Christianity

[Content Note: violence against LGBTQ folks, discussion of lynching and racism] Yesterday, Dr. James Dobson,...

I realized recently that the last blog post I wrote was in July of 2015....

This is written in response to this laughable post published by fellow Patheos author Fr....

[content note: domestic violence and spiritual abuse] If you spend a lot of time in...

  If you were to ask me which writers have had the most influence on my...

I'm not sure where the phrase "The Bible is not the Word of God; Jesus...

More and more millennials are accepting evolution as true, and society's attitude toward evolution is, well,...

Full disclosure: Dianna Anderson is a close friend of mine, and has been since before...

I recently took a trip to the Creation Museum. That's right. If you haven't heard,...

It's that time of year again! My friend Rod is hosting the second annual #TheNewPacifism synchroblog...

I have some more thoughts on Liberating Liturgies for you today. I'm going to keep...

Today's Liberating Liturgy comes from an interesting source: Anselm of Canterbury, a monk who lived...

A Creed... Recently, while at work, I was thinking about the Apostles’ Creed, and how...

I’ve reached a point in my life where I cringe whether I hear someone talk...

[Content Note: Discussion of Police and State Violence]  Growing up in (primarily, or nearly exclusively...

I've heard many Christian feminists say that they are a feminist because of Jesus—because of...

This is my third, and final post in a series I’ve been doing about victim...

[Content Note: Discussion of suicide. Victim blaming for mental illness. Discussion of death due to...

If you’ve been following this blog for any amount of time, you’ll know I have...

I'm glad that mainstream Evangelical Christianity is starting to talk about feminism and women's rights....

The other morning, I came across a tweet from a self-identified “theobrogian,” calling for ex-fundamentalist...

This is post number two in a series I'm working on about why we tend...

I'm still getting interesting responses to the post on N.T. Wright and marriage equality that...

I've been taking a class on the Psalms and Wisdom Literature, and reading both the...

In case you haven't heard, N.T. Wright--author of theology books such as Surprised By Hope and Simply Christian, and...

For personal safety reasons, I'm going to ask anyone who chooses to share this post...

Today, I'm over at No Shame Movement sharing my story about growing up in Christian purity...

Last year, during Lent, I wrote what would turn out to be one of my...

[Content Note: Sexual and Spiritual Abuse] When I was 16, I dated an abuser who...

[Content Note: Rape, Victim Blaming, Unjust Arrest] This Monday, popular feminist writer Amanda Marcotte wrote...