We don’t know all the details about what happened between Trayvon Martin and George Zimmerman on the night of February 26th. Regardless, a child is dead and that alone makes this a tragedy. In the days and weeks since, countless people have spoken out against the apparent injustice surrounding the case. I have no doubt that the outcry will continue for some time to come, at least until justice or resolution is found, if they ever are. That... Read more

The more I read the Bible the less convinced I am that it was created to be an answer book. That’s not to say we can’t find answers to life’s questions in the Bible, but I’m increasingly less convinced that the purpose of the Bible is to be an answer book, or perhaps more precisely, a reference book we can turn to to prove our point or prove others wrong. Obviously, there are any number of passages that we can use as... Read more

    This story is absolutely fascinating to me. Forget about “contemporary” and “traditional” services. A church in Wisconsin has now created a service targeted specifically at registered sex offenders since, by law, they can’t be around children and, let’s be honest, most “upstanding” church members wouldn’t want to share a pew with them anyway. Apparently, they haven’t had anyone attend yet, but they’re going to keep at it. For those on the outside of the church, and many within... Read more

    For the past few months at church I’ve been going through a series with my youth group called Ancestors. It’s a collection of School House Rock-esque cartoons that tell the stories of many of the characters found in the Old Testament. I’m usually not a fan of prepackaged curriculum since most of it is shallow, lame, and cheesy. This series, however, has been surprisingly “meaty”. And it comes with a bit of snark on the side, so I’m... Read more

    If you would be so kind, I would like to try out something new with you. With the help of my friends David Desso and Shawn Few I’ve put together a video post. It’s fairly simple and straight forward, but it’s a break from the regular, old blog post This first video is called ‘No More Sea’. In it, I talk about John’s vision in Revelation of a new heaven and a new earth and how we can... Read more

    It took nearly 25,000 votes to decide, but our 2012 American Jesus Madness champion is Tim Tebow!! Rachel Held Evans fought an incredible fight. We can’t even count how many lead changes there were, but in the end Tim Tebow managed to pull out yet another miracle. Which is probably a good thing, since Tebow’s not having a very good week so far, what with Peyton Manning coming to town and taking his job away. Just how close... Read more

    After a week of cutthroat battles between some of the biggest personalities and most controversial issues in American Christianity, it all comes down to this!! Who will be this year’s champion of American Christianity??? Will the survivor of Monkey Town be able to survive the phenomenon of God’s chosen athlete? Or will the most prolific public pray-er in professional sports continue his improbable run towards immortality? Both of our combatants have tallied thousands of votes on their way to the championship... Read more

    After more than 50,000 votes cast we finally have our 2012 champions matchup!! Rachel Held Evans vs. Tim Tebow Voting for the championship game will take place starting Monday at 8am CST. So, you’ve got all weekend to rally support for whoever you want to be crowned the 2012 American Jesus Madness champion. If these two continue to get the votes they’ve received throughout the tournament, then they’ll need all the support they can get!! Besides, we both... Read more