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Even for someone like me whose theological background is old school Calvinism, 2020 managed to leave me with a bleaker and more cynical take on human nature than I had going in. And that’s quite a feat. There are no two ways about it, Americans are cruel. Like the rest of the world, we were […]
For the past couple weeks on my podcast I have been discussing what I call “Anarchist Faith” (shorthand for a form of spirituality that is built from the ground up rather than one imposed from the sky down). I’ve introduced the idea here, and now I’d like to apply this thought-experiment to my own life […]
In episode #10 of the Misfit Faith podcast I put forth a little thought experiment, the results of which can be pretty transformative. The way the Christian life usually works goes something like this: We begin with doctrines or dogmas that are imposed upon us from on high — whether from the Church, the Bible, […]
If you take a strong position on some issue, or on cultural/political matters in general, it is easy to label those on the other side as “extremists” or “reactionaries” (while failing to see that they might be passing the exact same judgment on you). For example, I remember when the O.J. Simpson verdict was about […]
I have been thinking lately about the issue of integrated, holistic living. What I mean by this is the idea that one’s life could or should reflect a worldview that is internally consistent and all-encompassing. For example, I explained recently that I am trying to move my eating habits in a more whole-foods, vegan direction. […]