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June 2017

June 22, 2017

A Response to Seedbed’s Five Marks of Theological Liberalism

I would not call myself a liberal Christian. I self-identify as a progressive evangelical, which...

June 01, 2017

Why Toxic Christianity is a Threat to Our Planet’s Survival

Today, Donald Trump announced that the US is withdrawing from the Paris climate accord, an...

May 2017

May 25, 2017

Is your church going to replace Medicaid?

In announcing the Trump administration's proposed budget this week, White house budget director Mike Mulvaney...

May 02, 2017

United Methodism Was Designed for Relational Discipleship Not Ideological Takeover

The United Methodist Judicial Council ruled this past weekend that Karen Oliveto was elected illegally...

July 2016

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...

November 2014

November 06, 2014

Love is not our choice, but God’s gift (featuring Simone Weil)

One of the most problematic axioms in the popular evangelical culture that raised me is...

June 2014

June 12, 2014

What does a safe and fruitful church conversation about sexuality look like?

The Virginia Conference of the United Methodist Church will be meeting next weekend in Hampton,...

May 2014

May 01, 2014

Stop trolling! Seven ways to be a better internet critic

One of the real poverties of our digital age is the lack of authentic constructive...

June 2013

June 08, 2013

Jason Micheli on Discipleship vs. Propositional Belief

My friend Jason Micheli blogged yesterday on the anxiety of parents whose kids have fallen...

April 2013

April 27, 2013

Cut government spending, except when I have to wait in line

A number of people in my church have been impacted by the game of chicken...

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 12, 2013

Interruption, Ideology, and Truth

Amos Yong at the Missio Alliance talked today about "the phenemonology of interruption" in Pentecost....

February 2013

February 09, 2013

Do you read the Bible for ideology or discipleship?

When I was in seminary, one of the things that impressed me about Augustine was...

June 2012

June 12, 2012

A conversation with my favorite Republican uncle

There are two topics you're not supposed to bring up at family reunions: politics and...

May 2012

May 22, 2012

Trust not opinion

In the information age, people define themselves primarily by their opinions rather than their actual...

May 03, 2012

Don’t hate our purple UMC

In 2 Samuel 12, when Bathsheba's first son was dying, David fasted and clamored with...

April 2012

April 29, 2012

Stop bearing false witness!

For our church's men's retreat this weekend, we read sections from 1 Peter. One of...

April 26, 2012

Bullying and humanity at General Conference

First off, I'm aware that I didn't witness what happened tonight in person. Mark Miller,...

February 2012

February 04, 2012

Stop Abusing the Word "Biblical"!

I've got some prophetic fire that I need to let out so I'm going to...

January 2012

January 22, 2012

Integrity in a post-truth world

I'm worried about our country. A few years ago, I read a book called The...

November 2011

November 10, 2011

The failure of personhood (in Mississippi & elsewhere)

I was honestly surprised on Tuesday when Mississippi rejected the referendum that would have legally...

September 2011

September 21, 2011

Creating a culture of life against ideology & capital

I heard a sermon recently on the need to create a "culture of life" instead...

July 2011

July 26, 2011

Your promise gives me life: Monster-Psalm Meditation #7

Psalm 119:49-56 Remember your word to your servant, in which you have made me hope....

June 2011

June 21, 2011

White Man, Brown Family

I spent Father's Day in Durham with both of my two families: my white family...