In the latest episode of Cabernet and Pray, I explored an idea that might initially sound like it doesn’t belong in Christianity: the paradox of tolerance. 

Here’s the question I posed: At what point does our hospitality toward one person become hostility toward everyone else?

I opened with a s...

I received a text on Easter that said, “He is risen (probably),” and I haven’t stopped laughing about it. That tongue-in-cheek phrase captured something I think a lot of us feel—especially those of us who care deeply about faith and yet have our doubts. In the latest episode of Cabernet and Pray,...

Today I posted my latest episode for Cabernet and Pray. It's a conversation with Brandan Robertson about being queer and Christian. Brandan is about to release a book that unpacks these ideas and as I read an early copy of it, I was absolutely blown away by the depth of his arguments and the way ...

This past Sunday, I preached about the often-misunderstood practice of confession. Most of us feel instant anxiety when we hear the word "confession" - similar to what I felt when I once discovered my hotel room had clear glass bathroom walls! I'll never forget that moment of panic, standing ther...

Despite my deep immersion in church culture growing up, I didn't discover there was more than one Christian view of hell until my twenties. It was always just assumed that there was one way of understanding it. But this revelation changed a lot for me.

In my recent podcast episode, I explore the...

One of the most common beliefs in the world is the idea of karma—the notion that if you do something bad, eventually something bad will happen to you, and if you do something good, good things will come your way. It’s a neat and satisfying way to think about justice. But here’s the problem: Jesus...