Five reasons you probably shouldn’t attend a Christian Seder
If you really want to recreate an early church practice, pack a lunch and bottle of wine and go have a party in a cemetery.
Tony Jones
It’s time for a schism regarding women in the church
Those of us who know that women should be accorded full participation in every aspect of church life need to visibly and forcefully separate ourselves from those who do not.
10 tips for working with a literary agent
I have an agent because I work better on a team. I want a lot of advocates and various voices in the process of writing.
‘Marriage’ changes. Don’t believe me? Look it up.
“Marriage” is nothing more than a word, composed of an assortment of letter — symbols with correlated vocal sounds.
A tomato on the seder plate
How many American Christian families will pray for the peace of Islam on Easter Sunday? Very few, I’m guessing.
Pope Francis: He’s not your pope
I was taken aback by the over-the-top ebullience that many of my fellow Protestants were expressing on Twitter and Facebook at the announcement of the new pope.
Is it time for Christians to celebrate pre-marital sex?
To pretend that those are two virgins walking down the aisle, approaching the coital bed for the first time is uncommonly naive.
Hunting: It’s more sublime than you might think
The joy of hunting is sublime. Surprisingly sublime for an activity that ends, when successful, with blood and death.
Should evangelical Christians give up the fight against legal recognition of same-sex marriage?
Maybe it’s time for clergy to step away from the civil marriage question altogether.
Killing church programs: What the Church can learn from Apple and Google
The companies’ decisions to kill programs that don’t work is an instructive example for the church.
What pastors can learn from sommeliers
Having attended the Texas Sommelier Conference for a few years, I think I’ve learned enough to proffer some lessons that pastors can learn from sommeliers.
Everyday spirituality: baking bread
There are so many connections between baking bread and Christian spirituality that I could write a book about it.
Custody laws: Our government in (in)action
A bill to equalize the presumed share of custody between divorcing parents goes nowhere.