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February 2019

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,...

October 2018

October 08, 2018

Why European Colonialism Shipwrecks Christian Orthodoxy

Today is the day our country celebrates the conquest and genocide of native Americans at...

June 2018

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...

April 2018

April 17, 2018

Why Evangelicals Need #ChurchClarity

When I was a first year student at the University of Virginia in the late...

December 2017

December 16, 2017

The Faith of Sarahbeth Caplin, Jewish-Born Christian and Ex-Cru Member

I've decided to start doing author interviews on Facebook messenger in lieu of doing book...

January 2017

January 24, 2017

Five #AlternativeFacts of toxic Christianity

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

December 2016

December 14, 2016

Sowing mustard seeds at the most secular college campus in the South

Most private schools in the south are Christian or at least started out Christian. Tulane is...

September 2016

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...

June 2016

June 02, 2016

A response to Billy Abraham regarding United Methodism’s orthodox rebirth

Dear Dr. Abraham, This week, I read your essay "The Birth Pangs of United Methodism...

April 2016

April 20, 2016

No, heaven and hell are not about afterlife insurance

I was handed a tract last night on Tulane's campus that gave me the answer...

September 2015

September 28, 2015

Evangelism and conquest: the troubling legacy of Junipero Serra

One of the most controversial things that Pope Francis did on his trip to the...

September 22, 2015

What will happen if Pope Francis gets a selfie with the gays?

The latest drama manufactured by the culture war industrial complex is a tiff over the...

May 2014

May 02, 2014

How do you evangelize fundamentalists?

I don't go out of my way to befriend fundamentalists on facebook, but because of...

January 2014

January 24, 2014

A response to @BillMaher’s recent comments about God

I've been reading an interview with outspoken atheist comedian Bill Maher in the Atlantic. The...

October 2013

October 04, 2013

Russell Moore vs. Pope Francis on evangelism

Only a Southern Baptist like Russell Moore would be crass enough to refer to a...

May 2013

May 30, 2013

Brian Zahnd on Cruciform Evangelism in Colossians 1:24

I was listening to Brian Zahnd's podcast Tuesday while waiting for the rest of my...

May 24, 2013

Is Pope Francis a universalist heretic?

Oh mercy! The evangelicals have so wanted to make peace with the Catholics, because they...

May 23, 2013

Agenda-less fellowship and youth ministry

Agenda-less fellowship. It’s a phrase that’s been stuck in my head recently. I'm not sure...

April 2013

April 22, 2013

Why I clash with the gatekeepers

I often clash with the gatekeepers of Christian orthodoxy. I'm sure that I get under...

April 14, 2013

Breathing kingdom on airplanes and elsewhere

In the wake of the amazing Missio Alliance conference, I wanted to continue to wrestle...

January 2013

January 29, 2013

Rice Christians

I have gone on several short-term mission trips. I love going and think they're awesome,...

December 2012

December 30, 2012

Looking Back on 2012: Aug-Sept

August and September were busy months for my blog. There was the Chik-Fil-A drama and...

October 2012

October 20, 2012

Conversation with a None in the sauna

"This seems like a great place to meditate," he said. I usually don't talk to...

August 2012

August 02, 2012

Are we an interest group or a kingdom of disciples and evangelists?

I get that we live in a morally complex world, but I want us to...

June 2012

June 24, 2012

Why can’t communion be our altar call?

I wonder how many Biblical literalists take John 6:53 literally. In it, Jesus says, "Unless...

June 18, 2012

My father's burden

I remember when I was little, I would sometimes wake up late at night and...

June 08, 2012

Is what I’m doing or thinking or saying building trust or undermining trust?

There's a song stuck in my head from our mission trip: "Is what I'm doing...

May 2012

May 07, 2012

Amendment 1: when did legislation replace evangelism?

Two weekends ago, our church's men's retreat examined and discussed one of my favorite scripture...

April 2012

April 08, 2012

How do we get you back next week?

Let me be honest. Easter is a bittersweet holiday for me as a pastor because...

January 2012

January 31, 2012

Beauty Will Save the World #1: Beauty over Conquest

The title of Brian Zahnd's brand new book Beauty Will Save the World is taken...