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December 2017

December 21, 2017

My Best Reads from 2017

Just a quick post for you bibliophiles out there. I read a lot of books...

November 2017

November 16, 2017

An Interview with the Christian and Atheist Friends Who Host the Podcast ASSUMPTIONS

I wrote about Daniel Melvill Jones and Kyle Marshall's podcast, Assumptions, previously here. The constructive dialogue...

November 09, 2017

Our Response to Sexual Abuse Should Not Be a Partisan Sport

Sexual abuse. I’m tired of it all. I’m tired of the rampant disrespect shown to...

October 2017

October 20, 2017

Conflict and Challenge, instead of Cheap Grace

"Don't hate," the Facebook commenter said to me after I stated a position about a...

October 13, 2017

OCD, Stephen King’s IT, and Facing Our Fear

OCD and Fear I have struggled with bouts of OCD since my teenage years. When...

October 07, 2017

What My LGBT Neighbors Teach Me

I want to talk about something that has been on my heart for...

August 2017

August 26, 2017

Charlottesville, White Supremacy, and a Broken Heart

Many white people in this country are far more angry about removing statues than they...

August 08, 2017

Devastating, Searing, and Nuanced: Kathryn Bigelow’s DETROIT

I saw the film Detroit (directed by Kathryn Bigelow) this weekend. I left the theatre shaken,...

July 2017

July 29, 2017

What Flannery O’Connor Might Say to Christian Moviemakers, Musicians, and Artists

For many, barely-Christian thought, even that which dips its toe affirmatively in heretical thinking or...

July 19, 2017

Jessica Fulford: What Working With Kosovar Albanian Muslims Taught Me about Loving Refugees

This guest post is by a dear friend of mine, Jessica Fulford. She is one...

July 13, 2017

Public Outbursts About Eugene Peterson and Jen Hatmaker Reveal Wider Christian Issues

We make gay people our scapegoats so we don't have to look at our own...

July 11, 2017

David Brooks’s Opinion Piece on Barriers Erected by the Educated Class

Today's post is not particularly religious. But I still think it's important. In today's New...

July 01, 2017

Mourning With Those Who Mourn on the 4th of July

Why can’t Lecrae recount the history of his own ancestors? Why is it considered political...

June 2017

June 20, 2017

The Problem of Always Externalizing Evil

Our world is full of people who think that evil is only external to them....

June 13, 2017

Praying the Serenity Prayer in an Unjust World

In the past couple of years, I have gone through the shattering experience of seeing...

May 2017

May 25, 2017

Why FARGO Is My Favorite Film (Part 2)

Yesterday, I wrote about the first reason the Coen brothers' Fargo is my favorite film...

May 24, 2017

Why FARGO Is My Favorite Film (Part 1)

Last week, prompted by a great question coming from the podcast Assumptions, I asked you...

May 16, 2017

Assumptions: A Podcast in Which an Atheist and a Christian Talk about Stories

Did you guys know that this is not the only place on the internet where...

May 10, 2017

I Am Not Your Negro: James Baldwin and the Spiritual Deadness in White America

In the book of Revelation, the apostle John sees a vision in which God speaks...

May 06, 2017

Beyond the KKK: Getting at White Supremacy in the Church

When you try to speak to evangelical Christians today about white supremacy or white privilege,...

May 03, 2017

How White Conservatives Can Empathize with Black Americans’ Distrust of Police

The old adage goes, "I'm from the government, and I'm here to help." If you...

April 2017

April 27, 2017

Does the Bible Approve of the Sexual Violence in The Handmaid’s Tale?

As I write, streaming service Hulu has just released the first three episodes of the...

April 24, 2017

The Immorality of Profiting Off Opioid Addiction

In the middle of the day on cable news, what was I seeing but an...

April 20, 2017

Resources for Christians Learning about Race, Class, Poverty, and Justice

It is easy to overestimate what we think we understand about another human being's experience,...

March 2017

March 01, 2017

On Streaming: A Film about McCarthyism, Edward R. Murrow, and Courage

In the 2005 George Clooney-directed black and white film, Good Night and Good Luck, a...

December 2016

December 31, 2016

Finally, Some Post-Election Thoughts

It is now almost a month and half since the election. I have not written...

October 2016

October 15, 2016

Discerning Fact from Fiction on the Internet: An Everyday Person’s Guide to Fact-Checking

Guys, can I chat honestly with you, just between us friends? I am getting so,...

May 2016

May 23, 2016

Abortion: Beyond the Culture Wars to Story–4 MONTHS, 3 WEEKS, and 2 DAYS

This post is part of a ten-part series drawing from the Arts and Faith Top...

May 10, 2016

The Armor of Light and a Town Hall about Guns in America on PBS TONIGHT

If my past review of The Armor of Light (a film about Rev. Rob Schenck,...

May 09, 2016

Why Trump Cannot Defeat Russell Moore

Our nation is currently beset by a candidacy that is based around one fundamental principle:...

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