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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...

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 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...

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...

May 08, 2017

What I Learned from Arguing with a Pig Farmer

One of the members of the congregation, who happened to be a pig farmer, was...

April 2017

April 25, 2017

Nones, Dones and Religionless Christianity, Part 3

Secularism isn't a looming evil that must be resisted, but is a lived statement of...

April 24, 2017

I Once Thought I Was a Progressive Christian, But…

I once thought that perhaps I was a progressive Christian, but I've come to realize...

April 19, 2017

Nones, Dones and Religionless Christianity, Part 2

For Dietrich Bonhoeffer, religious language is often a mask or a shield that protects us...

April 14, 2017

Finding Faith Again

My faith journey has changed dramatically.

March 2017

March 27, 2017

What I Believe Doesn’t Matter

Cindy Brandt, Do you believe in Hell? asks the most recent commenter on my blog.

March 15, 2017

Here’s Why Progressive Christianity Just Doesn’t Work

I'm anticipating a lot of people will read the title of this article without clicking...

February 2017

February 13, 2017

How I Lost My Salvation

It started in 2013. I got married in January and a month later, in February,...

February 09, 2017

How Evangelical Kids Can Get Their Faith Shaken on the First Day of University

Let’s consider the first morning at university for one hypothetical 18 year old raised in...

January 2017

January 20, 2017

Confessions of a Doubting Christian

Some days I find it really hard to believe in God.

September 2016

September 05, 2016

No Matter How Smart They Think They Are, Atheists Don’t Shake My Faith

I've had many discussions with atheists. Well, I don’t know that I would call them...

March 2016

March 24, 2016

A Year Without Mormonism

A year ago, my wife and I stepped back from our faith tradition.

October 2015

October 02, 2015

What Must I Believe to Be a Christian?

When somebody claims the title “Christian” for themselves, whether they are progressive or conservative or...

December 2014

December 10, 2014

Faith is the task of a lifetime

I'm a Christian because of Søren Kierkegaard. The 19th-century Danish philosopher didn't introduce me to...

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