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February 2016

February 23, 2016

Something like a socialist dream

Olivia Smith, Associate Minister Intern at a social justice-oriented church in South Seattle, tackles displacement...

February 16, 2016

An atheist and a deist walk into a bar…

John Draper, author of A Danger to God Himself, muses on having remarkably civil conversations...

February 09, 2016

Beyond the Pulpit and the Prayers

A peek behind the pulpit from the perspective of a (millennial) associate minister.

February 02, 2016

What does Ethiopian Orthodox Christianity look like?

Check out beautiful photos of a *huge* Ethiopian Orthodox celebration in Seattle.

January 2016

January 26, 2016

What do Christian (atheists) look like?

What do Christians look like? Find out in this photo series.

January 19, 2016

What do Christians look like?

Want to see what Christians look like? Follow along in this photo series.

January 12, 2016

Mind Blown: Why Alexander Foster gives away all of his income over $27k

Alexander Foster believes in giving away money. A lot. Why does this (Christian) entrepreneur donate...

January 05, 2016

My New Year’s Resolution: Don’t be a white moderate

Martin Luther King, Jr., once said that the "white moderate" is more dangerous to black...

December 2015

December 22, 2015

The New Jim Crow book group: Week 6

The final post in a series on The New Jim Crow by Michelle Alexander. Read...

December 15, 2015

The New Jim Crow book group: Week 5

I'm reading The New Jim Crow by Michelle Alexander with a group from my church....

December 11, 2015

The New Jim Crow Book Group: Week 4

I am reading The New Jim Crow by Michelle Alexander with folks from my church...

December 02, 2015

The New Jim Crow Book Group: Week 3

Read along with me as I lead a spiritual book group connected to The New...

November 2015

November 24, 2015

The New Jim Crow Book Group: Week 2

Follow along as I run a book group to read The New Jim Crow--which dismantles...

November 17, 2015

The New Jim Crow Book Group: Intro + Week 1

I'm running a book group at my church to read The New Jim Crow. Join...

November 10, 2015

Christians in a tiny home!

I talk with Kala, about to graduate college, and her fiance about their decision to...

November 03, 2015

Guest Post: Obama doesn’t want moms to stay at home

My friend Liz writes about how she "scraped together" eight weeks of paid time off...

October 2015

October 27, 2015

Book review: Inspiration and Incarnation

I review Peter Enns' Inspiration and Incarnation: Evangelicals and the Problem of the Old Testament,...

October 20, 2015

“It just seems to fit”: Why a tiny church helps tiny house builders

A few weeks ago, I wrote about a friend, Chris Terramane, who is building a...

October 13, 2015

“A workman is worthy of his wage”: How a faith healer makes money

Check out an interview I did with a faith healer about how he makes money...

October 06, 2015

Extreme (non-Christian) Altruism

Julia works and gives away 100% of her income. She isn't a Christian--in fact, her...

September 2015

September 29, 2015

Do Christians Live in Tiny Houses? Why/not?

How many Christians live in tiny homes? I want to find out.

September 22, 2015

Church online: Beguine Again (.com)

Beguine Again is a thoroughly modern online church that gets its name from a very...

September 15, 2015

Barre, MA: A Christian Landscape

A Christian landscape, visible only from the air, in Western Massachusetts.

September 08, 2015

Adoption & Christianity: What I’ve Learned

I wrap up a weeks-long investigation into adoption and Christianity by reflecting on the themes...

September 01, 2015

Talking Adoption: Fighting with the Foster Care System (Part 2)

I talk more with foster mother Joanna about how her family practices therapeutic parenting and...

August 2015

August 25, 2015

Talking Adoption: Fighting with the Foster Care System (Part 1)

I talk with Joanna, a foster mother, about the challenges of raising a foster child...

August 18, 2015

“God sent you here to make our family whole”: Growing up adopted in a Christian household

Larry Clow, editor of The Sound and author of a book about adoption and social...

August 11, 2015

Talking Adoption: An Interview with Benjamin Corey (Part 3)

Benjamin Corey of Formerly Fundie and I close out a conversation on international adoption...why we...

August 04, 2015

Talking Adoption: An Interview with Benjamin Corey (Part 2)

Part two of an interview with Benjamin Corey of Formely Fundie: why adoption is not...

July 2015

July 28, 2015

Talking Adoption: An interview with Benjamin Corey (Part 1)

Benjamin Corey of Formely Fundie talks about why he and his wife chose to adopt--and...

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