My Social Media Ethos
Recently I was told I should do short-form videos to gain followers and increase engagement. Here are some thoughts about why I choose not to do that.
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Reaffirming in 2025
In 2022, I realized that as an anti-gay conservative, I had been incredibly wrong about gay and queer people and their acceptability to God. So I publicly and clearly repented. This Pride Month, I’d like to spend a few minutes retelling and expanding on some of my history that led to that decision.
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A New Look at Empathy
It’s a common trope that conservatives lack empathy. Lately they’ve claimed it’s even sinful. But I’ve found that the truth is more complex. We all have empathy; what matters is how it’s applied, and to whom.
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Finding Common Ground With My Atheist Friend: New Podcast Episode
Here’s a conversation with my friend Diego Mera. We talk a bit about our relationship and how we became friends, but one the reason I thought this would be an interesting conversation is that I consider myself a follower of Jesus and therefore a Christian, while Diego considers himself an atheist. And despite that significant difference, we’ve found a great value in our mutual relationship. I’d never actually spent much time talking with Diego about his religious history, and this seemed like a perfect topic. By the time we’re done, I think you’ll see that we agree on a lot more than we disagree on, and even our points of disagreement are not points of dispute, but instead points of mutual growth.
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Broken Records, Broken Relationships
“Thou Shalt Not Listen to Taylor Swift” isn’t going to produce the results that some parents think it will. Relationship is greater than rules.
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Studies on The Best Ways to Reduce Abortion
How might our society effectively reduce abortions? The rhetoric is superheated – but both sides use lots of propaganda. This paper moves beyond my previous paper considering the morality of abortion, toward the more politically-complex process of understanding what might be the best way to address reducing abortion in our complex, pluralistic, and religiously-diverse society.
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Check out the Crucible of Thought YouTube channel
Recently I’ve been recording some interviews and conversations with some interesting people, and posting them on the Crucible of Thought Spotify podcast and YouTube channel. You can find the YouTube playlist here: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PL9Ul79w-MZ073ad6ljhsnOW0zl25umKXx Check out my latest conversation with Rick Pidcock, who I’ve followed for some time on various social media platforms, and in particular
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Duct Tape Worship
A short parable. I’m deeply struck by our Heavenly Father’s grace and love towards us in our immaturity. It gives me great hope and peace, secure in God’s love no matter what.
A Different Kind of Testimony
Some kinds of testimony probably do more harm than good. Too often, a story about ourselves comes across as an accusation about the other, and actually harms our witness. We can do better.
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Never Forget
I will never forget what was done to the US on 9/11. But I also think it’s well beyond time to repent of our response, and Never Forget what happens when a people collectively lash out in anger and fear, and vow to do our best to never repeat that mistake.