Posts Tagged ‘evangelicalism’

Review: A Year of Biblical Womanhood

A Year of Biblical Womanhood Rachel Held Evans Thomas Nelson Publishing If one were to take the Internet roil over Rachel Held Evans sophomore book, A Year of Biblical Womanhood, at face value, then Rachel might be the most dangerous threat to the church since Rob Bell. LifeWay, the bookselling arm of...

November 9th, 2012 | Books | Read More

Resurrection Day: The View from Southwest Oklahoma

SYNECDOCHE: Though it appears that with every new year the amount of people you meet who have rejected organized religion in favor of nothing/“spirituality” seems to increase, it is just as true that religious differences remain battle-line issues in many parts of the South and Midwest. Oklahoma...

September 3rd, 2012 | Featured | Read More

Absolutely Crazy for Truth

Recently, I read Frank Schaeffer’s book Crazy for God and was struck by how much we have in common. We were both raised overseas as MKs (Missionary Kids), both immersed in the fabric of Christian fundamentalism, and both became disillusioned with American evangelicalism. And like Frank, I find...

August 6th, 2012 | Essays, Featured | Read More

Film Review: Blue Like Jazz

Me with Donald Miller after the movie By making a small contribution to last year’s effort to fund the making of “Blue Like Jazz” via Kickstarter, I put myself in line to receive an invitation to the Fort Worth premiere on March 21. This showing was part of a 30-city tour...

April 10th, 2012 | Arts, Blog, Essays, Featured, Film | Read More

Art for the Consumer Masses; Mass for the Consumer

“When art is not flourishing, religion languishes . . . the two often wax and wane in tandem.” Earle Jerome Coleman. There seems to me a mysterious metaphysical connection between aesthetics and religion, art and worship that I find myself hesitant to explore. Each subject on it’s own is daunting,...

June 29th, 2011 | Essays, Featured | Read More

Evangelical Misogyny

I was recently talking with a friend of mine named Jane about her work at a Christian international non-profit near my hometown in the Midwest. In the course of our conversation she said, “I’m just not sure there is a place for women here.” When I asked why, Jane said, “I think it has to do with...

January 7th, 2010 | Featured, Social Justice | Read More