What I’m for: Religiosity as experience, not an idol.

In the past, I have been religious. At this point in my life, I am no longer religious and have not been for quite some time. Many of you are aware of the things that the church has put me through. It’s hard to be religious and enthusiastic about a church that only tears you … Continue reading →

Twisted Christianity: When Love not the World became Don’t Give a Shit.

With an election on the distant horizon, I am sure we are all just dying to hear all the ridiculous things that people are going to say. But we can take heart that hearing that President Obama is the anti-Christ is nearly over. Or is it? Muhaha. One thing that we may have to look … Continue reading →

The Other Side of the World to me.

After an apology from one kind Christian for all the evils Christianity has done against her, she looks at him with a mixture of anger and aplomb and asks: Why don’t you just jump ship? And it’s such an honest question? If you have to apologize for it all the time. If you have to … Continue reading →

Alternative Theology: Condititional Immortality

Christianity has trends like everything else as I was recently discussing in a conversation on this post. As time goes by, people focus on different aspects of Scripture, different pagan thoughts influence our views of the Word and popular culture of the day emphasizes different themes. It’s not about hypocrisy, it’s about a living practice … Continue reading →

But Mom, You’re Doing it Wrong

The family that I’m working with is going to VBS this week. When they were practicing songs for Bible school, he noticed that his Mom had changed one of the motions in the song and blurted out, “But Mom, you’re doing it wrong.” I had to explain that the sign in the song was actually … Continue reading →

Theology and My Natural Childbirth

Shifting perspectives is something that I strive for everyday. How can I look at this a different way? How would someone else look at this? Where am I limitation-wise? What is currently keeping me from seeing this a different way? These questions have shaped every aspect of my theology and therefore my life. The root … Continue reading →

Spiritual Suburbia

We don’t know our neighbors. They live too far away. Too far for us to be kind. Too far for us to really get a sense of who they are. All we notice is when they don’t mow their lawns. We notice when they have a party that doesn’t end before eleven. Rumors fly, but … Continue reading →

The Shadow Sides of Christianity

My husband and I attended another new church last Sunday. They talked about Lent and had read along prayers and call and response statements. While we were flipping frantically through our bulletin to figure out where we were supposed to be reading from, it hit me. The Christian church is unbelievably dynamic and I still … Continue reading →

God is Dead: The sermon I’d never heard before

When the whole Duck Dynasty thing happened, a church in our area put itself on my radar by titling their Sunday sermon: “Duck Dynasty: The Separation of Church and Hate.” Ever since then I’ve wanted to go and see what the church was like. Last Sunday we tried it out. It turns out that the … Continue reading →

The War on Christmas in a Kindergarten Classroom

“Well I saw the real Santa and he’s white.” One kid told another while they were coloring Santa’s skin on a worksheet. The other child had colored Santa’s skin brown and I’d smiled to myself and thought, “See Megan Kelly, kid’s don’t care what color Santa’s skin is.” How wrong I was. The commenting kiddo … Continue reading →