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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...

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...

October 2020

October 26, 2020

A Brief History of the Radical Left: A Primer for Conservative Christians

Lately, I’ve heard the term, “The Radical Left”, used more and more often. Through my...

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....

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....

January 2020

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 15, 2019

An Open Letter to all the Conservative Christian Friends I’ve Unfollowed During the Coup

Dear friends and family that I've unfollowed recently, You won't be reading this directly off...

September 2019

September 25, 2019

Dear Donald, I’m Going to Miss You

Dear Donald, You may be surprised to hear this from me, given how much I've...

September 20, 2019

An Open Letter to My Haters

A lot of the things I write get shared on some large social media platforms....

September 11, 2019

Sins of Our Fathers: The Ongoing American Tragedy

I've often written about the myth of the Good Ol' Days. It is a fundamental...

August 2019

August 27, 2019

The Biblical and “Family” Roots of Conservative Christian Whataboutism

I've been watching the new Netflix documentary series, The Family, this week. If you are...

August 23, 2019

Was Trump Just What America Needed?

Hopefully, the title of this article didn't cause you to have a stroke. Equally hopefully,...

August 22, 2019

We Will Never Be What We Claim to Be Until We Face Who We Really Are

Have you heard about the brouhaha over "The 1619 Project" from the New York Times?...

August 16, 2019

Christian Trump Supporter, Your Clandestine Wish has Been Revealed

Well, Christian Trump supporter, I think I finally understand you. That's not particularly comforting but...

June 2019

June 20, 2019

Conservative Christianity and the Oligarchy of Freedom

It's apparent that most conservative Christians don't understand the Constitution. Either that, or they intentionally...

May 2019

May 13, 2019

How Would the Great Teacher, Jesus, Grade Trump’s Presidency?

The light shines in the darkness, and the darkness did not comprehend it. --John 1.5...

March 2019

March 28, 2019

Welcome to Sameville, USA

Welcome to Sameville, USA. If you’re one of us, you’re going to like it here....

March 15, 2019

People who do despicable acts of hate keep praising Donald Trump and so do far right Christians

There is a pattern here, a disgusting and wretched pattern. People who commit horrendous acts...

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 12, 2019

Donald isn’t looking too good, and I’m not feeling so great myself

I must admit, as I sit down to write this, I'm not exactly sure where...

March 10, 2019

The Trump Cult’s Sin of Nationalism

It's becoming clearer by the day that the Trump's biggest remaining support base--right wing, fundamentalist...

March 07, 2019

The Fox

The Fox He gets by on his cunning deceit Truth would only slow him down...

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...

February 2019

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 17, 2019

The “Sin” of Liberalism

Look at that guy sitting in the pew over there. Who does he think he’s...

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 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 24, 2019

We Should All Be Ashamed of Ourselves for the Covington Catholic Spectacle–ALL of Us

No laws were broken. Nobody got injured. But there were no winners. There is no...

December 2018

December 03, 2018

The Last Days of Trump

I'm Indiana born and bred, a Hoosier, through and through. I grew up in the...

October 2018

October 23, 2018

Who We Believe Doesn’t Matter, As Long As We Win

As I watch with numbed disbelief the ongoing bizarre events revolving around the Trump administration,...