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July 2022

July 29, 2022
It seems that COVID keeps coming out with new variants. A couple weeks after my...
July 27, 2022
I’ve lost a lot of “friends” on Facebook over the last couple of years, because...
July 25, 2022
No, I didn't get the title backwards. Contrary to the popular Christian aphorism that says,...
July 22, 2022
Last week, someone called me an “Effing Yank!” This is particularly funny to a Southerner...
July 19, 2022
Spoiler Alert: I paused my horror movie to draft this article. That first sentence sorta...
July 18, 2022
Take a journey with me as we visit the Holy City, on a day when...
July 16, 2022
"Dad, I'm bisexual."  "Mom, I'm a lesbian."  "Pastor, I'm gay."  "Boss, I'm transgender."  "Friend, I'm...
July 14, 2022
Christians have a lot of unwritten rules when it comes to cussing, cursing, swearing, or...
July 12, 2022
White Americans love guns because they think of themselves as the Chosen People. Don’t believe...
July 09, 2022
Don’t believe the LIE that your sin separates you from God. Jesus proves otherwise. The...
July 07, 2022
Trans and nonbinary people are changing their pronouns--what if God is, too? As part of...
July 05, 2022
Many White American Evangelicals consider themselves modern-day Daniels. Heroes in their own minds, they love...
July 02, 2022
Contemplative prayer is beginning with the ending. Most of us end our prayers with the...
July 02, 2022
Christians who deconstruct their faith often feel so overwhelmed with questions without answers that prayer...

June 2022

June 29, 2022
Mantra meditation can be an effective way for Christians to hear from God when they...
June 27, 2022
During the deconstruction process, Christians often say it's difficult to hear from God. All the...
June 24, 2022
The phrase, “Beauty is in the eye of the beholder.” contains a hidden spiritual truth...
June 22, 2022
"I feel convicted that I need to give to support that missionary." "I feel convicted that I need to...
June 18, 2022
Why do Christians find it necessary to prove God, or to defend God, to other...
June 16, 2022
In medieval artwork, Moses is hard to distinguish from the devil. Could there be a...
June 14, 2022
When my family left the intrusion of the city and the noise of neighbors, I...
June 11, 2022
My client was in prison, addicted to drugs, and had reached out to my program...
June 08, 2022
This is for all who have walked out of the church. Some of you left...
June 04, 2022
Since when did Christianity require people to sign on the dotted line? It must be...
June 01, 2022
Not long after Marriage Equality was passed, the Baptist association of which my church was...

May 2022

May 30, 2022
"You're saying there are contradictions in the Bible!" screamed the irate church member after one...
May 27, 2022
America is shooting herself. No other nation on the planet can shoot themselves as well...
May 25, 2022
Why do churches have stained glass? I joke that the reason is to let in...
May 23, 2022
Country singer Walker Hayes stepped out on a limb with “Craig,” a love song to...
May 20, 2022
In the beginning, God made a turd. And God breathed into it the breath of...
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