As I rewatched Avengers:Endgame, seeing a small army of superheroes on-screen, laying aside their petty squabbling, past disagreements, and warring egos in order to defeat a delusional madman with contempt

“I never wished for someone to die before. I’ve been suicidal many times in my life—but I’ve never been homicidal.” So began the tearful confession of a middle aged woman

Dear Franklin Graham, Recently you tweeted about Presidential candidate Pete Buttigieg, writing that the Mayor “says he’s a gay Christian.” You then immediately implied that he isn’t—as if his sexuality

To the White People I Pastored, Ever since the 2016 Presidential campaign, I’ve felt like I’ve needed to somehow apologize to those of you in my former churches who voted

For the past two years I’ve been traveling the country asking people a simple, elemental question: What kind of person does the world need right now? Regardless of their political

The world is rightly grieving the destruction at Notre Dame right now because it reminds us of a truth we so easily forget: we belong to one another. Watching the

I feel sorry for professed Christians who support this President. They have a profound and fundamental spiritual problem: their God is too small. They passionately worship a deity made in

Every day in my travels around this country (both in person or online) people ask one question: “How do you stay hopeful right now; how do you keep going when

(Warning: May be triggering to people with depression, anxiety, and other mental illness.) There are millions of people who are hiding right now. They’re right next to you on Sunday,

Robert Mueller was never going to be  our Messiah. His report regarding the investigation of this President (which we have not seen, and likely will not see without substantial redaction

Recently my 13-year old was feeling nostalgic and asked to see some videos I’d taken of him as a child, so I rigged up the now long-antiquated camcorder through our

I love my Atheist and Agnostic friends. I love my Muslim friends and Jewish friends, my Buddhist and my Hindu friends, my backsliding, formerly Christian friends, my self-admitted heathen friends,

I’ve always despised bullies. Ever since I was a young boy I could see them clearly; on the playground and in the hallways and on the street corners—the way they

America is facing a growing poverty in these days. We are going broke an alarming rate, and we need to do something quickly to change our corporate fortunes. This is

I know thousands of people who say they follow Jesus, and I see millions more who I know are just like them. For the past two decades I’ve pastored them

God is not a dude. God is not a man. God is not a He. Growing up, I was taught that “He” most certainly was all of those things—and it

What we’ve got here is, failure to communicate… Friend, I know you think I’m resistant to engage with you because I’m intolerant or because I’m unwilling to entertain someone else’s

The United Methodist Church is currently in the midst of potentially Denomination-splitting discussions on the Church’s official stance on LGBTQ inclusion. As someone who has served in the UMC for

The day my father died, I was at the grocery store buying bananas. I remember thinking to myself, “This is insane. Your dad just died. Why the hell are you

I love this country. I don’t love it blindly, though. I don’t love it unconditionally. I don’t love it unreservedly. I love it with my eyes fully open. I see

Today I dropped off my daughter at school, the way I do every day. Some mornings are an orderly, measured endeavor; but more often they’re a frantic, swirling tumult of

Conservative Christian, I want to talk to you about Life. No, not the word you’ve weaponized as ammunition in your incessant, hollow holy culture war; the one you use to

The table makers are winning. Yes, the wall builders will always get the attention. Discord sells. Bitterness makes the news. Hatred garners clicks. Acts of violence and expressions of enmity

You’re alive right now. Up to this point today you probably haven’t given that fact much thought. It’s likely in all you have going on, that you haven’t stop to