This post is a bit different. It’s an experiment and I hope you will indulge me. You see, whenever I’ve written a post, the interlocutor in my head has been an atheist, […]
A Progressive Christian Take on Jesus
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Campus minister at United Campus Ministry at MSU Billings and part time religion and philosophy instructor at MSU Billings.
Josiah Royce and the Possibilities of Conversation
This blog post is developed from a paper that I presented this month for the Josiah Royce Society at the Central American Philosophical Association conference. Richard Rorty captures well what he considers […]
Obama’s Liberal Protestant Faith
Apparently many on the religious right are upset, even offended by remarks made by President Obama at the National Prayer Breakfast. I admit, I’m at a loss why. Somehow his talk was […]
MLK’s Progressive Christian Faith
While the name of Martin Luther King is revered, for his work in the civil rights movement and his ability to articulate the faith and hopes of so many Americans, there […]
What Difference Does God Make?
An atheist blogger asks a simple question “what difference does God make?”. The answer hinges on what you mean by God. If God is the name we give to what makes for […]
Why Progressive Christians Need God
This may seem like an odd title to work with. For folks outside of the church, it may be a given that to be a Christian is to be a theist, one […]
Jante Law and the Stories We Tell Ourselves
I’ve had a chance to study Danish this last semester at OU and on the side I’ve been reading about Danish and Scandinavian culture. In the process I have come across […]
A Liberal’s Dilemma: Post Election Edition
After the election results, I had some thoughts about politics, the state of our country and society, and some of the challenges ahead. A lot of my progressive Christian friends spoke of […]
A Liberal’s Dilemma
As this election season comes to a close, I find myself caught in a dilemma. It’s one that has increased over the last number of years. And it centers on how we […]
Your God is too Big
When I was in high school I was introduced to John Bertram Phillips’ book Your God is too Small. At the time it blew my mind because of the thesis that many of our […]
Is ISIS Really Islamic?
As a Christian pastor I’ve made it a practice to not weigh in on the disputes that overtake other religions and social movements that I am not a part of. I think […]
Two Cheers for Victoria Osteen
As a liberal protestant who pastors a small mainline church, it may seem odd for me to write a post defending a theological claim, made by Victoria Osteen, the wife of the […]
