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Love, Lies, and 2024

Love, Lies, and 2024

In this episode of Snarky Faith, I'll be your guide through the bleak outlook of 2024, my personal journey through grief, and as we confront the harsh reality of church trauma. Plus, you won't want to miss our new segment where we dissect Christian buzzwords, starting with a deep dive into the true meaning of "Love."

False Prophets

False Prophets

In modern-day Christianity it seems that there's no shortage of self-proclaimed prophets. They make bold claims about the future. They'll insist that God measures your faithfulness by how much you give to their ministries. They preach of an angry God who seems to hate the same people they do.  It's all a crock of shit.  Don't believe me?  Jesus even said so...

Dirty Love

"If a house is burning, and a bucket of water is thrown on the blaze and doesn't extinguish the fire, this doesn't mean that water won't put out fire. It means we need more water. And so with nonviolence." - Dorothy Cotton   As we continue to work through the Sermon on the Mount, today we tackle oaths, revenge, and enemy love in Matthew 5:33-48. Christ cont...

American Horror Story

American Horror Story

The world is on fire and my opinion doesn't matter right now. This isn't time for that. As a white person in America, this is the time for me to be silent and listen to those that are hurting. This is not a time to critique protesting or to offer alternative ways to seek justice and reform. This is not the time to assume I understand what it's like to live w...

Good White Racist?

Good White Racist?

When it comes to race, most white Americans are obsessed with two things: defending our own inherent goodness and maintaining our own comfort levels. Too often, this means white people assume that to be racist, one has to be openly hateful and willfully discriminatory—you know, a bad person. And we know we're good, Christian people, right? But you don’t have...

Questions for the Church

Questions for the Church

I have so many questions for the American Church. What are we doing? How did we get here? What's the point anymore? The most important of these questions is who are we? The church has forgotten its identity and it's forgotten why it exists. This can be seen easily by the things that Christianity has somehow gotten involved with like politics and commerce. To...