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Sponsoring Conversations and Shout Outs

I have never owned a pair of Beats. When I was gifted my iPod years ago I used the provided…

Don’t Eat the Red Herring or, Let’s Keep the Conversation Going in the Same Direction

My friend Don once told me, "Don't eat the blue food." Don worked in Dallas and often visited the local…

Eddie the Eagle Edwards and the Power of Myth

We would die inside if we did not give our all. Maybe that should be our life mantra. All of…

Could Scalia and Ginsburg Provide Illustration for the Pastor-Theologian?

Imagine reading that the late Antonin Scalia and Ruth Bader Ginsburg were "best buddies." Noted for their position on opposite…

Can Religion Bear the Weight? or, Choosing to Withhold Final Judgement

One day we will decide. Until then we withhold final judgement. Even those who already voted in a primary caucus…

Bern-ing Pragmatism or, Why It Does Not Matter What Bernie Believes About God

What Bernie Sanders believes about God does not matter. However, what he believes about god may. (more…)

I Want to Talk With, Not To/At, People Outside the Church

Conversation is an art. Many experience serial monologues masquerading as conversation. One of the distinctions may be discovered in the…

The Rolling Stone Jesus Cannot Stop or, Are Evangelicals From Nazareth?

Shane Blackshear said it well, Every election cycle I hear Christians lament the lack of "good candidates". 2000 years after…

Honesty and a Posture of Hatred Toward Suffering with Jason Micheli

Jack Nicholson defiantly responds to Tom Cruise, "You can't handle the truth." Honesty is often both difficult to hear and…

Conditioned Imaginations or, Stop with the Equivocation – A Guest Post

Rarely does anyone question the call for a Christian to be radical. When radical is associated with Muslims it is…