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May 2022

May 18, 2022
If you struggle with anxiety, using a rosary may help. There are many Christian rosaries...
May 16, 2022
One person called me their human Xanax. Another person called me the family hothead. How...
May 13, 2022
How can Christians make Jesus come again? First-century Pharisees believed that if every Jewish person...
May 09, 2022
Being on fire for God sounds great when you speak Christianese. But sometimes it doesn’t...
May 08, 2022
Is it atonement to God the Father, or attunement to God the Mother that brings...
May 05, 2022
The disheveled couple looked nervously into the faces of gathered Deacons. They wore their awkwardness...
May 03, 2022
Has your changing faith made certain church songs difficult for you to sing? Does Christian...
May 01, 2022
Many people going through faith deconstruction say they have difficulty with hymns and worship music....

April 2022

April 27, 2022
Yesterday, I got confronted with my secret--it had finally gotten out. I was talking with...
April 25, 2022
As boys, my brother and I loved to wrestle. Many of our friends grew up...
April 23, 2022
“If you see the Buddha, kill him,” say the Buddhists. What a strange thing from...
April 19, 2022
In church, "I pledge allegiance" sounds an awful lot like "Hail Caesar!"  The American church...
April 17, 2022
The Easter story gets better every time you tell it. I love my pastor friend...
April 15, 2022
For pastors deconstructing your faith, the events of Holy Week become a showcase for how...
April 12, 2022
Pastors just want to be like Jesus. And just like him, deconstructing your faith can...
April 10, 2022
My personal journey of faith deconstruction began with the events of Palm Sunday. My Deconstruction...
April 08, 2022
Grace comes before repentance, not after. When you finally get this truth, it changes everything....
April 06, 2022
If your church has been around a while, it probably has hoarding disorder. We all know...
April 03, 2022
Now more than ever, pastors are asking themselves whether to continue in ministry, retire early,...

March 2022

March 29, 2022
Prayer isn’t about God listening to us—but about attendant believers getting to know God.  ...
March 27, 2022
Is there any hope of peace when the other person is just so wrong?  ...
March 24, 2022
People have often asked me, “Is it a sin for a Christian to get tattooed...
March 22, 2022
Viewing God as our heavenly father is problematic for people who always felt their dads...
March 19, 2022
As Jewish believers celebrated Purim this past week, I finished my reading of the Greek...
March 17, 2022
The world watches in horror as Vladimir Putin invades Ukraine and slaughters his enemies. Are...
March 13, 2022
Do progressive Christians who no longer believe in an inerrant Bible still have a source...
March 09, 2022
Is Vladimir Putin the antichrist? Yes, and no. Who is the Antichrist? When I was...
March 05, 2022
Are wars and rumors of wars, natural disasters, climate change, and pandemic signs of God’s...
March 02, 2022
If it’s been a long time since you were in church, you may ask yourself,...

February 2022

February 27, 2022
With the Russian invasion of Ukraine, many Christians turn their thoughts to the apocalypse. Are...
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