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March 2015

March 13, 2015

Facing My Mortality: Reading the Compline, Part 3

My Lenten discipline this year has been to add the Compline, or the Night Office,...

March 12, 2015

The Day She Came Out: Why Rob Bell is Right and the Church is Being Left Behind

She was one of the best students I’ve ever had in a youth group. She’s...

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 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 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 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 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 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 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...

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...

January 14, 2015

4 Things You Need to Know about Terrorism and Religion

After my article on the terrorism in Paris last week, readers offered some thoughtful critiques...

January 13, 2015

Jesus, Muhammad, and Traversing Hostility with Love

I have read two articles today on forgiveness. Amidst the violence of our world during...

January 11, 2015

How Muhammad Responded to Insults: The Qur’an, Hell, and Charlie Hebdo

How do we make sense of the senseless and tragic violence committed by militants at...

January 10, 2015

Crossing The Line by Rosalie Riegle: A Book Review

The following book review is by Lindsey Paris-Lopez, Editor in Chief of the Raven Foundation....

January 08, 2015

The Violence at Charlie Hebdo: A Sacred Tragedy

The tragic death of twelve people at the French weekly newspaper, Charlie Hebdo, begs for...

January 07, 2015

The Nonviolent Atonement: God’s Grace upon Grace

She was 85 and nearing the end of her life. I’d never met her before....

January 06, 2015

Discover Nonviolent Peaceforce: An Answer to Our Prayers for Peace

How does God answer our prayers for peace? Looking around at the violence at home...

December 2014

December 31, 2014

Top 5 Ways to Be More Peaceful in 2015

At 35, I discovered years ago that New Year’s resolutions are a practice in failure....

December 24, 2014

The Subversive Peace of Christmas

Christmas is a time for celebration, joy, and family. But Christmas is much more than...

December 23, 2014

Ira Glass Endorses Enhanced (Parental) Interrogration Techniques

Do you think you can tell the difference between good parenting and child abuse? It...

December 21, 2014

Terrorists Win: “The Interview,” North Korea, and the Tragic Irony of Christmas

Unfortunately, we will not be able to watch Kim Jong-un’s assassination on the big screen...

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