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Forensic Faith: A Homicide Detective Makes the Case for a More Reasonable, Evidential Christian Faith
When I picked up Forensic Faith, I thought I was getting a catchy Christian book, that was going to make some clever parallels between police work and faith, not a the writings of an author who actually have worked in homicide for most of his career. I was totally...
Getting Jesus Wrong: Giving Up Spiritual Vitamins and Checklist Christianity
I couldn’t read Matt Johnson’s book without associating him with my time at Mars Hill church in Seattle, Washington. Although it’s been several years since our church fell apart due to sinful leadership, I’m a slow processor and many of my feelings remain unresolved...
Four Questions to Ask Before Diving Into a Crunchy Trend
My wife and I tend to be pretty healthy people. With my background in healthcare, and her background in being analytical, we’ve spent a lot of time examining health trends and learning about the ways that food interacts with our bodies. When our daughter Evie started...
Spotify is (almost) Saving Humanity
I'm listening to classical music. Vivaldi's Four Seasons to be exact. It's beautiful, engaging music. Rising, cresting, falling; painting pictures in my mind as I work. Somewhere between the swirling of the fall leaves and the start of the winter snow, I'm...
I Love Mars Hill, and I left the Church
My wife and I are in the process of changing churches and it's not because they've been involved with a sexual abuse scandal, or even because their theology is off- It's because Mars Hill, inadvertently promotes an institutional culture of silence over their failures,...
How Christian Legalism Creates a Culture of Sexual Abuse
“Jesus doesn’t need your reputation! Keeping things in the dark and allowing souls to be destroyed by abuse, that shames the Gospel. Jesus is all about transparency.” - Boz Tchividjian When I started writing this article, I thought I would be writing about sexual...