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April 2015

April 14, 2015
Did the Resurrection really happen? I don't know. Comforting, huh? I know, I'm supposed to...
April 02, 2015
“Sandlin’s Jesus isn’t much different from a Gandhi or a Nelson Mandela, great leaders who...
April 01, 2015
This article is part of the new Head to Head debate feature at Patheos. This...

March 2015

March 31, 2015
Good Friday. What a horrible name for Friday of Easter week – “good.” Hardly. Dark?...
March 31, 2015
Photo: RYGER / Shutterstock.com This article is part of our new Head to Head debate...
March 25, 2015
Why did Jesus die on a cross? To save us from our sins? Regardless of...
March 23, 2015
“I just feel like something is missing.” While that is an exact quote from a...
March 18, 2015
I love that, as a PC(USA) minister, our constitution will soon reflect my ability to...
March 11, 2015
It seems like we are seeing more and more Fundamentalist Christians losing their minds because...
March 09, 2015
Pope Francis is easily my favorite Pope in modern times. A recent Pew Research Center...

February 2015

February 28, 2015
There's an unfortunately popular meme going around conservative social media depicting some horrific doctrines of...
February 26, 2015
Fifty-seven percent of Republicans would be more than happy to see legislation making Christianity America’s...
February 25, 2015
Copyright: / 123RF Stock Photo   I know this may come as a shocker to...
February 23, 2015
ISIS is a terrible, horrible, no good, very bad rebel group that claims to be...
February 18, 2015
“Jesus Did It. Come And Get It.” That, my friends, is a real bumper sticker...
February 17, 2015
Words shouldn't hurt. I mean, they're just words. What's worse is that some people who...
February 16, 2015
I grew up in a Southern Baptist Church (I know! Shocker, right?!). Bible drills seemed...
February 09, 2015
Good and Gracious God, Doing “Thy” will is sometimes a more difficult task than we...
February 06, 2015
Sex. Three little letters that evoke such a wide range of responses from people. For...

January 2015

January 28, 2015
Christianity has it wrong. We are not broken. We are not fallen. We are not...
January 27, 2015
Before we go any further, please watch the video below.   [Trigger warning: speech about...
January 26, 2015
Stop giving glory to God after athletic events. You are going to make the baby...
January 16, 2015
I prefer to use the word “agnostic” as an adjective rather than a noun. Here's...
January 15, 2015
“You have to believe in (insert Church driven dogma) if you want to consider yourself...
January 09, 2015
SELMA begins with Dr. King receiving the Nobel Peace Prize. In his acceptance speech, of...
January 09, 2015
The bumper sticker that jokingly says, “God loves us all, but I'm His favorite,” points...

December 2014

December 30, 2014
Good and gracious God, Awaken us. May 2015 be the year we see violence, oppression,...
December 29, 2014
St. John Chrysostom once said, “If you do not find Christ in the beggar at...
December 23, 2014
Probably – without much exception, if you attend church, your minister is walking around with...
December 22, 2014
At our house for the past several Christmases, we’ve had (for us) the unusual joy...
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