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June 2018

June 24, 2018

What Part Did You Not Understand?

His friend asked, “So, putting them in cages, separating them from their parents would not...

April 2018

April 16, 2018

Face The Strange: changing to meet this generation

Are you looking for that new program you can implement in your church that will...

December 2017

December 17, 2017

So This Is Christmas, and What Have You Done?

So this is Christmas and what have you done? Another year over and a new...

June 2017

June 26, 2017

The Feast

Who is welcomed at your table?

May 2017

May 01, 2017

Your Own Cultural Jesus

Followers of Jesus think, “Let’s get out from behind these walls, ready to get messy,...

April 2017

April 27, 2017

Is Love an emotion or an action?

When we meet someone for the first time, we need to be open to falling...

April 07, 2017

The Church Can’t Dance

I’m your average nerdy white guy; I dance like your average nerdy white guy. Given...

April 03, 2017

The One Thing Killing the Church Today is….

The feed me crowd take the words of Jesus to Peter, “If you love me,...

March 2017

March 29, 2017

Captivated by Christ

To quote the great theologians, Cheap Trick, “I want you to want me. I need...

March 23, 2017

Making Love Personal

What if, you read 1 Corinthians 13 in a very unusual way? What if, it...

March 22, 2017

Feed People!

I figure if you’re sending time thinking about how this idea will not work, or...

February 2017

February 25, 2017

Immigration In America

Please read the entire article before commenting - it might be an emotional read, you...

February 22, 2017

How Can We Reach Young Families?

Whenever I’m asked those How questions I usually answer with my Why questions,...

February 19, 2017

We Are Called to Resist

Was John the Baptist resisting authority when he publicly scolded King Herod for his infidelity?...

February 17, 2017

Five Questions Churches Should Never Ask Themselves

Churches spend a great deal of time claiming they’re not a business, but still striving...

February 04, 2017

Why I’ve Said Nothing About Bowling Green

Let our voices be voices that challenge the status quo; let our voices be voices...

January 2017

January 24, 2017

DC Meets DC: Welcome To htraE

The point I desire to make here is that on htraE they live by a...

January 23, 2017

Sharing Your Voice

Speaking out against injustice, and discrimination, isn’t a guarantee that your voice will change anything....

January 08, 2017

As a Sissy, I’m Not Excited About Trump’s America

Because, and this is just my point of view, neither Trump, or the Republicans, have...

December 2016

December 31, 2016

The Difference Between a Bar, and a Church

One day, while speaking to a gathering of people, The Naked Jesus was confronted by...

December 29, 2016

We All Know A Richard

We All Know A Richard: This story is not what you think - read it,...

December 10, 2016

When Faith was Institutionalized

When faith is institutionalized, it is easy to cut out the things that run counter...

December 09, 2016

Keeping Christ in Christianity

So, you want to keep Christ in Christmas? Well, here's what you do – feed...

November 2016

November 17, 2016

It’s Not To Be A Better Christian, It’s To Be A Better Human

For Jesus, to be a follower, means you change – you grow – you give...

October 2016

October 17, 2016

Show Me Your Story

You see, I don't see tattoos as just meaningless marks, I see each tattoo as...

October 06, 2016

A Very Poor Light To Walk By

Fear paralyzes, fear negates love, forgiveness, and acceptance; fear stops us dead in our tracks...

October 06, 2016

Could Not Come Up With A Title

Ever wonder how Calvinist, Reformed, or Neo-Reformed Theology has screwed up the teachings of Christ?...

September 2016

September 28, 2016

How I View the “Trinity”

Few things concerning the nature of the Divine will cause a bigger debate then the...

September 16, 2016

The Bad Idea of Appeasing an Angry God

To me, what grows from this theory is a judgmental, wrathful, mean-spirited God, which causes...

September 08, 2016

We Should all Share our Stories, and be Vulnerable in the Process

What confused me the most is that in all the dialogs surrounding the non-importance of...