WRITING

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 […]

(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 […]

Disclaimer: As with the other posts I have written in this series, these meditations are intended for those on whom institutional religion has largely given up. You’re damned anyway, may as well enjoy the ride to eternal hellfire. First of all, then, I urge that prayers be made for all people, for kings and all […]

(Disclaimer: In the spirit of my last Note, these meditations are only intended for the marginalized and the misfits. From the standpoint of the establishment you’re damned anyway, so who cares? Being heretically interesting is the least of your problems.) *** And he put all things under his feet and gave him as head over […]

(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 […]

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 […]