Month: May 2012

It has been three years since the proverbial shit hit the fan. Memorial Day 2009. Long story made short for those who don’t know: Three years ago, I was a successful pastor of a successful, growing church. I don’t mean successful in a worldly sens… →

I have noticed that much of the anti-marriage equality talking points focus on the question of who gets to create rights, objection to creating new “special rights” for people, and the argument that no “right to marriage” exists. But the question … →

One of the tough things about being a professional chef, is that you miss almost all the really big and important celebrations in life. We work holidays and weekends… just how it is. When others are off from work, celebrating, going out… we wo… →

A good friend asked me the other day why my harshest critiques — at least on my blog, Facebook and Twitter — are reserved for evangelicals? And why I rarely if ever critique liberal churches, mainline churches, etc? Why do I critique evangelical… →

Traditional marriage is between one man and one woman. It is also “till death do us part.” A literal reading of the Bible teaches that divorce is evil and that remarriage is adultery. A literal reading of the Bible also prohibits marrying someone … →

Pretty much the entire “Biblical” case against homosexuality can be found in 7 verses. The traditionalists build their case based on these verses and a worldview based on Creationism and Adam & Eve. I have written extensively about each of the sev… →

Conservative, evangelical Christians love litmus tests. They love litmus tests that determine who is in and who is out, who is theologically rigorous and right and who is theologically liberal and limp (note: there is no greater insult within trad… →