Everone’s talking about deconstructing evangelicalism. But what about recovering from it?

Faith deconstruction is nothing more, and nothing less than finding out for yourself what is true. It is finally having the courage to listen to that still small voice inside your heart that…

I’ll admit, I (Gary Alan) really don’t like playing board games with my kids. Cards? Yes. Movie nights? Absolutely. But board games? Pass. But with summer comes more time…

If you’re going through a time when you’re unsure of what you believe, welcome! You’re in good company here. This is a community of people from all faith backgrounds who…

If you grew up in a conservative evangelical church and/or household, it’s quite possible you experienced spiritual abuse, even if it was unintended. Why? Because, sadly…

Spiritual abuse and the ensuing religious trauma aren’t tied to any particular religion, but more fundamentalist expressions of faith are breeding grounds for abuse.

It’s easy to think, “Gosh, my trauma is only spiritual in nature, so it’s not that bad.” Or “Other people have experienced much worse, so what do I have to complain about?” But religious trauma is real trauma.

Did you know you have more than 50,000 thoughts per day, of which over half of them are negative? 90% of these same thoughts are exact repeats of what you thought the…

I don’t hate Easter. I just hate this Easter. Maybe it’s because I’m away from my family or that church just hasn’t been the same since the pandemic, or that the same old demons are haunting my heart. But when I stop to think about it, Easter has never been my favorite high holy day.

Between the cross and the resurrection sits silent Saturday. A day too dark for words, a day too important to forget. Frederick Nietzsche famously declared, “God is dead,” and today, he’s right. The worst thing has happened, God in Jesus is dead, and we had a hand in killing Him.

When we say '“Jesus died for us” we don’t mean it as some substitutionary atonement theory, or heavenly transaction, but rather from the perspective that Jesus died in solidarity with all our human suffering, transforming our pain…

It’s no small coincidence that yesterday we celebrated International Transgender Day of Visibility, a solemn occasion to give love, dignity, and full humanity to non-binary people who consistently suffer relentless attacks, abuse, and discrimination.

Men move away from the cross, women move toward it. Men talk about things, women do things. It is women who God placed at the very center of the two greatest mysteries of our faith: the incarnation and resurrection of Jesus.

Even today among many conservative Christians, there is an almost fetish-like thrill in their disapproval of anyone who falls outside social, sexual, and spiritual lines of demarcation. We…

We talk about the Social Gospel as if there is any other kind. It is a myth that the Gospel of Jesus can be personally redemptive without being socially responsible.

Historians tell us two parades took place that first Palm Sunday in Jerusalem. Two “kings” entered the city representing two very different kingdoms: The Kingdom of God and the kingdoms of this world.

Depending on what circles you run in, the word “deconstruction” may be terrifying, trendy, or a complete mystery. In evangelical and fundamental Christian circles, deconstruction is…

Was America ever a Christian country? If you or someone you love continues to labor under the illusion that America is a Christian nation, here are three realities that debunk the myth that America was and should become once again a Christian nation.

As thousands of white men stormed the Capitol with little resistance last month, I joined many others in wondering what would have happened if all those people…

Is America a Christian nation? Was it ever? Should it be? Should Christians have power over culture, and what has happened to the marginalized when we were in power?