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27 Ridiculous Lies My Church Told Me
Yesterday Christopher Stroop posed this question on the internets: “What are some of the weirdest and/or most pernicious things you were taught as part of your indoctrination into ‘the Biblical worldview’?” Immediately I began rifling through the dusty archives of my…
Why I’ll Never Own a Camouflage Jacket
I’m not a hunter or any sort of manly woodsman, but if I was I might own a camouflage jacket. And if I owned a camouflage jacket, I would often say to my partner, whom I love, “Have you seen…
How I Manage to Still Be a Christian
Imagine a good religion: A religion that teaches you how to love yourself and love others really well and how to experience the love of the Divine. Now image the opposite of that: Say hello to American Evangelical Christianity. ///…
Why I Love Donald Trump
To be perfectly candid with you, I didn’t want to write this post. But I kinda’ backed myself into a corner five years ago, and I knew that if I was going to have any sense of integrity I’d have…
Toby (a Love Story)
“Don’t you think that dog is beautiful?” she asks, showing me a picture of a pit bull on the animal adoption website for the hundredth time. She sees something in them that I just can’t quite find, and believes with…
Maybe it’s time to pivot, motherf*cker.
I’ve been writing this one in my head for just over a year now. But I wanted to get the colors just right before I showed you. It was a year ago — late winter, when the snow is just…
Goodbye Mr. Trump
Today Donald Trump is evicted. Not from the White House (unfortunately), but from my brainspace. He’s already taken up much more room than he deserves.
What the Babylon Bee Gets Right About the Bible
”The Bible is clearly a product of the conservative Christian machine. Jesus is not pleased.”
A Christian Response to the Nashville Statement
Today a group of people who claim the name of Jesus released a statement condemning our LGBT brothers and sisters. This is my response.
Never Again
I used to think the candle I lit that day in the Holocaust Museum meant something. Never again.