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October 2016

October 27, 2016
It's been over a week since this astonishing contrast of maps made the rounds on...
October 26, 2016
I'm pretty good at being a pastor. It's my favorite thing to do. When I've...
October 25, 2016
I've found myself at a loss for words lately. I'm so fatigued by this presidential...
October 17, 2016
I've been offered an amazing opportunity by the Tulane Hillel rabbi Yonah Schiller to talk...
October 17, 2016
[Note: A previous version of this post had a featured photo with an image that...
October 16, 2016
They're both United Methodist: Dubya and Hillary, two of the most hated politicians in America....
October 13, 2016
Ever since Donald Trump was caught saying the P-word, conservative evangelical leaders have been feverishly...
October 07, 2016
Time just ran an article about InterVarsity Christian Fellowship's witch-hunt against LGBTQ-affirming staff-people. Not staff-people...

September 2016

September 29, 2016
You have to learn how to be thirsty. And until you’re thirsty, you cannot really...
September 28, 2016
Rob Bell is on our podcast this week. I didn't get to participate because my...
September 27, 2016
"I settled the suit with no admission of guilt." It was Donald Trump's best line...
September 27, 2016
You will never be inspired If you refuse to be breathed into If you always...
September 23, 2016
“His disciples came by night and stole his body while we were asleep” (Matthew 28:13)....
September 21, 2016
"If anyone among you wants to be my disciple, let him take up his cross...
September 20, 2016
I noticed a problem in the Bible that I'd never noticed before in church last week....
September 18, 2016
There is nothing more anxiety-inducing about growing up Southern Baptist than the obsession with having...
September 13, 2016
Basket of deplorables. What an odd phrase that Hillary Clinton chose to use. She was...
September 12, 2016
Dear Wesleyan Covenantal Association, First of all, I'm not afraid of you. I don't think...
September 12, 2016
If for some reason you don't know "Science Mike" McHargue, he's someone you need to know,...
September 11, 2016
On September 12th, 2001, I was sitting with a bunch of anarchists in an illegally...
September 10, 2016
Since it's International Suicide Prevention Day, I wanted to share some reflections about my suicide...
September 09, 2016
It's International Buy Your Priest a Beer Day, and I'm feeling like the woman who...
September 07, 2016
This church sign captures everything that is wrong with toxic Christianity and why it positions...
September 06, 2016
This week on Crackers and Grape Juice, I talked with one of my favorite people...
September 04, 2016
The hopes and prayers from the past few months of planning and preparation have come...
September 03, 2016
When Donald Trump's surrogate infamously declared that there will soon be #TacoTrucksOnEveryCorner unless somebody stops...
September 03, 2016
Everyone is always marketing. I suspect there were hundreds of college classrooms that began their...

August 2016

August 28, 2016
If you haven't heard about the latest drama on the Interwebz, San Francisco 49ers quarterback...
August 26, 2016
Well, the University of Chicago has been all over my feed lately because of a...
August 24, 2016
This week's Crackers and Grape Juice episode addressed the question "Is Jesus the only way...
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