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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 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...

November 2015

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 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...

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 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...

July 21, 2015

Talking Adoption: How Adoption Became a Christian “Trend”

The first in a series about the complicated trend of adoption in Christianity across denominations,...

July 07, 2015

One Way to Fight Racism (as a white person)

Segregation is what happens when we don't think about it; as white people with status...

June 2015

June 30, 2015

5 Reasons this Millennial is Still a Christian

A Millennial "none" shares five reasons she still goes to church.

June 23, 2015

Slow Living: Life with a dumbphone

Life without a smartphone means more time in traffic, fewer photos, and a strong sense...

June 15, 2015

How a Millennial Minister Makes Money

I talk with millennial author, blogger, and minister Erin Lane about how a "piecemeal vocation"...

June 09, 2015

Talking with Willie Morris, founder of Faithbox

I talk with Willie Morris, founder of Faithbox (a Christian subscription service) about how he...

May 2015

May 26, 2015

A Millennial Weighs in on the Pew Religious Landscape Study

America is not a “Christian nation.” It is a nation full of people who were...

May 22, 2015

Beer + Star Wars = Modern-day Church?

Writer Craig Brown of The Sound, a weekly based in Seacoast New Hampshire, sat in...

May 19, 2015

Dear Graduate: The economy still sucks. Thank God.

An easy career path can kill your passion--luckily, in today's economy, there are very few...

May 15, 2015

Christian Tinder?

A new dating app called Collide works like Tinder...for Christians.

May 12, 2015

Christianity Commodified?

Faithbox founders Willie Morris and Cory Maxwell-Coghlan are quite literally selling Christianity--it costs about $25...