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April 2016

April 23, 2016
In 2004, many political analysts concluded that the threat of gay marriage was the hot-button...
April 22, 2016
Edwin Tait is one of my most thoughtful internet conversation partners. We disagree on some...
April 21, 2016
One of the most poignant ironies of the great spiritual battle of the 20th century...
April 20, 2016
I was handed a tract last night on Tulane's campus that gave me the answer...
April 19, 2016
I'm addicted to achievement. The dopamine in my brain rises and falls every day in...
April 15, 2016
When I was a Southern Baptist, we used to believe that Methodists didn't read the...
April 15, 2016
Using social media to promote my book makes me hate everything. It's like standing in...
April 14, 2016
I've been having the usual never-ending social media conversation about sexuality, so I thought it...
April 12, 2016
I was a hypocrite this weekend and thankfully no one called me out. There was...
April 10, 2016
Today's lectionary scripture includes Acts 9, the story of Saul's conversion into the apostle Paul....
April 09, 2016
From now until the release of my book How Jesus Saves the World From Us,...
April 08, 2016
One of the hardest things I've had to learn as a writer is that I'm...
April 07, 2016
All right friends, it's time to ramp up our publicity campaign as we enter into...
April 07, 2016
From now until the release of my book How Jesus Saves the World From Us,...
April 06, 2016
I wish that United Theological Seminary president David Watson could have been at lunch with...
April 06, 2016
It's crunch time for my book launch, and I'm supposed to be wearing my game...
April 05, 2016
From now until the release of my book How Jesus Saves the World From Us,...
April 03, 2016
I've decided to take a risk and start a Thunderclap campaign for my book release....
April 03, 2016
Elizabeth Esther grew up in a fundamentalist Christian cult. Her upbringing left her not only...
April 02, 2016
From now until the release of my book How Jesus Saves the World From Us,...

March 2016

March 30, 2016
Let’s say the unthinkable happens this July in Cleveland at the Republican National Convention and...
March 28, 2016
Every Lent for the past five years, I've given up alcohol. Usually part of the...
March 22, 2016
[The following guest-post is from Jeff Hood, a death penalty activist and author in Dallas,...
March 08, 2016
I'm excited to announce that my first book, How Jesus Saves the World From Us:...
March 03, 2016
[This guest post is from Steve Austin. Steve Austin is a family man, writer, speaker, and...

February 2016

February 09, 2016
Ashes to Go. It's the latest trend in the mainline Protestant church for celebrating Ash...
February 09, 2016
[My friend Alicia Crosby asked me to share her call to action for a Fast...
February 07, 2016
Hallelujah. I've been suspicious of that word my whole life. It means "Praise the Lord!"...
February 06, 2016
Blessed are the pure in heart for they shall see God. This beatitude is everything....
February 05, 2016
For the past several years, Brian Zahnd has been like an abbott to me. Every week,...
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