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"Washed and Waiting," Chapter 3: Loneliness and Longing
Today we pick up our yearlong series on Sexuality and The Church with a discussion on Chapter 2 of Wesley Hill’s short book,Washed and Waiting: Reflections on Christian Faithfulness and Homosexuality....
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Jesus Started With the ‘Outliers’
It was one of those Twitter conversations I probably shouldn’t have gotten sucked into. We were debating whether or not it’s helpful to use language like “act like a man,” or “true womanhood,” or “real...
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Holy Week for Doubters
It will bother you off and on, like a rock in your shoe, Or it will startle you, like the first crash of thunder in a summer storm, Or it will lodge itself beneath your skin like a splinter, Or it will...
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See you in Missouri / Arkansas / D.C. / Seattle
I’ve got a busy April ahead and wanted give you an early heads-up about some upcoming events: Saturday, April 13Columbia, MO What: SURGE 2013 (The Missouri Conference of the UMC)About:“New York Times...
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Mary Magdalene, The Witness
I’ll be taking the weekend off to observe Good Friday, Holy Saturday, and Easter. This reflection on Mary Magdalene is from A Year of Biblical Womanhood. For more stories like this one, check out last...
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‘Washed and Waiting,’ Chapter 3: “The Divine Accolade”
Today we pick up our yearlong series on Sexuality and The Church with a final discussion around Wesley Hill’s short book, Washed and Waiting: Reflections on Christian Faithfulness and Homosexuality....
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What I learned turning my hate mail into origami
For Lent this year, I wanted to learn a new creative skill that would enable me to turn something ugly into something beautiful, so I resolved on Ash Wednesday to turn some of my hate mail into...
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When it comes to controversy, avoid these two extremes...
In “real life,” when you have new friends over for dinner, you don’t usually begin by passing the potatoes and asking about their views on gay marriage. (If you’re at my house, we at least wait until...
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Are we there yet?
Today I am pleased to introduce you to Jeff Chu. Jeff is the author of Does Jesus Really Love Me?: A Gay Christian's Pilgrimage in Search of God in America—a fantastic book that is part-memoir, part...
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The Absurd Legalism of Gender Roles: Exhibit C – “As long as I can’t see her…”
Exhibit A: The black belt should step aside (because she’s a girl!)Exhibit B: Boys playing with dolls unravels the moral fabric of societyExhibit C: A woman can teach me as long as I can’t see herScot...
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Sunday Superlatives 4/7/13 ...
Around the Blogosphere...Funniest:Informercial GIFsWisest:Peter Enns with “Tim Keller on Homosexuality and Biblical Authority: Different Crisis, Same Problem”“Maybe the way in which evangelical read...
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Sexuality and the Christian Body, Part 1: “Contrary to Nature” (by Richard Beck)
Within about four minutes of announcing our yearlong series on Sexuality & the Church, I realized I was in over my head. You just don’t realize how many books there are to read, angles to take, and...
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Carry On, Warrior
First, I want to tell you about a book. It’s written by my friend Glennon Melton, who blogs at the wildly-popular Momastery, and it’s called Carry On, Warrior: Thoughts on Life Unarmed.I had the...
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Ask an Artist…(Makoto Fujimura)
I’ve finally caught up on scheduling our “Ask a…” interviews for the spring, and I think you’re going to really enjoy the lineup. We’ve got a variety of well-known theologians, biblical scholars,...
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Why I Don’t Witness to People on Airplanes (A Post in 3 Acts)
1. Mark spoke in chapel every other year, usually in the spring, which was about the time I’d accumulated too many absences to cut. A former college basketball player with an imposing six-foot-seven...
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Is doubt an STD?
For most people, young adulthood is a time of stretching, evolving, questioning, and growing. It’s a time when you start thinking for yourself, making decisions on your own, scrutinizing your past, and...
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What it means to be a Christian...
“The gospel is absurd and the life of Jesus is meaningless unless we believe that He lived, died, and rose again with but one purpose in mind: to make brand-new creation. Not to make people with better...
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Some helpful critiques of Friday's post (“Is doubt an STD?”)
I'm travelling today, but hoping to get a few superlatives up later this afternoon. In the meantime...I got a little bit of pushback on my post on Friday about Derek Rishmawy’s article “Who are you...
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Sunday Superlatives 4/14/13
I had a lovely time in Columbia, Missouri this weekend with campus ministers of the Missouri Conference UMC, young adult leaders, and readers. Pictured above: Me acting like a goofball at the famous...
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Ask an artist (Makoto Fujimura)...Response
Today I am pleased to share Makoto Fujimura’s responses to your questions for “Ask an artist…” as part of our ongoing interview series. Makoto Fujimura is an artist, writer, and speaker who is...
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