Bible – A Zebra Without Stripes

Love is Love

I went to my first same sex wedding this month. With my kids and everything. This is not something I would have ever done 20 years ago. Maybe not even 10 years ago. Certainly I wouldn’t have brought my children 10 years ago, for fear they would be corrupted or confused in some way. IContinue reading “Love is Love”

This is what I came for

Last Sunday, at my wonderful Methodist church, the scripture reading was one with which I had almost physically wrestled, on the floor, on my knees, in tears, for years and years. It was one with which I had been bludgeoned repeatedly by other Christians, certain they knew what the right thing was for me andContinue reading “This is what I came for”

There are other revelations to be had

I just saw yet another article about large numbers of white evangelicals who refuse to get vaccinated. This, of course, comes on the heels of a full year of white evangelical hostility to scientific advice and expertise surrounding COVID-19. And on the heels of over a century of opposition to numerous scientific theories, discoveries, andContinue reading “There are other revelations to be had”

Beating cancer

On March 9, 2001, I and a group of my fellow graduate students at the University of Oklahoma went to lunch to celebrate the 29th birthday of one of our own. Charlie had started the program a couple of years after me, and he and his wife Angie quickly became fixtures of our community. IContinue reading “Beating cancer”

I don’t know who needs to hear this, but EVERYONE interprets the Bible

One of my least favorite evangelical sayings has got to be: “God said it, I believe it, and that settles it!” As in, everything you could ever need to know about life and any decision or issue you could ever face is written in black and white, in very simple terms, right there in theContinue reading “I don’t know who needs to hear this, but EVERYONE interprets the Bible”