I spent 100 hours repairing rotted wood in a house that looked fine on the surface. Fresh paint and nice furniture hid a lot. Much of evangelicalism looks like that too. How to tell which Christianity is sound? My answer: listen to the ones being harmed.
The Smell of Rot: How to Tell Which Christianity Is Sound Read More »
American Christians could feed the poor if individual families stepped up, instead of leaving it to the government – or to their institutional churches.
Be the Church. Feed the poor. Read More »
The MAGA propaganda machine is powerful and dangerous. More than anything I’ve seen in my lifetime, I’ve watched it successfully weaponize the human soul, taking the worst primal human emotions and using them to wound and even kill our neighbors and fellow citizens and the most vulnerable among us.
Weaponizing the Human Soul Read More »
How dangerous a thing it is to claim a mantle of being God’s chosen people living on God’s promised land, and not scrupulously following God’s laws! The land itself will spew them out.
And yet, that’s exactly what a massive number of American evangelical Christians are doing – even as they celebrate the horrible injustices being carried out by their government, violating the single most emphasized commandment in the Bible.
On Dangerous Ground Read More »
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.
Reaffirming in 2025 Read More »
I’ve been getting involved in addressing homelessness in my town, and sat in on a meeting about renovating a house into a women’s shelter. I was struck by how *stupidly* hard it is to help people get affordable or even emergency housing. It seems like all the wheels of regulation are jammed against any real progress. Why is it so hard? What can we do about it, if anything?
Why Is It So Hard to Address Homelessness? Read More »
While I mourn many things that are being lost in the last few months here in America, one that grieves me the most has been the absolute shredding of many markers of equality in our culture. As I watch what is happening, it’s now clear to me that this equality was a lot less solid than I had thought.
A Shallow Veneer of Equality Read More »
For the first time in my life, after almost 40 years voting 100% Republican, I voted as a Christian for a Democrat this year. Is that even possible? After four intensive years of rethinking my doctrines and politics, I have concluded that my former right-wing positions on abortion, LGBTQ, racism, 2A, welfare, climate, immigration, and Christian Nationalism were WRONG. I take some time to explain exactly why I reached these conclusions.
Can A Christian Vote For A Democratic Presidential Candidate? Read More »
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.
A New Look at Empathy Read More »
Guess who’s directly responsible for the abject poverty and violence that is forcing so many Haitians to flee to the United States? The sad answer is that France and the United States were the chief culprits.
The Sad History of Haitian Independence Read More »
