I confess that I was dead wrong about this. I have to hand it to the Christian Right, they knew what the heck they were talking about all this time. They

Some people tell me that I’ve changed; that I’ve become more confrontational and irritable, that I am less tolerant of disagreement now. They say that I seem angrier, that I’m more

Yesterday a stranger left a very sweet comment on a piece I’d written, saying, “I wish I was half as good a person as you seem to be.” My reply

I’m tired. I’m tired of professed Christians preaching a Jesus that they seem to have no interest at all in emulating; of religious people being a loud, loveless noise in

Are we great yet, America? I’ve been wondering if we’re here; if this is the supposed greatness he was talking about, the kind his supporters were forecasting, the kind their

I am a Christian. I am a Christian and I am not a Republican. Contrary to some reports, I am not a mythical creature relegated to story books and fanciful campfire

Every day I pass a cemetery driving to and from our house, often several times in an afternoon. Some days I notice it, but most days it’s part of the great

  Today was a rough day; one of those days when the negativity and the bad news get the best of you and you feel like packing it in. After

We need to be honest here, friends: There is no such thing as a “Bible-Believing” Christian. There are Bible-reading Christians, Bible-studying Christians, Bible-preaching Christians, and even Bible-loving Christians—but no one believes it in

Conservative Christians have crawled out of the church pew woodwork to rend their garments and beat their breasts, at word that Disney’s live action adaptation of Beauty and the Beast

I was driving around last Summer listening to the BBC, when news about the Brexit vote came down. I can remember thinking, “Wow, did they blow it. How could so many

I hear a familiar refrain from some people lately that frankly makes my blood boil, perhaps you’ve heard it too: “I’m so tired of politics. I just wish we could

Dear President Trump, You’ve always fancied yourself as a straight-shooter so I’ll shoot straight with you: I’m not your biggest fan. In fact, it makes me rather ill to even use

I may not know you but I think I know something about you. I know that these days you’re close to breaking down. I know that you live always pushing back

Extinction happens. All creatures eventually die out. No matter how much they temporarily flourish, over time they all become nothing but memories preserved in photos and fossils. The Church in America

I’ve been a minister for twenty years. For the past two decades I’ve spent nearly every Sunday in a local church, caring for people, listening to them, speaking to them, sharing life

Some days the fight overwhelms all of us. It is exhausting work to push back against injustice when there seems such an abundance of it.  Here are a few reasons

I detest bullies. I always have. They are the greatest kind of cowards this world produces. Bullies are by their very nature, predators. The bully’s tactic is simple: leverage their power to

Hey America,  I know the past year or so has been rough. I know your self-esteem is in the toilet. I know you’re looking around at Canada and Australia and the

It must be awful to go through life terrified; to believe that you are perpetually in danger, to always be threatened by encroaching predators lurking in the shadows and around the

A professed Christian Tweeted the following at me last night: Bro, I respect you, but serious question: are you on the DNC payroll? After I let him know that if

Dear Donald, I was watching my son playing in the yard yesterday, and I suddenly thought about you when you were his age. I wondered what you were like then; the

The wolves have breached the door. In the New Testament, Jesus speaks of humanity as sheep; innocent, vulnerable to the violence of encroaching predators, and in need of protection. Speaking of himself as the

Over the past few months, I’ve heard a familiar refrain from people professing concern over what they deem my more aggressive posture on events of the day: Be careful, you don’t want