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December 2016

December 23, 2016

Is it now against evangelical orthodoxy to oppose Trump?

Do you remember way back three months ago when conservative evangelical figureheads like Russell Moore...

December 21, 2016

Do you hear what I hear? (An AR-15 Christmas)

[A guest post by Darlene O’Dell] I was driving through my home state of South Carolina...

December 07, 2016

God’s wrath is the salvation of the oppressed

"Be strong, do not fear! Here is your God. He will come with vengeance, with terrible recompense. He will...

December 04, 2016

If you want to kill a black man with impunity

If you want to kill a black man with impunity… You don’t need a badge...

November 2016

November 23, 2016

Disciplined disobedience in a world of undisciplined obedience

What does it mean to obey God? For many Christians, the answer is simple: read...

November 15, 2016

A teachable moment for white United Methodist youth

When I was fifteen years old, I was a huge fan of Rush Limbaugh. I...

November 10, 2016

Why it’s not time to ask people of color to be hopeful and pray for unity

All of us are trying to figure out what to say, and many of us...

November 09, 2016

Love wins (still)

Last night, after our Election Day Communion service, I walked over to the Audubon Park...

November 08, 2016

Will white evangelical women change our political landscape today?

It's no secret that I've been a bit of a mess this election season. I've...

November 03, 2016

If Donald Trump wins, I will blame toxic Christianity and here’s why

There are many different factors at play in the rise of Donald Trump. His popularity...

November 01, 2016

How do we make it safe to say “I’m not okay”?

[TW: Suicide] I'm not okay. Three of the most courageous and powerful words anyone can...

October 2016

October 31, 2016

Which Holy Spirit will show up to the United Methodist commission?

I wish I could have been at the Wesleyan Covenant Association gathering in Chicago earlier...

October 28, 2016

Why Standing Rock is incomprehensible to most white people

I've had an image haunting my mind for the past several months. At a progressive...

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....

September 2016

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 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 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 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 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 18, 2016

Can the gospel be orthodox and inclusive?

One of the tragedies of our civil war in United Methodism has been the bifurcation...

August 09, 2016

Have you murdered Hillary Clinton in your heart?

Every night after dinner, my sons and I read the Bible together. Tonight our scripture...

August 05, 2016

Wayne Grudem and the evangelical double-standard of sin

Donald Trump received a significant endorsement recently from Wayne Grudem, the man who wrote the...

July 2016

July 22, 2016

Donald Trump and evangelical law and order

Law and order. A three word phrase Donald Trump used dozens of times in his...

July 20, 2016

So your local church can’t do ministry because there’s a gay bishop out there?

Good News magazine recently published an open letter to the United Methodist Council of Bishops...

July 18, 2016

Wild Goose interviews: #1 Alicia Crosby

While I was at the Wild Goose Festival two weekends ago, I interviewed five people...

July 15, 2016

Has culture war killed white Christian America?

A new book is getting buzz all over social media this week: Robert Jones's The End...

July 05, 2016

Controversial New Film Exposes Toxic Christianity

[The following is an interview conducted by Katie Andraski with independent filmmaker Richard Rossi about...

July 04, 2016

The gay black patriot Langston Hughes: I too sing America

I've made a tradition every Fourth of July to share the gay black poet Langston...