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June 2016

June 13, 2016

Why Does Dr. James Dobson Pretend He’s Sad About Dead LGBTQ Folks?

[Content Note: violence against LGBTQ folks, discussion of lynching and racism] Yesterday, Dr. James Dobson,...

March 2016

March 13, 2016

Liberating Liturgies: A Hymn for Queer Creation

I realized recently that the last blog post I wrote was in July of 2015....

June 2015

June 09, 2015

12 Reasons Why You Can Totally Call God “Mother”

This is written in response to this laughable post published by fellow Patheos author Fr....

April 2015

April 21, 2015

Tony Jones’ Cross is a Symbol of Abuse (Or, How To Abuse Women Like A Pacifist)

[content note: domestic violence and spiritual abuse] If you spend a lot of time in...

April 06, 2015

Not Your Average Easter Story: A Review of “Walking Toward Resurrection”

If you were to ask me which writers have had the most influence on my...

March 2015

March 17, 2015

Is the Bible the Word of God? Or is Jesus? Or….

I'm not sure where the phrase "The Bible is not the Word of God; Jesus...

March 16, 2015

Reconciling God and Evolution, Part 1: The World Between The Covers Of A Book

More and more millennials are accepting evolution as true, and society's attitude toward evolution is, well,...

February 2015

February 25, 2015

“Damaged Goods” Has Something For Everyone

Full disclosure: Dianna Anderson is a close friend of mine, and has been since before...

February 20, 2015

Dragons Are Real! Therefore Women Must Submit!: The Creation Museum’s Hidden Agendas

I recently took a trip to the Creation Museum. That's right. If you haven't heard,...

November 2014

November 19, 2014

#TheNewPacifism: Preston Sprinkle, and the Cost of “Privileged Pacifism”

It's that time of year again! My friend Rod is hosting the second annual #TheNewPacifism synchroblog...

October 2014

October 10, 2014

Liberating Liturgies: Virgin Mary and the Purity Myth

I have some more thoughts on Liberating Liturgies for you today. I'm going to keep...

September 2014

September 24, 2014

Liberating Liturgies: Anselm of Canterbury, and Jesus Our Mother

Today's Liberating Liturgy comes from an interesting source: Anselm of Canterbury, a monk who lived...

September 17, 2014

Liberating Liturgies: A Creed and a Call

A Creed... Recently, while at work, I was thinking about the Apostles’ Creed, and how...

August 2014

August 20, 2014

Reclaiming “Third Way”

I’ve reached a point in my life where I cringe whether I hear someone talk...

August 13, 2014

Join Killjoy Prophets for #Marissa418

[Content Note: Discussion of Police and State Violence] Growing up in (primarily, or nearly exclusively...

July 2014

July 25, 2014

#FaithFeminisms: I Know God Because I Know Feminism

I've heard many Christian feminists say that they are a feminist because of Jesus—because of...

July 18, 2014

Why Do We Blame The Victim?: We Want To Control Others’ Behavior

This is my third, and final post in a series I’ve been doing about victim...

July 15, 2014

Suicidal Thoughts are Symptoms, Not Sins!

[Content Note: Discussion of suicide. Victim blaming for mental illness. Discussion of death due to...

July 14, 2014

Lauren Winner’s Real Sex, and the Church’s Responsibility to Single Parents

If you’ve been following this blog for any amount of time, you’ll know I have...

July 11, 2014

“Bush Vs. Beard Contest:” Misogyny in Jesus Feminist Men

I'm glad that mainstream Evangelical Christianity is starting to talk about feminism and women's rights....

July 10, 2014

Beautiful, Beautiful Bitterness

The other morning, I came across a tweet from a self-identified “theobrogian,” calling for ex-fundamentalist...

July 07, 2014

Why Do We Blame the Victim?: We Don’t Want to Face Our Responsibility and Privilege

This is post number two in a series I'm working on about why we tend...

June 2014

June 27, 2014

N.T. Wright: A Follow-Up

I'm still getting interesting responses to the post on N.T. Wright and marriage equality that...

June 26, 2014

On Proverbs, Job, and Why Victim Blaming is Next to Blasphemy

I've been taking a class on the Psalms and Wisdom Literature, and reading both the...

June 13, 2014

More Like N.T. Wrong, Amirite?: How N.T. Wright’s Bigotry Causes Him To Contradict His Own Theology

In case you haven't heard, N.T. Wright--author of theology books such as Surprised By Hope and Simply Christian, and...

June 11, 2014

A Benediction for My Fellow Queer Christians

For personal safety reasons, I'm going to ask anyone who chooses to share this post...

May 2014

May 19, 2014

Modest Is Hottest: A Guest Post for No Shame Movement

Today, I'm over at No Shame Movement sharing my story about growing up in Christian purity...

March 2014

March 10, 2014

Loving My Mind for Lent.

Last year, during Lent, I wrote what would turn out to be one of my...

March 05, 2014

The Answer To Sexual Shame is Not MORE Sexual Shame, Carson T. Clark

[Content Note: Sexual and Spiritual Abuse] When I was 16, I dated an abuser who...

February 2014

February 27, 2014

Why I’d Choose Conservative Christianity Over Amanda Marcotte’s Feminism

[Content Note: Rape, Victim Blaming, Unjust Arrest] This Monday, popular feminist writer Amanda Marcotte wrote...