Parting Thoughts from Soularize
I came a little bit late to the game. This was my first Soularize event, but founder Spencer Burke also announced it will be the last. Always the visionary, Spencer is moving on, carrying the...
View ArticleConfessions of a Prayer-Averse Minister
I’m sitting in the airport as I write this, halfway between home and Philadelphia, where I’m joining dozens of other author/speakers at Tony Campolo’s Red Letter Christians retreat. Frankly, I was...
View ArticleExamining John Piper’s “Masculine Christianity”
I really want to give people like John Piper the benefit of the doubt. Given that he’s a minister in the Baptist tradition, it doesn’t surprise me when he only refers to God as “he” or when he talks...
View ArticleA Minister’s Letter of Apology to Young Adults
I don’t usually post other people’s work on my own blog. But this conversation about “Why Young Adults Quit Church” has become much, much bigger than my handful of articles I wrote to add my two cents....
View ArticleYoung Adults: Forget Church, Follow Jesus
Two recent articles grabbed my attention, partly because they resonate quite a bit with the pieces I’ve written about Why Young Adults Leave Church. It’s also interesting to me that so many people seem...
View ArticleGospel Coalition’s Views on Gender, Sex Aren’t “Complementary”
On the one hand, I’m encouraged when Christians can have more honest, open dialogue about sex and sexuality in the public forum. On the other, I’m more than a little distressed when the matter at hand...
View ArticleOn Rachel Held Evans and Why “Vagina-gate” Matters
Some may be aware of the dust kicked up around Rachel Held Evans‘ new book, “A Year of Biblical Womanhood,” but in case you’re unfamiliar with the “vagina-gate” phenomenon, let me catch you up. For...
View ArticleAJ Jacobs and Internet Trolls: Homebrewed CultureCast #12
In what may be their biggest get thus far, the CultureCast welcomes author, NPR contributor, and Esquire editor-at-large A.J. Jacobs to the show. On topic: A.J.’s newest book, “Drop Dead Healthy,” in...
View Article25 Christian Blogs You Should Be Reading (2014 Readers’ Choice)
Welcome to the annual “Blogs you should be reading” blog! If your New Year’s resolution is to search out relevant, interesting, and challenging blogs, you are in the right place! There’s such a thing...
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