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 …
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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 …
A Ruthian take down of purity culture?
Let's talk about sex.
Matthew’s genealogy of Jesus: An Advent reflection
When it comes to perusing Biblical scripture, genealogies hardly make for scintillating reading, but that's what we tucked into last Sunday night at Ember Faith Community in Lancaster, PA. To the uninitiated, genealogies can come across as tedious lists of difficult to pronounce names that at first glance do not hold any real theological importance. …
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