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December 2017
December 17, 2017
Mary Magdalene Wasn’t a Prostitute; She was an Apostle
“The problem lies in the alternate image of Mary Magdalene as the fallen and redeemed...
December 13, 2017
Revolution of Niceness: Differentiating Between Good and Nice
I'm not sure anyone else within white Americanized Christianity, is saying it so I will: The...
December 08, 2017
Equitable Unity in the American Church: How Can We Better Empower People of Color?
Welcoming a stranger into your home and allowing them to shift things around in order...
December 01, 2017
Hillsong and The End of Evangelicalism
Mid-October of 1949 William Hearst, then publisher of the LA Times, infamously gave a two-word...
November 2017
November 27, 2017
The Problem of Loving the Sinner but Hating the Sin
The Problem of Loving the Sinner but Hating the Sin “JESUS NEVER SAID, ‘LOVE THE...
November 13, 2017
Is Premarital Sex Sinful?
I highly doubt that having safe and consensual sex, before marriage, is something God would...
November 08, 2017
The Pastor’s Salary: Should Pastors Make 500K?
If this were a paper for a class, my thesis would say something along the...
November 06, 2017
White Christian Exceptionalism: The Painful Irony of a Prideful Death
White Christian Exceptionalism: The Painful Irony of a Prideful Death It's a bizarre thing, in...
October 2017
October 31, 2017
Was Jesus Pro-Life or Pro-Choice?
Was Jesus Pro-Life or Pro-Choice? Outside of race, two of the most divisive terms out...
October 16, 2017
When Is It Okay to Deport Immigrants?
Let’s Talk About Deportation... Recently, there were 500 undocumented citizens arrested around the U.S. within...
October 10, 2017
Imposing Order Into An Otherwise Chaotic World
Imposing Order Into Chaos Things aren’t good. Well, if you’ve turned on the TV recently...
September 2017
September 27, 2017
Weapons of Mass Distraction: When People Throw Hate You’re Being Effective at Something
It’s too easy to get sucked into the negativity that is so prevalent in this...
September 18, 2017
Progressive is the New Evangelical
I’ve been calling myself a “progressive” but lately I’ve come to dislike being referred to...
September 15, 2017
Gay and Progressive at Liberty University
"This is what it’s like to be in a minority attending a school built by...
September 13, 2017
The End of White Christianity in America
Christianity isn’t dying, the color of it is just changing. Is This The End of...
September 01, 2017
Heretic or, Just Progressive?
The Progressive Evangelical Pastor: What I Mean When I Say I’m a Pastor of Sorts…...
August 2017
August 24, 2017
What Happens When You Lose Your Religion?
What Happens When You Lose Your Religion? Here’s the thing, when “Worship services begin to...
July 2017
July 26, 2017
A Dissipating Rage Against the Machine (Correctly Dealing With Anger Towards the Church)
Dealing with an anger towards the "church"... Joy is not something handed to you; joy...
July 22, 2017
Returning To Sunday (Part 1 of 100)
Returning To Sunday (Part 1 of 100)... I've been church shopping. There's so much in...
July 18, 2017
If We Know How to End Poverty, Why Has Poverty Not Ended?
It’s said that 45 million US citizens suffer from abject poverty; ”13.1 million children in...
July 09, 2017
A Brief Note on People Who Deliberately Try to Bring You Down
The other day I was meeting with a friend and we were just chatting about...
June 2017
June 22, 2017
The American Church and Our Ties to White Nationalism
To Separate the Institutionalized American Church From White Nationalism is… …like removing the beating heart...
June 14, 2017
What Jesus Meant When He Told the Disciples They Can Move Mountains With Faith As Small As a Mustard Seed
He replied, "Because you have so little faith. Truly I tell you, if you have...
May 2017
May 29, 2017
Heroin Addictions And Why I’m Still Not Married…
“As we all know-or should know-we can’t aim straight for happiness; rather, happiness is an...
May 23, 2017
Why a White Jesus is a Problematic Version of Jesus: Why and How He is a Dangerous Tyrant (Part 2)
Part 2: Why a White Jesus is So Incredibly Damaging Have you ever heard of...
May 15, 2017
Why a White Jesus is a Problematic Version of Jesus: What is Eurocentric Theology? (Part 1)
I follow this guy on Twitter who goes by the name of "Irish Atheist" and...
April 2017
April 29, 2017
The Cost of Joy: “But We Rejoice in Our Sufferings…”
Joy is not the absence of pain; it’s the presence of meaning and intimacy [regardless...
April 24, 2017
“But We Rejoice in Our Sufferings…”
Just keepin' it real, but, the past two years, life has just completely and utterly...
April 08, 2017
Church Marketing Sucks: What the U.S. Church Can Learn from Kendall Jenner and Pepsico’s Blunder
Quick Question (answer without stopping to think): Who’s thought to be the most influential Christian...
April 06, 2017
Biblical Prophecy Unequivocally Proven to be False
But, as time as gone by, I’ve randomly thought of various questions I’ve had in...
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