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December 2015

December 03, 2015
"God isn't fixing this," says the front page of the New York Daily News about...

November 2015

November 28, 2015
We don't know exactly what motivated the white terrorist who attacked a Planned Parenthood clinic...
November 25, 2015
The last time I heard my grandpa say the N-word was at a Thanksgiving dinner...
November 23, 2015
Over the past week as terrorist attacks have happened in Paris, Beirut, Baghdad, Mali, and...
November 19, 2015
Some of you will recall that I've used my platform to put out appeals in...
November 18, 2015
I first encountered Mandy Smith at the 2014 Ecclesia National Gathering where she preached an...
November 14, 2015
The word devil is a bastardization of the Greek word diabolos, which is a compound...
November 12, 2015
Dear non-racist white college student from Missouri, I'm an anti-racist white campus minister who is...
November 11, 2015
In case you hadn't heard, Yale is going through some drama. A group of administrators...
November 09, 2015
I hate Starbucks. It's nothing personal. For my generation of anti-globalization activists at the turn...
November 07, 2015
In 2001, my spiritual mentor Bob Holum gave me a book that completely changed everything...
November 06, 2015
The word "Satan" in Hebrew means "the accuser." When we stir up drama against other...
November 01, 2015
So it's that time of year known as Reformation Sunday when we remember the anniversary...

October 2015

October 31, 2015
My son Isaiah and I have developed a tradition. Each Saturday after he plays soccer...
October 27, 2015
Obedience and authority. The two favorite words of white conservative evangelical Christianity. They are at...
October 26, 2015
One of the most important struggles of my spiritual journey has been the way that...
October 22, 2015
    Progressive Christians aren't supposed to like the Boy Scouts, especially not the Scouts'...
October 19, 2015
    I wonder how many other men out there feel as unmanly as I...
October 05, 2015
In the aftermath of the latest tragic school shooting in Oregon, the Internet is pulsating...

September 2015

September 30, 2015
Nothing makes Jesus facepalm more than the stupid oversimplifications of our culture war. Apparently, some...
September 29, 2015
As I write these words, Kelly Gissendaner is being put to death by the state...
September 28, 2015
One of the most controversial things that Pope Francis did on his trip to the...
September 25, 2015
The Golden Rule is one of the most familiar Christian teachings. Supposedly there's a version...
September 22, 2015
The latest drama manufactured by the culture war industrial complex is a tiff over the...
September 16, 2015
Since it's my birthday, hundreds of people (some of whom actually know me) have gotten...
September 11, 2015
I wanted to ask an honest question. It's partly a loaded question, but partly a...
September 09, 2015
A couple days ago, the twitter hashtag #ImAChristianBut was trending. I knew immediately that it...
September 07, 2015
One of the most important events in labor history happened in Exodus 20:10 when God...
September 04, 2015
I'm not going to call Kim Davis a bigot. I don't think she's a malicious...

August 2015

August 20, 2015
There's a meme going around Facebook about a famous football player who boasts that he...
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