Fiction
Picayunes
“Hi Dad, I’m doing my homework. What’s a picayune? How was your day?”
Essays
I am (Pastor) Kristen
Because Pastor Kristen is a woman, the title might border on unscriptural at best, heretical at worst.
Social Justice
The Unladylike Writer
An introduction to the book Burnside Contributor Pam Hogeweide wishes she didn’t have to write.
Sports
My Tim Tebow Problem
For Jeff Fulmer, the issue is that Tim Tebow personifies the segment of Christians who often think of themselves as the apple of God’s eye.
Recent Articles
Picayunes
“Hi Dad, I’m doing my homework. What’s a picayune? How was your day?”
February 4th, 2012 | Fiction | Read MoreSheep & Goats: David Crowder, Springsteen, Chevelle, and More!
Reviews of music — Christian and otherwise — from the past few months.
February 3rd, 2012 | Featured, Music, Sheep & Goats | Read MoreThe Unladylike Writer
An introduction to the book Burnside Contributor Pam Hogeweide wishes she didn’t have to write.
February 3rd, 2012 | Burnside Sells Out, Social Justice | Read MoreMy Tim Tebow Problem
For Jeff Fulmer, the issue is that Tim Tebow personifies the segment of Christians who often think of themselves as the apple of God’s eye.
February 2nd, 2012 | Sports | Read MoreName Tags
I wear a nametag that shows that I was loved and that I loved back.
February 2nd, 2012 | Family, Featured | Read MoreI Didn’t Call Her A Bitch
She was the woman who had written a letter to my mom and dad, a letter informing them that they had failed as pastors and parents.
February 1st, 2012 | Social Justice | Read MoreI am (Pastor) Kristen
Because Pastor Kristen is a woman, the title might border on unscriptural at best, heretical at worst.
January 31st, 2012 | Essays | Read MoreAn Open Letter to Five Iron Frenzy
Suddenly you’re asking us to keep standing, chanting, fist-pumping for one more year — while we pick up the bill.
January 26th, 2012 | Featured, Music | Read MoreFive Iron Frenzy: Back From the Dead
I kind of felt like I attended my best friend’s funeral — and then ten years later, he calls to tell me that he might want to get the boys back together.
January 26th, 2012 | Featured, Music | Read MoreSearching For The Baby And The Bathwater – Why I Don’t Mind A Little Bit Of Religion
When I sit in the Cathedral, I no longer feel disdain. I do not feel trapped or stifled or suffocated. I feel like I feel when I go to my parents house at Christmas, or when I come back from a holiday.
It feels like home.
- February 1, 2012 8:00
- January 31, 2012 7:30
- January 26, 2012 11:00
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- January 23, 2012 6:01


