Confession: I don’t want Trump to go to heaven

Hearing him admit that he might not be first in line at the pearly gates was surreal. 

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A growing landscape of religious trauma

The conversation around abuse in religious contexts is intense, varied, and getting bigger.

The hand of the wicked (Psalm 71:1-6)

Enemies are quite common in the Psalms, sometimes with deadly intent.

I’m learning to let go of ‘preaching pretty’

Some Sundays, my congregation needs a word that’s more raw than polished.

Politics

I’m learning to let go of ‘preaching pretty’

Some Sundays, my congregation needs a word that’s more raw than polished.

A brief history of hating liberalism

Kevin Schultz explains why White liberals are under fire—from all sides and from within.

Post-truth Christians

I was taught to stay on guard against the left’s postmodernism. Now it’s the right that seems unwilling to look truth directly in the face.

The fish wars

The Boldt Decision wasn’t just about salmon. It was about broken treaties and tribal sovereignty.