You've been in the news a lot lately because inexplicably you've been promoted to the lofty position of Speaker of the House. This is confusing to many Americans because you tried to overturn the last presidential election simply because your guy lost. It didn't matter to you that Trump was using Christian nationalists like yourself …
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Five stars and a podcast interview
It's incredibly gratifying for an author to get positive reviews for their work. I am no exception. This week, I received two amazing reviews for my latest book, Theological Musings Volume 1. Thank you to Stuart Delony and Lance Mullins for these kind words. These kinds of reviews help me to want to keep writing. …
Palestine, Israel, and bad faith actors
Israel is at war again as another tragic escalation of violence erupts in the Middle East. The terrorist organization Hamas launched a brutal attack on Israel targeting civilians and committing horrific atrocities in the process. Israel has responded by essentially saying "the gloves are off" and is now bombing the Gaza Strip - the world's …
Breaking the rules
Last week my friend and I broke a rule. This rule is, for many evangelical Christians, a big one. According to them, breaking this rule is a huge no-no and something that God definitely frowns upon. Before I reveal the rule, allow me to briefly touch upon what we did that was so egregious in …
Let’s get Biblically literal: Immigration
Many Christians of various conservative varieties say that we people should follow the Bible literally. With that in mind, let's do a quick dive into a hot button topic that has the Republican party in America up in arms as they drag out all of the xenophobic tropes at their disposal to scare voters about …
Book release day!
Today is the day for the release of my critically acclaimed book Theological Musings; Collected Essays of a Tattooed Theologian from Quoir Publishing. Volume one essay topics include grief and trauma, a theological response to Covid19, public theology, personal ethnography, history, and politics from a theological perspective. All of the cool kids are reading theology. …
Author talk at Lancaster Theological Seminary
Earlier this year I did an unscripted author talk in a seminary ethics class at my Alma mater. The recording is below. In it I discuss my book Go Golden, my theological evolution and how permaculture informs my personal canon within the canon. Please share widely. Be sure to look for my forthcoming book Theological …
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Dear white people IV
The white supremacists are at it again in America. Ron DeFascist, I mean, Ron DeSantis, has implemented an anti-educational policy for Florida's schools that teaches that the enslaved benefited from slavery. Meanwhile, country music star Jason Aldean released a video for his racist dog whistle song entitled Try that in a small town. The video …
On pine tar and toxic theology
July 24, 1983 Kansas City, MO Forty years ago today, I was an eleven year old boy who was obsessed with baseball, and with George Howard Brett - third basemen for my hometown KC Royals. That day as the Royals played the Yankees in the Bronx at Yankee Stadium, I was in my living room …
Wait, that’s in the Bible?!?
In this post, I would like to highlight some of the things that can be found in the Bible that fundamentalists and evangelicals often have no idea about. Pointing these things out to them often sends them into extreme mental gymnastics as they wrestle with the new information that upends their long held assumptions and …
The Tattooed Theologian 