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September 2017

September 25, 2017

Faith in the Fog: On Losing Beliefs and Finding God

Few things give my inner skeptic a firmer foothold than Christians making statements of apparent...

September 20, 2017

No, Our Non-Profit Is Not a Ministry

Christian friends often call the non-profit that my husband and I run a ministry. I...

September 15, 2017

5 Things We’ll Miss If We Take the Bible Too Literally

I’ve discovered throughout my long and winding journey that the security we get from biblical...

September 13, 2017

My Cancer Didn’t Happen for a Reason

There’s no good reason for my cancer, and I won’t pretend otherwise. It didn’t happen...

September 11, 2017

Why Not Sign the Nashville Statement?

Here is why I would not sign the Nashville Statement ...

August 2017

August 30, 2017

Whose Feet?

Even given all the disagreement within the Christian tradition as to theology and church polity,...

August 29, 2017

What If the Great Command of Jesus Was Literally the Entire Point of Following His Ways?

In reality, trying to convert someone is not loving -- it’s just not.

August 28, 2017

Hell by Way of a Gingerbread Cookie

So how do people end up in hell if it is not simply because they...

August 24, 2017

When the Bible Doesn’t Give You History

What if the Bible doesn’t line up with history?

August 21, 2017

Can Progressive Christians Reclaim Ancient Creeds?

I am a progressive Christian, mindful of the baggage that creeds carry and the pitfalls...

August 11, 2017

No, We Should Not Stop Speaking Out Against the Ideology of Our Brothers and Sisters in Christ

Stop telling us that we are not peacemakers when we vocally oppose the American Conservative...

August 09, 2017

Equality Isn’t Fair

Equality. What comes to mind when you hear that word? Perhaps you first think of...

August 07, 2017

Faith in the Fog: Love as Our Compass

Love is my compass and my guiding light for life, here and now. That's the...

July 2017

July 21, 2017

Too Many Churches, Not Enough Christians

The canaries in the churches have given their warning, and those savvy enough to pay...

July 19, 2017

Problematizing Biblical Inerrancy

I am going to be a bit of a rabble-rouser and problematize things for folks...

July 17, 2017

For the Invisible People

A significant damaging effect of the fundamentalist mindset is its tendency to make some people...

July 14, 2017

Do You Mean to Mock Me?

This year on July 5th I stumbled into a place and a time out of...

July 12, 2017

The Middle Ground of Racism

Those of you who don’t feel the urgency to speak out: Are you really cool...

July 10, 2017

Can Christians Be Good Americans?

Every couple of months, another round of people on Facebook discover the Can Muslims be...

July 05, 2017

The Ideology of Jesus

Jesus seemed to have zero concern for social norms or ideologies of those who he...

July 03, 2017

To My Conservative Christian Friends

Those who support the Muslim Ban, are adamantly against universal healthcare, yet call themselves pro-life...

June 2017

June 28, 2017

Faith in the Fog: Making Peace With the Messiness of the Bible

Contrary to well-meaning advice from many concerned Christians, reading the Bible is not a good...

June 26, 2017

Every Non-Religious Person Should Be Able to Answer These Questions

We all, Christians and non-Christians alike, should ask ourselves what we believe and why we...

June 23, 2017

A Trauma-Informed Approach to Sin

To truly help people, we must reorient our precepts of sin to an understanding of...

June 22, 2017

Christian: You Are Upset About the Wrong Things

The legalistic, simplistic, and shallow world of fundamentalism breeds some rather odd triggers for what...

June 19, 2017

Finding Community in the Image of God

The all-expansive, communal image of God that is bestowed on us requires that we reaffirm...

June 14, 2017

Faith in the Fog: Science, Atheism and the Search for Proof

One of the biggest steps toward learning to deal with my own crippling skepticism has...

June 12, 2017

Faith in the Fog: Surviving as a Skeptical Christian

Experiencing serious doubt and skepticism can be tough, scary, and depressing, but it doesn't necessarily mean...

June 09, 2017

The Racist God of America

I remember the first time I realized that the god of the majority of American...

May 2017

May 31, 2017

I Miss You Too, But…

I miss my former church. I do. And I don’t think I was prepared for...

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