Evangelicals

“The Kingdom of God suffers violence, And the violent take it by force.” Matthew 11:12 In the early aughts, Evangelical pastors and their Promise Keeper foot soldiers theatrically pretended to hate global terrorist networks, such as the Taliban. …

Before we talk, we need to talk about how we listen. — Since I’m proposing to make a blog covering not one but two divisive subjects — religion and politics — I figured I should explain how I think adding my voice to the fray might help. It seems like everyone these days is decrying how divisive and vitriolic political conversations are…

Life lessons of a loving gay Christian — My Dad was my hero. And that is not supposed to happen for gay boys. My Hero I looked up to my Dad — literally. He stood 6 feet, 2 inches. But he was the type of man who looked even more massive than his actual height. …

Faith begins humbly, but then undermines humility in the True Believer A man asked his mentor how to tame his ego. The mentor told him to learn humility by putting on a sandwich-board sign with a fanatical message like “The end is near!” and spend the day pedaling his bike…

I began pondering this question years ago after committing my life to a movement called Christian Community Development, CCD. In the movement, I caught glimpses of Jesus’ greatest commandment actually being lived out by a group of diverse people who defied the norms of our structured society. Here were people…