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April 2019

April 13, 2019

White Privilege: what it is, what it isn’t, and why so many of us don’t want to talk about it.

Andy and I grew up in a small, all white town in Indiana, smack in...

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 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 06, 2019

Small Town Sunset

This tranquil little town glimmers in the magic hour of dusk Like a postcard...

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 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 17, 2019

The “Sin” of Liberalism

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

February 10, 2019

White Man’s World

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

February 08, 2019

An American Tree

I’ve been here for a long time I couldn’t say how long Time means little...

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 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...

October 2018

October 10, 2018

Conservative Christian, the Voting Booth Can Be Your Confessional and Nobody Needs to Know

Forgive me America, for I have sinned. Like Adam and Eve in the Garden, I...

September 2018

September 26, 2018

What if Donald Trump were _______________?

Let's face it, we have a president that might not be qualified to do most...

September 05, 2018

These Nikes on My Feet

I never gave them a second thought when I bought these shoes. It didn't really...

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...

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 29, 2018

Christian Trump Supporters, You’re Entitled to Your Convictions, But Please Admit Who Your Teammates Are

Someone has said that not all Trump supporters are racists, but all racists are Trump...

June 22, 2018

The Coming Civil War

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

June 14, 2018

Christian, If You Want to Make America Great, Take a Stand Against the Hate

The imagery washed over me in waves of disgust, awakening me in the wee small...

May 2018

May 10, 2018

This is America–We Watch the Dancers

I was unfamiliar with the song and the artist before a friend posted it on...

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...

April 2018

April 10, 2018

When the need to be better than someone is stronger than the call to love them

America is always in a constant state of tension between our lofty ideals about equality...

March 2018

March 30, 2018

In Name Only

Some of the things I write get quite a few comments. Most of the time,...

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...

March 10, 2018

We Need Mister Rogers

Like most people my age, I grew up with Mister Rogers. His show began right...