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April 2018

April 24, 2018

Seven Stories – Chapter 4: Wrath to Compassion

Join Adam Ericksen and Lindsey Paris-Lopez as they discuss the shift of seeing God as...

April 12, 2018

Jimmy Kimmel, Sean Hannity, and How to Save Our Souls

Jimmy Kimmel and Sean Hannity got into a Twitter war. One modeled how to move...

April 06, 2018

Jesus Christ Superstar: Sex, Politics, and God – The RavenCast

Join Suzanne Ross and Adam Ericksen as they discuss sex, politics, and God in NBC's...

April 03, 2018

Seven Stories Book Review, Part 1: From Oppression to Justice

Is the Bible simply a violent book that leads its adherents to violence? Or does...

March 2018

March 16, 2018

Stephen Hawking and the Scientific Evidence for God

Can a scientific theory lead us to God? Join Adam Ericksen as he explores a...

March 06, 2018

Guns, Racism, and Mimetic Theory: Disarming Fear With Love

Recent developments in the gun control debate make me cautiously hopeful that our nation...

March 06, 2018

“Violence and the Sacred” Facebook Live Book Discussion!

Violence has always been a problem for humanity. How can Girard's book "Violence and the...

February 2018

February 23, 2018

The Gun Debate: Telling the Difference Between a Mob and a Community

Weekly episodes of the RavenCast can be viewed live on the Raven Foundation Facebook page....

February 16, 2018

Another Mass Shootings at a School. What My Fellow Girardians Don’t Understand

Another mass shooting at a school. And another round of politicians refusing to do anything...

February 10, 2018

Interview with Carolyn B. Helsel – “Anxious to Talk About It” – Racism in America – The RavenCast

In this episode of the RavenCast, I talk with the Rev. Dr. Carolyn Helsel...

January 2018

January 24, 2018

How Liberal Outrage Normalizes the Worst of Trump

Liberal outrage has become a sacred duty. Fueled by the fear that Trump’s racist, misogynist...

January 24, 2018

Christian Picciolini is the Winner of the 2017 Raven Award for Excellence in Arts and Entertainment!

The Raven Foundation (the parent organization of Teaching Nonviolent Atonement) is pleased to announce that...

November 2017

November 28, 2017

Do You Need a Dose of Positive Mimesis? Check Out #GivingTuesday

We seem constantly barraged by negative news. It often comes in the form of negative...

November 20, 2017

Don’t Fear The Apocalypse: Allaying Concerns As Patriarchy Crumbles

As the patriarchy unravels with women coming forward and men held to account, we are...

November 14, 2017

An Open Letter to Men: The Truth about Masculinity

I would like to tell you a general truth about men.* As a pastor, I’ve...

November 01, 2017

Scandal, Satan, and the Trump-Russia Connection

It is one scandal after another with the Trump administration. And there are so many...

October 2017

October 31, 2017

Violence Nevermore!

Happy Halloween, Dear Friends! As it is Halloween, my article tonight is going out in costume...

October 27, 2017

Sermon: Jesus, Who Rescues Us from the Wrath That Is Coming, Constantly Coming!

If we imitate Jesus we will move in a different direction than if we imitate...

October 11, 2017

Sermon: Capable of Producing Fruit

God allows them to kill his son, with the son’s full agreement, and then forgives them...

October 06, 2017

Political Rhetoric and Mimetic Trust: Dr. Stephen McKenna on the RavenCast

How can we make sense of the current political rhetoric and erosion of trust in...

September 2017

September 29, 2017

Charles Dickens: Hard Times (For Truth) – Suzanne Ross on the RavenCast

In the latest episode of the RavenCast, I talk with Suzanne Ross, Co-founder of the...

September 07, 2017

Sermon: Steeped in Mystery

Pastors have a frequent question when they begin to discover mimetic theory. “That’s great. But how...

August 2017

August 31, 2017

Trump Pardons Arpaio – Are We at the “Bonhoeffer Moment”

I have a conservative family member whom I love. We frequently discuss politics and religion....

August 30, 2017

Sermon: From Dead gods to the Living God

Pastors have a frequent question when they begin to discover mimetic theory. “That’s great. But how...

August 29, 2017

How Friendships Survive Disagreements: An Interview with Cesáreo Bandera

The RavenCast interview series challenge “us vs. them” thinking with new perspectives on the issues that divide...

August 24, 2017

How To Be a True Force for Peace

President Trump delivered a speech on Monday night that broadly unveiled his Afghan war strategy....

August 22, 2017

The Emojis Reveal the Truth About Christian Salvation

The only thing I had heard about The Emoji Movie was that it was one...

August 16, 2017

Sermon: The Disciples’ Conclusion: Jesus Must Be God’s Son!

Pastors have a frequent question when they begin to discover mimetic theory. “That’s great. But how...

August 15, 2017

Jesus, Justice, and Charlottesville

All people are products of our culture. Despite the modern emphasis on claiming our individuality,...

July 2017

July 06, 2017

Trump Warns about the Downfall of the Western World. But He Doesn’t Know Our Greatest Threat.

The United States is exhibiting all the symptoms of a nation in a death spiral....

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