Losing My Religion

Lessons In Perspective

Wayward Son — Sun, 02 Apr 2017 13:41:17 +0000

Sometimes, your entire perspective can change in a moment. One event. One unexpected situation. For my family, this happened twelve days ago, on March 21. For those waiting with baited breath for me to release those long-promised posts about Trump and the church, I haven’t forgotten. Things keep happening so fast that it’s difficult to keep the drafts current, but … Continue reading →

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The Deafening Silence

Wayward Son — Sun, 29 Jan 2017 21:42:33 +0000

This week, I’ve been compelled to start a list I call “Things I Never Thought I’d Do.” This list goes back to Election Day, but most have occurred within the past week. Here’s what’s on the list so far: Voted for a Democrat Began posting politically on social media Attended not one, but two major protests Got into an Uber … Continue reading →

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Reflections on the New Year

Wayward Son — Sun, 01 Jan 2017 15:10:55 +0000

Happy New Year! Like many of you, I get particularly reflective at the dawn of a new year. It’s really just a date on the calendar, nothing particularly spiritually significant about it from my perspective, but it is a time to take inventory, in a manner of speaking–to take a breath and get ready to go again. This past year … Continue reading →

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We Interrupt This Fiasco of an Election Cycle to Bring You the Following Personal Update

Wayward Son — Sun, 06 Nov 2016 14:19:35 +0000

In a few days, it will all be over. (Or not…but at least the immediate campaigning will stop.) I wrote yet another huge blog post that’s still in my drafts–an open letter of sorts, kind of a last-ditch appeal to the evangelical church to rethink their choice for President–but I didn’t post it, either here or on Facebook, largely because … Continue reading →

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Never Goes Away

Wayward Son — Sun, 23 Oct 2016 13:42:00 +0000

I made a mistake this morning. Or maybe not. On Sundays, I take it fairly easy. I try not to write for work, but I’ll often go to a coffee shop and surf the Internet, maybe blog a little if I feel inspired. While doing that this morning, I opened up Spotify and saw a Praise and Worship playlist. Curious, … Continue reading →

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The Nagging Questions

Wayward Son — Sun, 11 Sep 2016 13:42:44 +0000

As I write this, it’s the fifteenth anniversary of 9/11, the day America changed. Now that I’m living in New York where it happened, it feels even more weighty to me, as observances are happening at Ground Zero and all around the area. As horrifying as it was to watch on a small screen, I still cannot imagine what it … Continue reading →

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Why I No Longer Feel Guilty for Leaving the Evangelical Church

Wayward Son — Sun, 17 Jul 2016 13:59:10 +0000

I have a confession to make. It’s not something I’ve been hiding, except perhaps from myself–it’s just something I realized this weekend. For many years now, I’ve been processing my thoughts about leaving the evangelical church (more specifically, the institutional church). Yet all along, there has been this underlying subtext of guilt. I felt guilty about it. After all, you’re not … Continue reading →

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The Grind (another NY Update)

Wayward Son — Sun, 12 Jun 2016 13:34:55 +0000

So…haven’t been here in a couple of months or so. However, I’ve been quite busy, so on this beautiful summer morning while I have a little time, I thought I’d give a brief update to folks who are still keeping up with me here. First of all–in case you haven’t done so yet, check out my new website, blog AND … Continue reading →

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What the Day Reveals (a New York Update)

Wayward Son — Sun, 24 Apr 2016 14:22:34 +0000

I love the creative way God reveals things to us sometimes, how sometimes He orders our steps in an unusual way so that the day reveals something significant to you. One way I know God is creative and artistic–I mean, apart from creating the heavens and the earth and the trees and the vast expanse of the universe and stuff–is … Continue reading →

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I Never Thought I’d See the Day

Wayward Son — Sun, 03 Apr 2016 13:12:44 +0000

Okay, I gots something on my mind…and fair warning, it’s about politics. As I grow older, I never thought I’d become one of those dudes that says, “I never thought I’d see the day when…[fill in the blank].” You know the type–the geezers that sit around and complain about the changes in world they live in, as compared to the … Continue reading →

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