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August 2022

August 06, 2022
Two things seem to be true. 1. Evangelical Christianity is in a tailspin and quickly...

July 2022

July 28, 2022
“And when you pray, you shall not be like the hypocrites. For they love to...
July 26, 2022
I started thinking the other day about things like: Baptism of Children Confirmation of Children...
July 23, 2022
Laura and I watched this series over the past few days. It was an intense...
July 18, 2022
Cover by Rafael Polendo Several years ago, I went through what most people call a...
July 17, 2022
Photo by Ryutaro Tsukata: personality is easily frustrated. I imagine things could be better...
July 15, 2022
As much as we would hate to admit it, most of our lives are totally...
July 14, 2022
(This is a guest post by my friend, Kyle Butler) About a year or so...
July 13, 2022
First of all, I'm not sure if disabled is the right word, I've been busy...
July 12, 2022
Laura and I wrote a book a couple of years ago called, Out into the...
July 11, 2022
Bullies don't always look like the chubby kid with the low self-esteem that tries to...
July 06, 2022
I try to keep my writing as succinct as possible. So this blog is an...
July 05, 2022
Yesterday, We drove up to Omaha to watch the Storm Chasers, a minor league team,...

June 2022

June 21, 2022
(Afterword from our book, Out into the Desert) - releasing August 15th It has been...
June 20, 2022
‏ The trouble with Christianity is not that it doesn't have good intentions. It attracts...
June 17, 2022
    You can ignore and dismiss us all you want, but we are going...
June 17, 2022
Laura and I are making our final passes through our book we wrote together over...
June 14, 2022
As many of you know, I've been going through a stroke recovery. Today I had...
June 07, 2022
Larry Bird is my most favorite basketball player ever. He played for the Boston Celtics...
June 04, 2022
Keith Giles wrote the foreword to Laura and I's new book Out Into the Desert:...
June 01, 2022
In all my discussions in the desert, discussing spirituality and beliefs and such, the group...

May 2022

May 30, 2022
My brother posts this picture of my grandpa every year around Memorial Day. The baby...
May 27, 2022
"The important thing is to never stop questioning."  - Albert Einstein I believe a lot...
May 26, 2022
People occasionally scold me for speaking generally. Well, try this on for size. The Southern...
May 24, 2022
  Many people imagine that those of us in the desert are either participating in...
May 20, 2022
One of the first things I realized in my deconstruction was how gullible faith-based communities...
May 15, 2022
Can we deconstruct too much? This is, by far, the is the greatest fear that...
May 14, 2022
When I went through my deconstruction, the temptation was just to stay away from people...
May 12, 2022
I know it's hard waking up one day and realizing that your faith and practices...
May 11, 2022
Often when I talk about issues I see within the church or organize religion, I...
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