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May 2022

May 10, 2022
Only in the past 100 years have we begun to truly understand how humans work....

April 2022

April 14, 2022
People use different words to describe it like inerrant and infallible.  The problem is that...
April 07, 2022
Over the past few years, words have become very important to me. Not just words,...
April 05, 2022
Photo by MoldyVintage Photo from Pexels I‏ used to think that things had to be...
April 04, 2022
      It is becoming more and more popular for Evangelicals to speak up...
April 01, 2022
I didn't talk much in high school. But, one thing that I would respond to...

March 2022

March 27, 2022
  I am typing with my voice since I had a stroke a couple of...
March 22, 2022
It's finally here! Every time I release a book it seems like I'm having a...
March 20, 2022
One of the things I appreciate most about the deconstruction movement is the fact that...
March 19, 2022
      Many times, when I have conversations with people on the Internet that...
March 19, 2022
            Everyone knows that one of the most common cures...
March 15, 2022
            Most of my criticism of Christians is probably more...
March 14, 2022
Have you ever looked at one of the buildings downtown and then just let your...
March 13, 2022
‌‍ Photo by RODNAE Productions from Pexels I used to be a Bible scholar.  I...
March 12, 2022
As I have begun to investigate the things that Christians typically say, I would estimate...
March 05, 2022
  Most of my life inside organized religion was lived with a certain amount of...
March 02, 2022
Now that I've gone through my deconstruction, there are a lot of annoying things that...
March 01, 2022
The Tuesday before my stroke I felt a little tingling in my arm. I thought...

February 2022

February 17, 2022
Photo by Pille Kirsi from PexelsFor 20 years I was somewhat of a church planter...
February 14, 2022
Jason Elam has graciously organized a fundraiser for my stroke recovery.  Please decide if you...
February 11, 2022
            (much of this content is inspired by what I've...
February 03, 2022
  Some time ago I visited a hotel in my hometown to investigate places to...
February 01, 2022
Several weeks ago I had a stroke. In many ways I have fought my inherited...

January 2022

January 29, 2022
            (warning, voice typing) Recently I  had a stroke. I...
January 16, 2022
Yesterday, I was thinking about my mother and the possibility of speaking at her funeral. ...
January 13, 2022
When I say the church, I specifically mean Westernized Christianity.  I'm not familiar with other...
January 03, 2022
For 20 years I occupied a pulpit and preached to small congregations in rural areas. ...
January 02, 2022
I am grateful for the opportunity to write on this site.  Sometimes it surprises me...
January 01, 2022
Five years ago, when we stepped down from our final church to dive into our...

December 2021

December 31, 2021
I vividly remember Jr. High because it was a time of discovery.  Almost daily, I...
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