This is an excerpt from my blog post at Out of Ur today: If you woke up and the world had been transformed into a super-nerd dystopia where a demigod-Patton Oswalt forced you to choose only the best superhero to preserve from 100 years of American comics, you would choose Superman. Sure, the more educated […]
The truth will set you free. But not until it is finished with you. -David Foster Walace Entering a Desert In 2011 I was diagnosed with depression and nearly hospitalized for suicidal tendencies. As I look back on it, it is terrifying. Terrifying that I was so hurt that death seemed like the only option […]
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Reblogged from Blood Stained Ink: Having lived and walked amongst evangelicals for the better part of 20 years now and having identified myself as one of their number, I have come to this disturbing conclusion: as a people, we do not know how to pray. Moreover, if I am being completely transparent, then I should […]
“So there is one Spirit who gives a bunch of sweet gifts to different members. And listen, each member is a member of the body. You are baptized into one body, one, not one billion, I’m willing to repeat myself to make this crystal clear. So let’s keep that straight. Good talk.” Paul, The Cedeno […]
Citing their inability to keep “winning” and the importance of taking care of their respective families, Mark Driscoll and James MacDonald announced earlier this week that they are retiring from Christian ministry to pursue careers in Rap. “Jay Z says in one song that he ‘lost 30 million so he spent another 30.’ That got […]
Midway along the journey of our summer I found myself surrounded by a raucous, hip-hop crowd, obeisant before someone called SchoolBoy Q, for the straightforward pathway had been lost. “That’s a good hair…that’s a good haircut there, parted on the side.” “Thank you.” “It’s what my friend needs to get. Bob, get one like this. Here, […]
Preface: This essay operates under several assumptions made by the author. 1. 99% of people raising funds for short-term missions are middle class white kids whose parents are well above any definition of poverty that has ever existed in any country in the world at any point in history. 2. 99% of these trips are […]
Fellow Preachers of the Gospel of Prosperity, 2013 is going to be a great year. I’m claimed it in the heavenly places and I’m delivering it to you via this mass letter posted on a blog. If you are reading this on your iPad mini or iPhone 5 or some other device that access the […]
Louisville: H.E. Manstrong the owner of the NFL’s newest franchise, the Crusading Eagles, announced this morning that he will be firing his entire front office staff. “I just don’t see what they can tell me that the Bible don’t.” In his short tenure as a major sports owner, Mr. Manstrong has made this irrational behavior […]
