The Evangelical Lust for Power

While speaking with one of my mentoring clients recently it occurred to me that most evangelical Christians are incredibly tolerant. Of God, I mean. Indeed, the tolerance exhibited by the faithful toward God is virtually limitless. Can he lay waste to entire civilizations? Sure! Can he sanction rape and slavery? Why not? Can he orchestrate […]

Five Years a Catholic

(Originally written on 9/23/17) It was five years ago today that I bowed the knee to the whore of Babylon and accepted the Antichrist into my heart (that’s fundamentalist-speak for “becoming Catholic,” in case you didn’t know). What a strange trip it’s been, as the fella said. . . . At the time I had […]

Our Daily Dread: What Sin REALLY Means

(Disclaimer: This brief meditation is intended for those whom the religious establishment has written off as too fringe and misfitting to be considered welcome among the piously faithful. If you find yourself among the marginalized, by all means read on. But if you feel comfortable within American Christianity, perhaps it would be better to move […]

Letting the Tale Wag the Dogma

I’ve been doing a series of posts exploring the freedom one gains by unclenching a bit, epistemology-wise, and admitting that as Christians we should have more in common with the agnostic than we do either with the atheist who is certain God doesn’t exist or with the theist who is certain he does. I’d like […]