An American (Evangelical) Affair
What are 2-in-10's like me supposed to call ourselves?
Read moreI kissed deconstruction starter pack resource guides goodbye.
Not for sale.
Read moreAbout Mars Hill
The aftermath of Mars Hill’s collapse is consequential for the American church. It’s also surprisingly personal.
Read moreI'm a Jesus People
What could a healthy Christian counterculture look like today?
Read moreWhy I'm an Orphaned Believer. And Maybe you are, Too.
The best way I can describe my experience as a Christian in our cultural moment is the phrase Orphaned Believer. Here’s exactly what I mean.
Read moreReform the Church from Within
In spite of the fine mess we’ve made of the Church in our American, Capitalistic, politicized expression, she still remains our best hope. Because she’s what Christ left us with.
Read moreSocial Media Isn't Church
If I spent as much time in prayer as I do thinking about Instagram, I might be levitating off my chair right about now. ⠀
Read moreDoes God Have Eyes? Does God Roll Them?
Things have happened to many of us this year that we never thought would happen.
Read moreThe Problem with Christian-ish
When we only define what we’re estranged from, it’s not enough.
Read more"Justice Takes Sides"
In the dangerous ideology of Christian Nationalism, we find a reduction and appropriation of Christian theology to serve the needs of Western pride and interests — God and country.
Read moreNew York Times Op-Ed
I wrote about 90s Christian culture wars, my Republican dad, and why many of us did not succumb to Trump’s appeals to fear to nab our Evangelical vote for the NYT.
Read moreEvangelicals Have Always Been a Big Tent
American Evangelicalism is declining because it has become equated with overwhelmingly white congregations and Republican politics. But is that the whole picture?
Read moreThe Polemics of Disease
Dad’s hospital bed.
Here, during the pandemic and the disease of racial injustice, my world has gotten smaller and sickness has become more visceral.
Read moreRadical Hospitality in Seattle's CHOP
Churches aren’t disembodied and placeless. When a church has an address in a neighborhood, are we a part of it or apart from it?
Read moreMercy on the Cheesecake Looter
I watched protest livestreams hypnotically from my farmhouse sunporch outside of the city.
Read moreWatch: A Conversation on Racism and the Church
I sat down with my black pastor and white pastor to talk about where we go from here.
Read moreWhen Pandemic "Adulting" Goes Awry
Jesus offers release that is not contingent on ease.
Read moreNo Condemnation—or Instagram Consolation—in Christ
Let’s bring our whole selves to the cross this Easter.
Read moreChristianity Today Feature
I wrote about bearing a public witness in a complicated culture for CT.
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