—C.S. Lewis, “After Priggery—What?”
Rectangle full of lights.
This is what my day feels like. From the popular (and often brilliant) internet comic xkcd.
Justin makes a BIG announcement!
Oh. My. Goodness. You guys don’t know how long I’ve been having to hold this big announcement in and how badly I’ve been wanting to spill the beans. A couple of months ago, I thought I was about to be able to announce it, and then things got put on hold again while we ironed … Read more
Nuance ≠ relativism.
I was just quoted in the Christian Post for an article about the Presbyterian Church (USA)’s ordination of their first openly gay minister since changing their policy to allow partnered gay clergy. I was pleased to see that the CP got my point about the importance of nuance and listening to both sides on this … Read more
Trendianity.
When I wrote this post back in 2011, I had no idea how this narrative would grow. But grow it did. A fake form of Christianity is taking over the church, one based on the trendy views and issues of the day instead of the gospel.
“We finally got it right.”
This comic (via St. Thomas the Doubter) captures so perfectly something I’ve said time and time again: If we’re convinced that those who came before us got important things wrong (like slavery or the earth’s place in the solar system) and those who come after us will get important things wrong (like, say, being way … Read more
Some disagreements are too important to debate.
Over the last few weeks, I’ve been traveling to different colleges to talk to students and begin campus conversations about homosexuality and Christianity. At each stop, we bring together a roomful of students who disagree with each other and then try to have a respectful conversation with each other. The experiences have been fascinating, and … Read more
Physician, heal thyself.
Yesterday, I posted about a frustrating experience I had where a young woman accused me, in a very confrontational and hurtful way, of not being a Christian. It wasn’t the first time the charge had been leveled at me, but something about that particular interaction really got under my skin, so I decided to write … Read more
“People do what they know to do—not what you think they should know.”
—Maya Angelou, quoted by CNN
What. A. Night.
Yesterday was the first day of Transforming the Conversation, a new program I helped design to try to build bridges of understanding between gays and Christians (and, of course, those of us in the middle), specifically in more conservative areas where it’s most needed. The program involves going to 20 universities, mostly in the Bible … Read more