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March 2015

March 10, 2015

Why Was Jesus Crucified? Curriculum Writers Discuss Their Answers, Part 2

Welcome to Part 2 in our series in which curriculum writers discuss their approach to...

March 10, 2015

When the Way of Jesus Doesn’t Work: Finding Peace with a Divided Self

It was a rough week at work. It got off to a bad start and...

March 06, 2015

The Vulcan Challenge to the American Way

The recent passing of Leonard Nimoy has got many of us reminiscing about his portrayal...

March 04, 2015

Don’t Tell Me that God Is In Control: On Sovereignty, Tragedy, and Sin

“God is in control.” The statement comforts many people because deep down we know that...

February 2015

February 27, 2015

Bill O’Reilly, Brian Williams, and Jesus: On Goodness and Love

I’m cringing as I write this. That tells you a lot about me. When it...

February 26, 2015

Facing My Mortality: Praying the Compline, Part 2

The Compline, or Night Prayer, is the last prayer said as part of the Liturgy...

February 23, 2015

Why Was Jesus Crucified? Curriculum Writers Discuss Their Answers, Part 1

During Lent we are inviting curriculum writers to tell us how their curriculum for children...

February 20, 2015

Relaxing into Lent: Identity and those Voices in Your Head

The Christian journey of Lent is upon us. Lent commemorates Jesus’ journey into the wilderness....

February 19, 2015

Finding Atonement in the Greatest Rivalry in College Basketball

“You may not know what this means because you don’t live in North Carolina” my...

February 17, 2015

Facing My Mortality: Why I’m Praying the Compline During Lent

For my Lenten discipline this year, I’ve decided to become more comfortable with death. To...

February 16, 2015

Happy Presidents Day! – On Mimetic Theory and How I Lost Political Ambition

Like many children growing up in the US, I had dreams of becoming the president....

February 14, 2015

Chapel Hill, Atheism, and the Worship of Violence

It’s been a few days since the tragic murder of three young Muslims in Chapel Hill,...

February 13, 2015

Getting Ready for Valentine’s Day with the Wicked Truth About Love: Part 6, Custodian

I’d like to end my series on the obstacles to love with a few last...

February 12, 2015

Who is God? Part 3: The Son of God: How the Son Subverts Violence and Patriarchy

My inner feminist recoils when I hear the term “Son of God.” I get the...

February 11, 2015

Getting Ready for Valentine’s Day with the Wicked Truth About Love: Part 5, Sidekick

In my book, “The Wicked Truth About Love: The Tangles of Desire”, I identified 5...

February 10, 2015

The Glory of the Grammys: Desire, Hope, and Becks Perfect Response to Kanye West

Ahh, we love drama, don’t we? Okay, maybe you don’t, but this year’s Grammys didn’t...

February 09, 2015

Getting Ready for Valentine’s Day with the Wicked Truth About Love: Part 4, Rock Star

In Part 1, Part 2 and Part 3 in my series we’ve been looking at...

February 07, 2015

Nationwide: What We Can Learn from the Worst Super Bowl Commercial Ever

“That was a total buzzkill.” The Nationwide commercial just finished. Entitled, “Make Safe Happen,” it...

February 06, 2015

Getting Ready for Valentine’s Day with the Wicked Truth About Love: Part 3, Super Hero

Thanks for joining me for part 3 of my series identifying stumbling blocks on the...

February 05, 2015

Why I Hate Tom Brady: Reflections on the Super Bowl

As a Seattle Seahawks fan, born and raised in the Pacific Northwest, I hate Tom...

February 04, 2015

Getting Ready for Valentine’s Day with the Wicked Truth About Love: Part 2, Celebrity Chef

Welcome to Part 2 of my series on romantic pitfalls, what I call the “tangles...

February 03, 2015

Top 4 Ways to Criticize without Scapegoating

Criticism. It’s an ugly word. Just reading it there makes me cringe. And there’s so...

February 02, 2015

Getting Ready for Valentine’s Day with The Wicked Truth About Love: Part 1, Best Friend Forever

As we approach Valentine’s Day I thought it would be a good time to...

January 2015

January 29, 2015

Meeting Jesus – What My Mom Taught Me About Death, Cussing, and Salvation

I began my second unit of Clinical Pastoral Education (CPE) yesterday. CPE is basically a...

January 28, 2015

For the Love of Paddington: A Movie Review

I loved Paddington, the new movie based on the Michael Bonds books about an immigrant...

January 27, 2015

In Gratitude for Marcus Borg: On the Unholy God

Marcus Borg, a bestselling author and prominent Jesus scholar, died last week. I read the...

January 23, 2015

Who is God: Part 2: The Holy Spirit and judgmental gods not worth believing in

Ask anyone to tell you about the Holy Spirit and you will likely receive blank...

January 22, 2015

Questions from Selma: Where Was the Love?

After watching Selma, I had a weird feeling that the filmmakers thought they were making...

January 21, 2015

Who is God? Part 1: God is Love

Theology comes from two Greek words. Theos, meaning God, and logos, meaning word or reason....

January 19, 2015

John McCain, Mitt Romney, and America’s Insane Foreign Policy

John McCain recently held a press conference where he speculated on a third Mitt...

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