After several years of writing here on All Set Free, I want to take a moment to say thank you—to...
Today I am with family in East Texas and had the option to stay home alone due to my Parkinson’s....
Everyone’s seen it, and pretty much everyone has their hot take on why it was great, or awful,...
If Jesus and a medieval jester walked into a bar, they’d both get kicked out by security. Not for...
What does it mean to make right the wrongs, to stand on the side of justice, to pave new and...
I am grateful for the lawmakers in states around this beautiful and broken country who have the...
Evangelicals claimed to reject culture—but often just repackaged it. True counter-culture may look...
Simplistic, black-and-white notions about sex and gender do not reflect the lived reality of...
Christian clergy speaking at protests have a unique role and opportunity to use their prophetic...
Millions are leaving their childhood faiths. But is this a loss of belief—or the birth of...
Saving America is not about taking it back. It’s about bringing it forward. Into love. Into...
The Scriptures are full of stories in which God speaks profoundly through the least likely voices....
How legitimate is kingship, empire, and rulers in general? Does God support them even those who...
Personal mental health is important – but how important? I've been asking folks all over the...
Just in case you were curious, here’s what it would be like if Jesus were like former President...
You may think that Progressive Christianity doesn't focus on sin very much. That it doesn't have...
The Trump Administration uses cruelty toward immigrants unnecessarily as it deports them.
Offering grace, prayer, and powerful words of love, Jeff Hood journeyed with Anthony Wainwright to...
(The following is excerpted from the book Ask John: John Shore’s advice column from the...
The Gospel of Philip explains how awakened Humans can collaborate with the Spirit to awaken...
God Is a God of Love AND Justice The Bible says a lot about God being a God of love and also a God...
Are you ever confused over which "Herod" is which in the Bible? Read on to learn about this ruling...
THE FOURTH OF JULY AND TURNING TO THE BETTER ANGELS OF OUR NATURE “I am loath to close. We are not...
July 4th. Freedom. What does this freedom really look like. There is a deeper meaning that must be...
This Lenten Season let's consider what Jesus and his life might be saying to what seems like a...
Whether we’re looking at the Bible, the Church, mystics, or NDEs, we know that our experience is...
Poets, prophets, and punk bands: why repressive regimes fear the imagination—and how art becomes...
In a troubling twist of American jurisprudence, the United States Supreme Court has increasingly...
Who Are You Calling “Demonic”? MAGA evangelicals insist democrats are demons bent on the...
The Democratic National Convention spent a good deal of time exposing and excoriating Trump’s...
Being appropriately skeptical is an important tool in the toolbox of the academic, but scholarship...
Many who do essential work go unseen and unthanked—this piece reflects on their quiet sacrifices...
A new look at Zacchaeus's story could radically challenge what we believe about discipleship and...
And but so, this is why we hope for Sunday and why we live for the hope of Sunday....
Why are evangelicals so horny for the apocalypse? Because war means prophecy, and prophecy means...
Memphis, our home away from home. We won the first period – successfully removing the large tumor...
When we work to make our world a more just, safe, compassionate home for all, we are part of this...
The concept of “amipotence” helps debunk problematic doctrines of evangelical Christianity, e.g.,...
There has never been a single historical situation where the marriage of sacred and secular power...
What We Do With Jesus Determines Everything This installment in my What’s Gone Wrong with American...
Christian Nationalists have long awaited war in the Middle East. From Israel’s formation in 1949...
A new baby brings us such hope. They are so pure, their slate so clean, and for those of us who...
6 years ago RAWtools, Inc. didn’t exist. And then tragedy struck in Newtown, CT at Sandy Hook...
If for this life only we have hoped in Christ, we are of all people most to be pitied. But in...
Honest to the end, Bill Moyers showed how journalism and faith could unite to serve truth. His...
The only Twitter profiles Blockchain uses to communicate with users are: @blockchain &...