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June 2019

June 12, 2019

Sexual Abuse and Religious Authority in the SBC: One Survivor’s View

I've shared before that I'm a survivor of childhood sexual trauma in a Southern Baptist...

May 2019

May 21, 2019

Why I Stan For Bran the Disabled King in #GameOfThrones

This is probably one of those awkward dad moments when I misuse a term like...

May 08, 2019

Democratized Theology vs. Theology of the Demos (Mob)

I should have known that I was going to get snarky replies from conservative evangelicals...

May 07, 2019

Patriarchy, the Reluctant Ruler, and the Mad Queen (GOT Spoilers!)

I'm very new to the Game of Thrones world. Since some of my students are...

April 2019

April 21, 2019

Privilege and Resurrection: A Response to Serene Jones

On this Holy Saturday, the New York Times published an interview with Serene Jones, the...

April 19, 2019

Five Things to Get Right About Jesus’ Cross

I decided to get back on the blog for Good Friday since I've been thinking...

February 2019

February 26, 2019

Practical Holiness Is Wesleyan Orthodoxy

I just spent a three-day Cursillo retreat with mostly older, conservative small-town United Methodists in...

February 19, 2019

Honest Questions For Traditionalist Methodists On The Eve of Our Apocalypse

As United Methodists enter the final week before our called General Conference on queer sexuality,...

February 02, 2019

Nein! A Response to Jason Micheli On Sanctification and Sex

Jason Micheli is my closest frenemy who isn't openly Calvinist. I love Jason, but sometimes...

February 02, 2019

Nein! A Response to Jason Micheli on Holiness and Christian Sexuality

Jason Micheli is my closest frenemy who isn't openly Calvinist. I love Jason, but sometimes...

January 2019

January 22, 2019

Our Sin Is Not A Zero Sum Game

I sinned. I reacted impulsively and opportunistically to the Covington Catholic drama with my hot...

January 20, 2019

“Unfortunate and Regrettable”

The boys of Covington Catholic High School stole the show at this weekend's March for...

January 11, 2019

Make Us Your Flesh (A Poem About God)

Make us your flesh; let your love drip down like oil that is messy &...

January 08, 2019

Theology That Builds Walls

Donald Trump would not be fixated on building a wall on the southern border of...

December 2018

December 30, 2018

Can A Church Be A Cafe, Dance Party, and Music Venue?

We took a risk when NOLA Wesley started the Labyrinth cafe. Meaning we did something...

November 2018

November 20, 2018

A Love Letter to Ex-Evangelical Twitter

I debated whether to call this a love letter or an open letter. Love letter...

October 2018

October 29, 2018

Anti-Semitism Is Not Satire, Babylon Bee

If anyone on the Internet remains blissfully unaware, the Babylon Bee is a Calvinist satire...

October 28, 2018

Anti-Semitic Conspiracy Theory is a Widespread Deadly Sin

White supremacist in Charlottesville [Wikimedia C.C.]The gunman who killed 11 people this weekend at the...

September 2018

September 24, 2018

Do Spiritual Roots Matter?

Building a cohesive spiritual community with college students is the hardest thing I’ve ever...

September 15, 2018

Satan and the Scandals of the Church

Pope Francis is my problematic fave. I'm sure he's exhibited plenty of personal moral failures...

September 11, 2018

A White Man Reflects On Serena Williams

Tennis has always been an aristocrats' game. It's like golf. You take your prospective business...

August 2018

August 29, 2018

No, You Can’t Blame Pope Francis For This

[CN: church-based sexual trauma, some brief description] It's getting hard to keep quiet about the...

July 2018

July 09, 2018

Good Biblical Words: Mercy (Matthew 9:13)

"Go and find out what this means: 'I desire mercy not sacrifice.'" Matthew 9:13 This...

July 03, 2018

Good Biblical Words: A Series Introduction

God has convicted me of the need to write a different set of blog posts...

June 2018

June 19, 2018

How Should White People Handle White Tears?

White feelings can be dangerous for people of color. When a white police officer feels...

June 16, 2018

What Does Church Unity Look Like?

I'm currently at the Virginia annual conference, the yearly gathering where United Methodist laity and...

June 08, 2018

On Receiving A Trophy I Didn’t Earn

The Louisiana Conference of the United Methodist Church has a practice each annual conference of...

June 01, 2018

Mommy-Shaming Ivanka Trump Doesn’t Make Immigrants Safe

Ivanka Trump posted this photo with her son on Twitter because she's a mom and...

May 2018

May 19, 2018

Imagining a World Where Love is the Way (HT Bishop Curry)

In his sermon at the royal wedding of Prince Harry and Meghan Markle, Episcopal Presiding...

May 16, 2018

Have I Failed as a Pastor if My Students Don’t Quote Scripture?

It's a question that's been haunting me throughout my campus ministry career. What do I...