I expected many of you would write to me after I posted that Jesus loves homosexuals on A Deeper Story this week. I expected most of those emails to be self-righteous folks trying to set me straight. I also expected a flood of angry comments on the post. I was right about one thing. Many of…

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These words encouraged my heart this weekend. “And so when I talk about God, I’m talking about the Jesus who invites us to embrace our weakness and doubt and anger and whatever other pain and helplessness we’re carrying around, offering it up in all of its mystery, strangeness, pain, and unresolved tension to God, trusting…

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Last week, I took some time away from Facebook and Twitter. I needed to clear my head and work on some things inside. But then this happened. So much for Internet fasting and soul-searching during Holy Week. The emails and private messages began pouring in almost immediately. I didn’t expect my one little link and…

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I gave my son a slap on the behind yesterday. It shocked us both. He was startled because I told him nine months ago that I wasn’t going to spank him ever again. I want to say that it wasn’t really a spanking, that instead it was an attempt to get his attention, a physical…

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The guys at the 9Thumbs podcast love to gamble is all I can figure. After all, Jason Boyett asked me to sub for Matthew Paul Turner on an episode of their podcast last year. Granted, I’ve guest-hosted on another podcast that shall not be named (at least, not yet), but still – it was a gamble.…

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I hate writing about what happened at our former church. Sometimes I wonder if any of them read these posts, and if they know how much I wish this wasn’t a part of my story. When we arrived at the church, the three elders knew we were fragile. They knew we had just buried our…

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