ExCommunications:

Being gay, or bisexual, or queer, or trans, is not sinful. It never was. Yet in too many churches around the world, attempts to ‘pray away…

How “The Big Bang Theory” Pokes a Hole in Both

It will alter my genes, and her chiropractor said he can’t fix it.

It turns out, a mental institution is not an ideal place to ride out an existential crisis.

There is no rescue for evangelical angst

Essential oils are God’s own medicine. Yes, really. Or at least, so I was told by my Women’s Pastor at the local evangelical church I used…

Seeing the world from outside yourself

You’re actually a force of nature, capable of both construction and destruction

I left the church over six years ago and am increasingly grateful that I made that decision

Just another example of Biblical ignorance in today’s culture

Wait, what?

Gaslight of the World

Heavenly rest isn’t what I most covet. (Though plenty of people do swear that I’d love it.)

Educating Monotheists to Their Polytheist Beliefs

Grief feels different now that I’m no longer a Christian

No loving, all-powerful god would let this happen

This afternoon I listened to opera on Canadian radio. It was a recording from the Met — Lucia di Lammermoor,with Maria Callas singing…

Did We ASK To Be Created?

The psychology of believing something is true

Really, I just die… and that’s it?

How a Forking Hilarious Show Reimagines Divine Justice

And how we overcame it

Or does it ratify it and even make matters worse?

It helped me escape from hell

Other than the whole “not believing in God” thing

If there was one, final moment that cemented my decision to leave the evangelical church I had been attending for the best part of a…