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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...

December 2017

December 31, 2017

June 2017

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

Greg Gianforte is what toxic Christianity looks like

"It would be one thing for a candidate to throttle and hit a reporter, but...

February 2017

February 28, 2017

“Do not withhold good from those to whom it is due” (Proverbs 3:27)

This past weekend in worship, we had the opportunity to consider Proverbs 3:27. In the...

February 14, 2017

The revolution will not be built on white shame

When I first entered the world of white radicalism in the early 2000's, I noticed...

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...

November 2016

November 09, 2016

Love wins (still)

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

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...

September 2016

September 18, 2016

My seven salvations so far

There is nothing more anxiety-inducing about growing up Southern Baptist than the obsession with having...

September 13, 2016

We’re all a basket of deplorables

Basket of deplorables. What an odd phrase that Hillary Clinton chose to use. She was...

September 07, 2016

Toxic Christianity encapsulated in a church sign

This church sign captures everything that is wrong with toxic Christianity and why it positions...

August 2016

August 20, 2016

Does love really trump hate or is that just a hashtag?

For the past week, I've been haunted by a moment that occurred during some dead...

July 2016

July 28, 2016

Seven ways to be an untoxic Christian during a toxic presidential campaign

We're living through what seems like the most toxic presidential campaign in American history. It's...

July 19, 2016

Six things that make white Christian America toxic

Since it's Donald Trump's big week and he's an excellent bellwether of the toxicity of...

July 01, 2016

Is there a Christianity that isn’t toxic?

Have American Christians become what Jesus came to stop us from being? It’s not an...

June 2016

June 30, 2016

Toxic Christian of the year: Jennifer Mayers

I'm presuming it's satire. Jennifer Mayers of Baton Rouge, Louisiana, has taken over the internet...

June 28, 2016

Can queer pride save the American church?

This past Friday, as the financial world was reeling in the wake of the Brexit...

May 2016

May 13, 2016

Maybe it’s time to plant a new denomination

I became United Methodist because of Central Avenue United Methodist Church in Toledo, Ohio. I...

May 05, 2016

Seven easy ways you can help me promote my book

No Not to be blunt, but it's up to you what happens with this book....

May 05, 2016

No, you’re not toxic just because you’re conservative

I was going to write a nanny-nanny boo-boo post about Donald Trump becoming the Republican...

April 2016

April 15, 2016

Seven retweetable quotes from my book

Using social media to promote my book makes me hate everything. It's like standing in...

January 2016

January 19, 2016

Five ways you can help me launch my book

There's nothing more obnoxious than authors promoting their books. It always makes me roll my...

January 11, 2016

Can American Christianity be detoxified? (A summary of my first book)

Have we become what Jesus came to stop us from being? Many evangelical Christians in...