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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...

October 2017

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...

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...

May 2017

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 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,...

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...

January 2016

January 30, 2016

IKIRU: “To Live” as God’s Mask

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

January 23, 2016

SPOTLIGHT: A Film about Why We Need In-Depth Investigative Journalists in An Era of Clickbait

Note: I do my best to keep this review as spoiler free as possible. I...

June 2015

June 23, 2015

Personal Responsibility and Systemic Sin

One of the major problems in American Christian thought today is forced dichotomies where they...

May 2015

May 28, 2015

Beats of the Antonov (Seattle International Film Festival)

While in Seattle last week, I had the opportunity to visit the Seattle International Film...

May 25, 2015

“Thin Places” on the Streets of Seattle

This weekend in downtown Seattle, I forgot the most important thing about talking to angry...

May 06, 2015

Redeeming Sex by Debra Hirsch

I opened my review copy of Debra Hirsch's Redeeming Sex: Naked Conversations about Sexuality and...

May 02, 2015

How God Changed My Heart about Systemic Racism

I'm going to make an embarrassing admission. I did not really understand the deep concerns...

April 2015

April 16, 2015

A Christian Interviews Two Atheists on Ask an Atheist Day

Today is Ask an Atheist Day. The Secular Student Alliance describes the purpose of this...

November 2014

November 25, 2014

After the Decision in Ferguson, White Evangelical Christians Need to Do a Lot Less Talking and a Lot More Listening.

The heart of the black community in America was broken last night. The offense was...

November 24, 2014

When Drama Is Our Only Language, We Become White Noise and People.Stop.Listening.

I don't know about you, but I am getting tired of having the same old...

November 13, 2014

Follow-up on “Why Christians Should Stand Up for Atheists”

What a week it has been. Last week, an atheist Patheos commenter asked me if...

November 10, 2014

Interstellar: Provoking Questions, Love, and Awe-Inspiring Beauty

The scope and scale of achievement in Christopher Nolan's Interstellar is dizzying, mind-boggling, baffling, and--ultimately--awe-inspiring....

November 05, 2014

Why Christians Should Stand Up for Atheists

I have just spent several hours talking with atheists on one of the blogs here...

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