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March 2019

March 19, 2019

Looking for Empathy at the Intersection of Faith and Politics

I wrote an article earlier this week called The First Stone. In that introspective piece, I admitted...

March 13, 2019

Empathy Mining’s Top 10 Most Popular Articles

From time to time, I like to dig back through the Empathy Mining archives and...

March 04, 2019

It’s a Wonderful Life: Social Justice Warrior Version

Most everyone is familiar with the classic Christmas movie, It's a Wonderful Life. In that story, the...

March 03, 2019

What if We Were a Red Letter Church?

Some of the pieces I write get considerable attention and stimulate a lot of debate...

February 2019

February 28, 2019

6 Random Thoughts on the Cohen Hearing

I was at work during the Michael Cohen testimony, so I didn't get to watch...

February 27, 2019

The Place Where They Cried

The Place Where They Cried I am the place where they cried That sad...

February 24, 2019

Faith and the Pursuit of Happiness

"We hold these truths to be self-evident, that all men are created equal, that they...

February 22, 2019

What America Needs is A la Carte Democracy

This is my fantasy: For 24 hours, I've been given supreme power to make any...

February 19, 2019

Good Works Are Not an Excuse to Deny Rights to Others

The debate about salvation, faith, and good works is as old as denominational Christianity. In...

February 11, 2019

There Are Some Things for Which I Need to Publicly Thank Donald Trump

Dear President Trump, In the last few years, I've written a lot about you. I'm...

February 07, 2019

Pride Has a Way of Holding Too Firm To History–America’s Unquenchable “Wildfire”

Note: This is the first in a series of articles I'm writing about songs that...

February 03, 2019

Conservative Christian, I Really Need to Ask You Some Things

As one who's been on both sides of the political spectrum, I try my best...

January 2019

January 30, 2019

Democrats Need to Pull Their Heads Out of Their Mascots and Focus on a Winning Strategy

Trying to support the Democratic Party can be quite vexing. I believe a progressive political...

January 14, 2019

Go West, Young Man: One Man’s Long Strange Journey toward the Political Left

When you look at most maps, as you go to the left, you go west,...

January 07, 2019

It’s Time for Elected Officials to Stop Using the Bible to Be Sworn In

It was a big week of change in Washington D.C. The newly elected members of...

November 2018

November 26, 2018

Is It Time for America to Move to Compulsory Voting?

I was sort of excited at the reports of larger than normal turnouts at the...

September 2018

September 20, 2018

When This is Over…

At some point, this is all going to be over. Eventually, this has to end....

August 2018

August 27, 2018

A Handy Voting Guide for Compassionate Christians

We are quickly approaching that season where churches across the nation will begin handing out...

August 23, 2018

One Nation, In Distress

Displaying an American Flag upside down is a recognized symbol of distress. The U.S. flag...

August 16, 2018

School Choice Vouchers, Private Religious Schools, and the Constitution

The Hoosier State has been at the forefront of the controversial school voucher program. Few...

July 2018

July 10, 2018

Stop Saying We Are a Christian Nation and Act Like One

I hear it all the time and it never fails to make me cringe--this is...

June 2018

June 22, 2018

The Coming Civil War

I write this from the cradle of the American Civil War. Just down the road...

June 02, 2018

Here Lies a Broken Christian

Ignorance, they say, is bliss. I never really bought into that old saying, but now...

May 2018

May 04, 2018

Dear Franklin Graham, Do You Think I’ll Burn in Hell?

Dear Franklin Graham, Do you think I am a Godless heathen? Do you believe I...

March 2018

March 28, 2018

An Open Letter to the Founding Fathers

Dear Founders, I'm writing to you from 2018. You might be happy to know that...

March 25, 2018

In God We Trust–Or, Maybe Not..

The state of Tennessee is in the headlines this week for a piece of legislation...

March 13, 2018

A Meme is Worth a Thousand Words–How Nationalism Blinds Conservative Christians

This week, I have had two different conservative Christian social media friends share memes that...

February 2018

February 27, 2018

The Evolution of Propaganda in America

Propaganda is everywhere. Whenever we turn on our televisions we are confronted with propaganda in...

February 20, 2018

Faith is a Shield, Not a Weapon

Faith is a mysterious and fickle thing. Everyone on earth puts their faith in something....

February 19, 2018

An Open Letter to America’s Youth–You Can Fix This

Dear Young Americans, First, let me say that I am deeply sorry about the mess...