People who know me know that I am a completely hopeless romantic. My favorite movie is Love Actually. I don’t know how many times I’ve seen the Collin Firth - Jennifer Ehle version of Pride and Prejudice, but I cry every single time I watch it when Mr. Darcy and Elizabeth Bennett finally get together. …
Category: Theological reflections
A permaculture as theology discussion with Dillon Naber Cruz
This week I sat down with Dr. Lee Barrett of Lancaster Theological Seminary/Moravian University to talk about permaculture and theology for his seminary ethics class. He asked me a few broad questions and allowed me to take the conversation wherever it flowed. His students are assigned my book Go Golden: Applying a Universal Religious Teaching …
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Our collective nightmare
Last week, the incompetent and woefully unqualified Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth went on a firing spree as he fired top generals in the Army. Last night, the Predator in Chief threatened to commit genocide against the Iranian people. Clearly these two things, the mass firing and the threat of genocide, are related. Hegseth wants …
Accountability and justice are what I want for my birthday
It’s my birthday week and instead of celebrating so far, I’m reliving the GenX anxiety of an impending nuclear war because Donald Trump decided to bomb Iran. Years ago, Epstein made a prediction that Trump would bomb Iran if he “was cornered like a rat.” That prediction seems to be coming to fruition this week …
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The Theology of Food on the Heretic Happy Hour
I was recently asked to talk about the theology of food on the popular Heretic Happy Hour podcast. My background as a permaculture informed theologian made this an interesting topic to discuss. Also joining the show were writers Lauren Cibene and Derrick Weston. Lauren and Derrick brought a great deal of knowledge and theological wisdom …
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Jesus or I.C.E.?
Stephen Miller’s rabid hatred of immigrants who aren’t “white” is playing out on America’s streets with devastating effect. DHS goon squads from I.C.E. and the Border Patrol have been given license to racially profile people as they wreak havoc in cities across the country. Regardless of the legal status of many immigrants, they have been …
No more excuses.
The criminal fascist Trump regime is murdering people. The most recent was an innocent woman who was gunned down in broad daylight in front of witnesses by a fascist ICE agent. In response, the leader of the Department of Homeland Security put a placard on her podium that read, "One of Ours All of Yours" …
Dear Peter Thiel…
You've been in the news a lot lately because you have some sort of monomania regarding the antichrist. As a theologian, I may be able to help you understand some things in order to assuage your seeming fears. I can't tell you precisely who the antichrist "is" because there is no 21st century person who …
Dear men, we need to talk…
It's being said that there is a masculinity crisis in America. There is a male loneliness epidemic in America. Both of these statements are being made a lot on social media and in other forums seemingly on a daily basis. The bitter irony is that the ones making these statements are the ones who are …
We must not repay evil with evil
Charlie Kirk chose to be a racist, xenophobic, sexist, authoritarian, Christian nationalist, anti-LGBTIA hate-mongering bigot who promoted violence against his enemies. His last words before being murdered exemplified the horrific far-right political rhetoric that he used his movement to spread to young people with under developed critical thinking skills. Kirk definitely lacked those skills as …
The Tattooed Theologian 