When Salvation Needs Enemies, It Isn’t Jesus
Last week wasn’t an easy one, and there was stuff from normal life and recovery. While preparing for the Bible in Context, Genesis 2:24–25 kept coming up in life too:…
Demons We Don’t Name: Scapegoating Halloween by Modern Christianity
“It is a fact that cannot be denied: the wickedness of others becomes our own wickedness because it kindles something evil in our own hearts.” — Carl Jung Last October,…
The Myth of Ministry & The High Calling We All Forgot
“We laugh at honor and are shocked to find traitors in our midst.” — C.S. Lewis When I was still an Evangelical pastor, a common idea was that ministry was…
Proving Modern Jesus Freaks Wrong: How Faking the Gospel Gets People Killed
….No duh! America is a circus. Sorry that a former Evangelical pastor, recovering alcoholic, and cis-white male, with no functioning party to be loyal to, has something to say that’s…
The Death We Fear: On Resisting Change in Others
“Nothing ever goes away until it has taught us what we need to know.” — Pema Chödrön The way we resist change personally and in our own lives is a…
Luke 16, Trump, and the Theology of No More Kings
Luke 15 is the most well-known chapter of Luke’s Gospel. The chapter has all three parables in rapid succession: the lost coin, the lost sheep, and the prodigal son. Even…
The Empathy Debate: Biblical Definitions, Misconceptions, and the Cultural Struggle in Our Time
In today’s media maelstrom, empathy stands at the center of an ideological battle. Across headlines and social media, pundits, scientists, and church leaders fiercely debate whether empathy is a vital…
The Discipline of Gratitude: Its Benefits and the Struggle
Gratitude was one of the few things that finally made sobriety stick for me. It wasn’t perfect, and I’m still far from having it all figured out. But three years…
Remember, Remember The Fifth of November
The Existential Hangover was already underway before November 5th. Every 5th of November, I watch V for Vendetta. It wasn’t lost this America’s Presidential Election fell on the same date.…
We’ve Had Enough: Reflecting on America’s Political Divide
As I sit down to write this on November 4th, the tension in America is palpable. The nation is more divided than ever, with issues like the economy, healthcare, technology,…
