The Official Blog of Benjamin L. Corey
As I flip through a few chapters in the book of John, I feel the same way I do when I think about that last conversation with Gram. I soak in the words. I remember their importance. I draw them in close to my heart and hold onto them. Read more
As I flip through a few chapters in the book of John, I feel the same way I do when I think about that last conversation with Gram. I soak in the words. I remember their importance. I draw them in close to my heart and hold onto them. Read more
Birmingham, AL police are cracking down on pastors who feed the homeless. Keep it classy, Birmingham. Read more
Let’s be honest: Christianity in America has an image crisis, and justifiably so. Somehow the most beautiful story ever told got diluted into a hybrid of culture and religion that people are finding less than appealing. Not for lack of a good narrative– even some of my atheist friends have privately conceded that as far as narratives go, we’ve got the better story. Instead, people are rejecting Christianity not simply or entirely because they don’t believe it, but because too... Read more
Okay friends– last week we didn’t have the chance to play “Where in the World is Ben Corey” because of access to internet issues, but I still want to give you a chance to become an advanced reader of Undiluted. The book doesn’t come out until August, and to date there are probably less than a dozen folks who have their hands on a copy, so you’ll actually be one of the first people to have the chance to jump... Read more
Last week I pretty much secluded myself from the world and the internet after the entire World Vision mess had left me feeling emotionally spent. When I left, word was that 2,000 impoverished children had been abandoned by their American sponsors who refused to donate to a Christian charity who hired Christians who were gay and married. Now, that number has climbed to 10,000 children. I can still hardly wrap my mind around it all and while I wish the... Read more
This morning Mars Hill is reporting an imminent announcement regarding the future of Mark Driscoll with Mars Hill, so I thought you all might like to see their official press statement here: Read more
What a hard week for American Christianity. At the beginning of the week, World Vision announced they would begin hiring married gay Christians in their US offices. As we all watched, the internet blew up. Some 2000 people dropped the children they were sponsoring. More progressive bloggers used their platforms to issue a call encouraging everyone to think about the children and invited new sponsors to sign up– and they did. Yet, the right-wing backlash came at too high a... Read more
One of my favorite songs as a kid was American Pie (The Day The Music Died) about the death of Buddy Holly. It’s one of those tunes you just never get out of your head. In the opening lines he talks about hearing the news that Buddy Holly had died and says: “I can’t remember if I cried, When I read about his widowed bride, But something touched me deep inside, The day the music died.” We often are not... Read more
I officially know what an aneurysm feels like, because I think I just had one this morning. Brace yourself, because you might have one too. At least we’ll all go through it together. Yesterday as told via Christianity Today, the Christian relief organization World Vision announced that it was making a major policy change in their hiring practices here in America: they will now hire gay Christians who are married. As a Christian organization, World Vision has long had some... Read more
Steven Anderson is at it again. If you don’t know who he is, I rank him near the top of the list of most obnoxious fundamentalists ever. He’s the guy who says he carries his wife around the house each morning to prove that if she doesn’t want to go somewhere he could carry her. And, also the guy who prayed for Obama to die and who has said God didn’t change his mind about stoning gay people. He’s also... Read more
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