Contrary to generations of well-meaning Sunday school teachers, “taking the lord’s name in vain,” isn’t about refraining from saying “goddamn” in the first place.
Our Moral Failure to Welcome Refugees
The irony should not escape us that many current citizens of the united states, the president included, are the blood heirs of refugees.
The irony should not escape us that many current citizens of the united states, the president included, are the blood heirs of refugees.
A Lack of Empathy: How White Evangelicals Have Failed Jesus
As followers of Jesus, we need to cultivate the kind of moral imagination that allows us to do what psychologists call “perspective taking.”
As followers of Jesus, we need to cultivate the kind of moral imagination that allows us to do what psychologists call “perspective taking.”
Whatever Happened to Compassion?
What does that say about me, that my knee-jerk response was to think that my convenience was more important?
What does that say about me, that my knee-jerk response was to think that my convenience was more important?
On Being a Smartass for Jesus
I would like to suggest that Jesus-as-verbal-ninja may be Jesus at his most loving.
I would like to suggest that Jesus-as-verbal-ninja may be Jesus at his most loving.
Thinking About What the Church Looks Like After the UMC Decision
Even though the supporters of the UMC decision will say that that’s not hate, it’s love, “love” isn’t what people hear.
Even though the supporters of the UMC decision will say that that’s not hate, it’s love, “love” isn’t what people hear.
Church in the Time of COVID-19 or What If This Is the New Normal?
When “overnight” turns into two nights, a week, a month, a year, you need to rethink some things.
When “overnight” turns into two nights, a week, a month, a year, you need to rethink some things.
Who Wants a Spiritualized Jesus Anyway?
Spiritualization has allowed a modern christianity to put blinders on.
Spiritualization has allowed a modern christianity to put blinders on.
Jesus: Forever Mixing Morality and Politics
Any follower of his has no stake in propping up a system that punishes the most vulnerable.
Any follower of his has no stake in propping up a system that punishes the most vulnerable.
Christians Need to Stop Just Believing in Jesus and Start Living Like Him
The traditional protestant disconnect between faith and works is pushing people away.
The traditional protestant disconnect between faith and works is pushing people away.
Jesus Is the Worst Thing to Happen to Christianity in Awhile
In an age of commercialized Christianity, protecting the most vulnerable is a distraction.
In an age of commercialized Christianity, protecting the most vulnerable is a distraction.
Seeing the World Through the Eyes of Others
Abraham: Imagining a new world
Abraham: Imagining a new world
If You Love Jesus, You Can’t Want Dr. Bornstein for Your Chaplain
It’s nice to have your idiosyncratic version of reality affirmed by those considered expert in their field.
It’s nice to have your idiosyncratic version of reality affirmed by those considered expert in their field.
Millennials and the Key to Mainline Decline
It appears we've gotten this often-maligned generation wrong.
It appears we’ve gotten this often-maligned generation wrong.
Rules for Following Jesus When You’re Afraid of the “Other”
"My kingdom is not from this world," Jesus says.
“My kingdom is not from this world,” Jesus says.
I Can Think of One Wall Christians Should Support Building
It's the kind of wall Jesus would build.
It’s the kind of wall Jesus would build.