a scandal in early Methodism about Eucharist at some point. I don't have...

March 30, 2020

Zen and God’s Grace

One consistent part of my spiritual journey for the past twenty years has been my...

March 26, 2020

Excalibur (A Song About Defeating Satan)

For the word of God is alive and active. Sharper than any double-edged sword, it...

March 25, 2020

Hey Teachers, Please Slow Down

Hey teachers, first of all thank you so much. You have the most unappreciated job...

March 22, 2020

The Ringbearers (A Poem About You)

The Ringbearers [For John Guyton] The ringbearers are the saviors of humanity; There was one...

March 01, 2020

#Meh, A Poem About #Twitter

#Meh: A Poem About #Twitter I see your meh #Twitter And it mostly amuses me....

February 2020

February 28, 2020

Ashes (A Poem)

Ashes stick around forever; Whenever I use them to mark The not-quite-churched, I get them...

February 24, 2020

The Dark Side Of The Mystical Mind

Like so many others, my heart was ripped open this past weekend when I...

February 20, 2020

The Difference Between Happiness And Joy

What is the difference between happiness and joy? I remember this being a common evangelical...

February 08, 2020

Coronavirus, Saturday Night Live, And White Hysteria

Last weekend I was very uncomfortable during a Saturday Night Live sketch in which the...

February 07, 2020

If Shakira’s Tongue Causes Your Eye To Sin, Cut Your Eyeball Out

I wasn't going to post anything about the Superbowl halftime show. But people kept talking...

January 2020

January 20, 2020

Dr. King On Cynicism

I had a unique experience today that I've never had before. I found out that...

January 06, 2020

Iran, Mike Pompeo, and the Total Depravity of The Other

[Mike Pompeo: U.S. Department of State, Public Domain] Donald Trump may not be an evangelical...

January 04, 2020

Ten Spiritual Lessons From A Decade of Failures

I first became a licensed local pastor in July 2010. Over the course of the...

December 2019

December 05, 2019

The Conservative Insight I Cannot Reject

We live in an age in which actual conservative principles have been buried by tribal...

November 2019

November 13, 2019

Why Isn’t Perfection In Love Good Enough For Wesleyan Theology?

As United Methodism approaches our denominational apocalypse at the May 2020 General Conference, I've come...

October 2019

October 09, 2019

How I Would Rewrite Desiring God’s “Joy” Tweet

A recent drama in Christian Twitter (several news cycles ago) involved the circulation of a...

August 2019

August 14, 2019

Eight Fragmented Thoughts On #ResurrectionGate

For those of you who weren't following progressive Christian twitter a few days ago, there...

June 2019

June 22, 2019

“Sugary Preaching Leads to Truth Decay”

Our Virginia annual conference happened in Roanoke this year. As I drove from my parents'...