My Last Post as Spiritual Drift
This will be my last post as Spiritual Drift. I can no longer find the words. Since my last post, and given the current climate of our nation, both politically and spiritually, I simply can’t think of...
View ArticleA Christian Without a Religion
“For the last few years, Christians— particularly white evangelicals — continue to sing the words: “Spirit lead me where my trust is without borders …” but fail to realize the shameful irony that...
View ArticleThe Rebel God: Evangelicalism’s Two-Faced God
I have been interested in neuroplasticity for a few years now, especially as it relates to addiction, and in how our brains process emotion, reason, and the dichotomy between the two. This is a...
View ArticleHi, My Name’s Kent and I’m a Snowflake….
In the past, I’ve been accused of this thing called “hypergrace”; of going overboard in such hot button areas as “acceptance” and “inclusion”. It was an accusation I backpedaled from for longer than I...
View ArticleJesus Freaks & Donald Trump | Commonweal Magazine
This is an interesting article from Julia Marley, one that made me go, “Hmmm…” Definitely fodder for some interesting conversation. I’d love thoughts from some of my readers. “I first started thinking...
View ArticlePersecution…comes with the job?
“Being attacked either verbally or physically is part of being a true Christian in this world. It comes with the job.” This is something I read this morning from a Facebook page called “The Christian...
View ArticleHow is this, in ANY way, Making America Great?
We are creating a nation of “us” vs. “them”; of leftist elites and conservative Bible-thumpers; of West Coast liberals and the common man of the “fly over” states; of those who “resist” and those who...
View ArticleDo Better
Well, here I am: writing to get back into the habit of writing. I can’t believe it’s been over a year since my last blog post; over sixteen months since my last published book, These Threads of Faith;...
View ArticleHow Can Everything Be Sacred?
(reprinted from Richard Rohr’s Daily Meditations 1/2/2018) The three monotheistic religions (Judaism, Christianity, Islam) teach that one Creator formed all things. There is thus a radical unity at the...
View ArticleOn #metoo… From a Friend
I pieced this together from a recent tweet by @rachelheldevans. I felt it was a great thread, not only from a Christian perspective, but from a female perspective as well. Christian men, we’d do well...
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