Archives

October 2017

October 17, 2017
I was molested at an overnight lock-in for my church basketball team by the most...
October 12, 2017
The more connected Christians become with Jesus, the more their hearts will burn with empathy...
October 11, 2017
So apparently this meme has been circulating some circles on the internet: stand for the...
October 02, 2017
Prayer is always primarily about the transformation of the one doing it.

September 2017

September 29, 2017
My friend Canela Lopez recently co-authored an article in the Tulane Hullabaloo about the out-of-control...
September 27, 2017
  Today I'm sharing a guest post from a Tulane student named Cassidy Oberleitner who...
September 26, 2017
1. 85 people have come to NOLA Wesley this year! We have had 85 people...
September 23, 2017
The gift that Trump has given to American Christians is to reveal what is at...
September 16, 2017
Since I'm forty today, I wanted to share forty Bible verses that are meaningful to...
September 13, 2017
Jeff Hood is a long-time death penalty activist operating in the Dallas-Forth Worth area. He's...
September 13, 2017
Today is the feast day of St. John Chrysostom in the Roman Catholic Church. At...
September 06, 2017
Once again, I feel demoralized by the cynicism and intransigence in our nation's immigration policy.

August 2017

August 30, 2017
Post-evangelical social media got fired up yesterday after the release of an anti-queer statement from the...
August 26, 2017
Last night I witnessed a white United Methodist pastor seeking to justify Donald Trump's pardon...
August 24, 2017
My older son and I have been having some conversations during the past year about...
August 18, 2017
First of all, I have not yet participated in a protest where Antifa was present....
August 17, 2017
[Content Note: childhood sexual trauma] Sometimes my personal life is out of step with the...
August 15, 2017
[I asked my dear friend Deborah Porras to share her eyewitness account of what happened...
August 13, 2017
I've been thinking about what I would preach today if I were preaching. And I...
August 12, 2017
Last night, a group of white nationalists carrying tiki torches took over the UVA Lawn...
August 11, 2017
As I write this, the world has been taken hostage by a high-stakes game of...
August 08, 2017
I got in trouble this weekend for a Facebook post in which I expressed regret...
August 04, 2017
The Gnostics would be puzzled by Wright's attribution of their philosophy to transgender people.
August 03, 2017
The entry in AA's Daily Reflections for today says, "Our real purpose is to fit ourselves...
August 02, 2017
It's official. The Princeton Review has declared Tulane University the #1 party school in the...

July 2017

July 31, 2017
Before Donald Trump became president, he promised that if he were elected, Americans would "win...
July 24, 2017
I've been to pools with black people before There were five maybe six not twenty...
July 23, 2017
I have been a gardener for many years. And I hate weeds. In Louisiana, the...
July 19, 2017
I just got back from the Wild Goose Festival. It's a great experience every year,...
July 17, 2017
Members of the Sanhedrin, I understand that the charges against me are quite serious. So...
Related posts from Mercy Not Sacrifice
Progressive Christian
My Messiah
Mercy Not Sacrifice
Progressive Christian
When God's A Cop, Every Cop Is God
Mercy Not Sacrifice
Progressive Christian
The Clown (A Poem About God)
Mercy Not Sacrifice
Progressive Christian
Celebrity-Driven Church Is Not Safe For Kids
Mercy Not Sacrifice
POPULAR CONTENT