On November 10, 1775 in a tavern in Philadelphia the United States Marine Corps was born. 215 years later, on November 9, 1990, I graduated from boot camp at the Marine Corps Recruit Depot (MCRD) in San Diego, CA thus earning the title Marine. My arrival at MCRD had occurred on August 13, 1990, which …
Tag: theology
Dear Speaker Johnson
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 …
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. …
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 …
An endorsement from A.S. King
It's not often that I get to name drop because I'm a somewhat obscure progressive theologian who lives and writes in a small Pennsylvania city. That said though, I am lucky enough to be friends with the brilliant, multi-award winning author A.S. King. Her novels take on some of the most important issues of our …
Fireside Creators with Rev. Dr. Sheri Pallas
Last night I sat down to talk with Rev. Dr. Sheri Pallas about permaculture, the golden rule, and my latest book. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WsFupLZUHi0 You can find my books here: Go Golden Theological Musings
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. …
Jesus wept.
August 14, 1990 On August 14, 1990, an 18 year old boy from a small town in north Texas was feeling especially anxious. He had flown from Dallas to San Diego, CA late the night of August 13, and was now in a room in the middle of the night with hundreds of people he …
Theological Musings endorsed by Bishop Nathan Baxter.
Rev. Dr. Baxter is the former Dean of the National Cathedral in Washington D.C., friend of Desmond Tutu, and spiritual counselor to world leaders such as Bill and Hillary Clinton. Volume one of Theological Musings will be released on August 22 and available on Amazon.com
The Tattooed Theologian 