

Worshipping in Spirit and Truth
I'm editing my first devotional, Where True Love Is, to use inclusive language and to update a few theological points. It's amazing how much your views can shift over time. I'm keeping the book largely as is for the second edition, so it will still be geared toward those beginning deconstruction and still largely steeped in conservative or evangelical Christian thought. But it will be better. Here's a passage I worked on recently. I particularly like the closing paragraphs. D


Deconstruction Fear: What will God Think?
The following is an excerpt from Sleeper, Awake: 40 days of companionship for the deconstruction process. Fear About What God Will Think The questions which blossom throughout the course of your unlearning can come fast and furious, or creep in over longer periods of time. Regardless of how quickly the process unfolds, eventually you’ll face a profound fear: What will God think about your questions and doubts? If God is the creator of the universe and the sustainer of your ve


Judas, beloved like us
My beloved and I created the video above as part of The Open Table's Good Friday service. It's a shortened, updated version of a homily I wrote a few years ago. You can find the original written version here, or read the text from the video below. When evening came, Jesus was reclining at the table with the Twelve. And while they were eating, he said, “Truly I tell you, one of you will betray me.” They were very sad and began to say to him one after the other, “Surely you don