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August 2017

August 02, 2017

Here I Stand- Part 2- “Awareness of Spirit’s Promptings”

This is the second installment of a series of blog posts outlining principles of inner-reformation taken from...

August 01, 2017

Here I Stand: Francis, Luther, & Inner-Reformation Introduction

This is the introduction to a series of blog posts outlining principles of inner-reformation taken from...

July 2017

July 12, 2017

Eugene Peterson, Author of Best-Selling Bible Paraphrase “The Message,” Supports Same-Sex Marriage

Eugene Peterson is one of the most respected authors in American Christianity. His books on...

May 2017

May 04, 2017

Sex & Spirit: Recovering A Spiritual Sexual Ethic

**NOTE: This piece is written from the perspective of a gay Christian man. Therefore, the...

February 2017

February 01, 2017

Blinded By Bias: FOX News and Naming Our Prejudice

Yesterday, FOX News posted an article and interview about a Tweet that the progressive UCC...

January 2017

January 31, 2017

Welcome To The Revolution

For far too long, to many of us have allowed our complacency to keep us...

January 15, 2017

Tear Down That Wall: A Sermon for Inauguration Week

Originally delivered at First Baptist Church, Denver, Colorado on January 15, 2017. Good morning, First...

December 2016

December 20, 2016

We Are What We’ve Been Waiting For

During the Christmas season, we hear a lot of talk about “hope”. Hope for a...

September 2016

September 01, 2016

Everything Must Change: On Privilege, Patriarchy, and Donald Trump

We are in a period of American history in which everything about the way our...

August 2016

August 16, 2016

Keeping Faith IS Hurting LGBT+ Students (A Response to Alan Noble)

The topics of religious liberties and human rights are two of the most fundamental values...

July 2016

July 15, 2016

Donald Trump: Patriarchy and Penetration (Video)

Donald Trump's new campaign logo, featuring his Vice Presidential nominee Mike Pence has been raising...

July 07, 2016

My New Book: “Nomad: A Spirituality For Travelling Light”

The following is a press release about my newly released book! For more information and...

July 06, 2016

The Trajectory of the Kingdom: A Case For Inclusion (Video)

Over the past few months, I've been hard at work developing the content for my...

July 01, 2016

Our Witness: The Testimonies of LGBT+ Christians

Following the shooting of nearly 50 LGBT+ people in Orlando, I and many others have...

June 2016

June 28, 2016

A Review: “Us Versus Us” By Andrew Marin

In his latest book, “Us Versus Us”, Andrew Marin, a self-identified expert on faith and...

June 14, 2016

Our Love Must Expel Fear (On Orlando)

I was standing at a gay bar in London when news flashed across my iPhone...

May 2016

May 26, 2016

Dear Church (A Frank Letter From A Queer Christian)

The following is a letter written from bi-sexual Christian author and activist, Brandan Robertson, to...

May 13, 2016

What You Refuse To Know Hurts Thousands: Evangelicals, Bathrooms, and Gender Identity

On May 13th, the White House, along with the Department of Education and the Department...

May 03, 2016

Target, Bathrooms, & The Paralyzing Power of Fear

Fear. The fear that I was taught to embrace as a conservative evangelical was the...

April 2016

April 12, 2016

A Word To My Non-Affirming Friends

I often have conversations with non-affirming, traditionalist Christians who look at me with desperation in...

April 03, 2016

The “Sin of Certainty”?

Hey friends- I am beginning to do weekly video blogs where I rant about a...

March 2016

March 22, 2016

What Good Friday Teaches Us About Responding To Terrorists

Here we are once again. Once again, those motivated by fear, by anger, by deep...

March 16, 2016

Stop Trying To Reinvent Church

Earlier this week, an old post of mine started to recirculate called "A Letter To A...

March 04, 2016

The Other Side: Samuel’s Story (Evangel University)

A Note From The Curator: “The Other Side” is a blog series hosted here on...

February 2016

February 10, 2016

Measuring Your Life: An Ash Wednesday Reflection

“Remember that you are dust and to dust you shall return.” These are the words...

February 09, 2016

The Leap

There comes a point for many of us when everything seems to go from a...

January 2016

January 14, 2016

The Danger of Disembodied Theology: A Response to the Anglican Primates 2016

After spending almost a week together in “prayer”, the Primates of the Anglican Communion have...

December 2015

December 22, 2015

Struggling with “Struggling In Good Faith”: A Review

I don't often do full fledge reviews of book anymore, but recently I received a...

December 03, 2015

Gun Control: A Pro-Life, Human Rights Issue

Almost every day in recent memory, my phone has buzzed with a CNN alert of...

November 2015

November 29, 2015

Advent: Over All, Through All, & In All

Advent. Advent is the season of longing. The season when we stand in solidarity with...