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April 2022

April 27, 2022

Jesus and Elon Musk: America’s Income Inequality Problem

Elon Musk’s purchase of Twitter has put the issue of wealth in the forefront of...

April 15, 2022

Lessons for Christians from Non-Christian, Ben Franklin

I just finished watching Ken Burns’ latest work, a brilliant two-part documentary about Benjamin Franklin....

April 13, 2022

Dear Christians, Relax, Schools Are NOT Grooming Your Kids to Be Gay or Trans

In case you missed it, in a Fox News interview with author turned politician, J.D....

April 06, 2022

Why is the Christian Right So Scared of Teaching Antiracism?

During the congressional hearings for Supreme Court nominee, Ketanji Brown Jackson, Republican Senator Ted Cruz...

March 2022

March 15, 2022

Jesus Was a Social Deviant: A Brief History of WASP-y Assimilation in America.

Americans like to say that this country was founded on the ideals of religious...

March 11, 2022

If I Were a Pastor

If I were a pastor, I’d create a church that reflected its community. It wouldn’t...

May 2021

May 18, 2021

We Could All Be Better at Love

I've been finding it hard to write my column here lately. The reason for that...

March 2021

March 03, 2021

“In the World but Not of the World”: The Church vs. The Equality Act-an Open Letter

Dear Church of God (Anderson, Indiana Assembly), Christians often like to use the phrase,...

March 02, 2021

Defending My Politics with My Faith Part 4: Immigration

This is the fourth installment of my series called, Defending My Politics with My Faith....

February 2021

February 15, 2021

Defending My Politics with My Faith: Part 2 Racial Issues

This is part two of my series called Defending My Politics with My Faith. In...

November 2020

November 17, 2020

Dear Right Wing Christian, I’ll Never Understand Your Flag

Dear Right Wing Christians, I have found it hard to sit down and write about...

August 2020

August 27, 2020

Right Wing Christian, You’ve Told Me Why You Can’t Vote for a Democrat, Let Me Tell You Why I Can

I’m sick and tired of being guilted by conservative Christians for having empathy and compassion....

August 07, 2020

Reprogramming our Minds to Pull Empathy from Hatred

Yesterday was our first day back to school in almost five months. As is normally...

June 2020

June 20, 2020

Hey, Let’s All Take a Deep Breath, Shut Up and Listen

The other day, I was blindsided by a thread on a Facebook post. The experience...

June 01, 2020

2020: The Year That Brought Us Face to Face with Ourselves

I haven't been able to bring myself to write much for weeks. Throughout much of...

April 2020

April 20, 2020

The Christian Right is under siege by a pandemic of hypocrisy

As the Covid-19 pandemic lockdown drags into it's second month, the country is getting restless....

April 10, 2020

The Christian Right’s Long History of Driving Away Jesus Seekers: A Progressive Christian Manifesto

Some of my earliest memories are set in the small town church in which I...

March 2020

March 24, 2020

Someone to Look Down On

That quote in the image up there is one of my favorites of all time....

March 17, 2020

Five Important Lessons a Pandemic Can Teach Us About Ourselves

Despite all the damage we have tried to inflict upon ourselves over the course of...

March 13, 2020

The Age of Trump has Prepared Us Well for Social Distancing

I write to you from my home when I would ordinarily be at work. But...

March 08, 2020

Born in Simpler Times

Born in Simpler Times March 16, 1967: That’s when I became a U.S....

March 05, 2020

We are a nation of cannibals: What changed?

Political division is nothing new. We've been a divided nation since Alexander Hamilton and Thomas...

February 2020

February 12, 2020

Everyone is Trying to Win the War, But Who Will Win the Peace?

Believe me, I'm as guilty as anyone on either side of our current civil war...

February 05, 2020

I’m Lying Everyday, I’m Not OK

On any given day, I probably get asked at least once or twice, "how are...

January 2020

January 20, 2020

Appalling Silence

A good friend of mine shared a Martin Luther King Jr. quote on his Facebook...

January 14, 2020

Christian Trump Supporter, You Can’t Steal My Faith Away, I’m Now a SPESAC

I think I've finally reached a tipping point. I've been trying to find ways to...

December 2019

December 17, 2019

The Gift of Christmas: When Christians Live Out the Example of Christ, Politics Don’t Seem So Important

"May you have a beautiful, wonderful holiday. Your debt has been forgiven." How wonderful would...

December 02, 2019

How America’s Anti-Gay Bigotry Manipulated the “Infallible Word of God”

For years, I've struggled with this. We are told that we are all created in...

November 2019

November 18, 2019

The Biggest Misconception in Our Nation Fuels Most of Our Fires

American conservative Christians keep screaming about how their beliefs are under attack. In doing so,...

November 11, 2019

Conservative Christian, You Don’t Own Patriotism-You Might Not Even Understand It

As we all pause to appreciate our military veterans today, I've been thinking about the...