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October 26, 2017
A Lament for Liberal Protestantism
This review was previously published in Sociology of Religion, but since so few read journals, here it...
October 21, 2017
Driscoll on Patheos: My Request for an Apology
Several have wondered how can I stay on Patheos, since Patheos just invited Mark Driscoll...
October 05, 2017
More Blood at the Altar of the Gun
Previously published in The Seattle Times Special to The Seattle Times IN religious circles, many...
June 2017
June 29, 2017
We are all Hagar
Texts for this Sermon: Genesis 16:1-16; Genesis 21:1-21. On occasion I get asked: "Why are...
April 2017
April 09, 2017
Everything Belongs and the End of Religion
Recently I’ve been thinking that in Evangelical culture in the Pacific Northwest there is a...
April 03, 2017
Weak theology and the anti-gospel of American exceptionalism
(Originally published in The Immanent Frame, April 3, 2017). A few years ago, I reviewed David...
March 2017
March 27, 2017
I’m Praying for Sean Hannity
This blog was inspired by Ted Koppel’s take down of Sean Hannity on TV. Koppel...
March 20, 2017
A Shack of Grace
The movie, The Shack received an 18 percent rating from the “top” critics. They say...
March 05, 2017
Bread and Breasts
We go to a church near us; we can get there in five minutes. We...
February 2017
February 27, 2017
Princeton Theological Statement Against American First
An important message from my alma mater, Princeton Theological Seminary, no bastion of liberalism, but...
February 21, 2017
Do Black Lives Matter to the Church?
Guest Blogger: Brooke Anne Wellman As a white person, it is difficult to write about...
February 21, 2017
Guest Blogger: Brooke Anne Wellman
February 06, 2017
Sometimes Goodness Triumphs
"Some believe it is only great power that can hold evil in check, but that...
January 2017
January 30, 2017
Time for a New Confessing Church
For the last three years I’ve moderated the Veritas Forum at my University. And each...
November 2016
November 15, 2016
I Saw this Coming
One of my favorite authors, Sherman Alexie, had a wonderful tweet after the election: “Anyone...
November 11, 2016
Resilient Peace in the Time of Crisis
Leonard Cohen, who died the day after Trump’s victory in the presidential election, introduced his...
November 08, 2016
I’m with the Nasty Women
I'm with the nasty women for lots of reasons! I'm reading John Caputo's The Weakness...
October 2016
October 28, 2016
Religion is for Lovers
These are dark days folks. Everyone is just a bit down. (Thank God for the...
October 15, 2016
How a Trump-like Culture Nearly Killed Me and May Destroy America
Words can heal and they can kill. These days we are in a word storm....
October 05, 2016
Edgeman: Rob Bell in LA
I just watched a beautiful film piece on Rob Bell in The New Yorker Presents,...
September 2016
September 13, 2016
God Kick: Terror in Cinque Terre (written with Brooke Wellman)
Trips of a lifetime are etched into our memories, this one for different reasons than...
July 2016
July 08, 2016
Lament and Prayer for a Nation
The joy of our hearts has ceased; our dancing has been turned to mourning. The...
July 05, 2016
Baptist Anti-American Civil Religion
I’ve written and thought on American civil religion for some time now. Inevitably, our American...
June 2016
June 24, 2016
Apocalypse Now: The New History of American Fundamentalists–A Review
Matthew Sutton’s American Apocalypse: A History of Modern Evangelicalism is beautifully written, thoroughly documented and,...
June 14, 2016
Haunted Houses and the Ability to Mourn
The irony of the Orlando massacre is that it was done only a mile away...
April 2016
April 27, 2016
‘Don’t be codependent’ or ‘I’d rather go skiing’ (Or ‘If you’re codependent, I’m outta here’)
A few years ago in speaking to a group of Pentecostal preachers, at one point,...
April 10, 2016
My White Tribe: The Unmarked Group
I asked my Jackson School International Studies class called, "Cultural Interactions in an Interdependent World,"...
March 2016
March 25, 2016
We’re Winning Against ISIS: Religious Violence and Occupation
I’ve been thinking and writing about religious violence for some time now. Along with many...
March 22, 2016
Hope Beyond Despair
I was reminded recently that Nikos Kazantzakis’ 1955 The Last Temptation of Christ has Jesus,...
March 15, 2016
Rob Bell is Here: A Review of How to be Here-with Addendum
Rob Bell is a friend. I wrote a book about him. We spent something on...
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