Snarky Faith

I'm so tired of God's name being used as an advertising tool by conservatives when their version of love looks like repression. It's false, heretical, and antithetical to the gospel. It's bullshit. 

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“And all shall be well. And all shall be well. And all manner of things shall be exceeding well.” ― Julian of Norwich

We live in a time where it seems all we have is bad news and fake news. When deni…

"It's far time I talk to ya'll about your relationship with Jesus."

- said every good Christian talking about 'vangelism.

Yes, it's that time. We need to have that important chat about salvation, but…

I hear that Oprah something called a "book club," so I figured if it was good enough for Oprah, it's good enough for Snarky Faith. Join us today, as we talk about some interesting gems that you may h…

“And it was all that I needed...” ― The White Stripes - Take, Take, Take

When is enough, enough?

We live in a time where consumeristic impulses of culture look the same as the heartbeat of the instit…

“Spirituality is not about being fixed; it is about God's being present in the mess of our unfixedness. (Messy Spirituality)” ― Michael Yaconelli

In Luke 14, Jesus tells a story about a wedding banqu…

One of the great sins of the American church has been its ability to normalize a myriad of sins. In a certain way, these sins have become part of an unstated and unwritten theology of practice. For t…

Cults and conspiracy theories are both founded on lies, but they also play heavily against people's fears and insecurities. You could say that cult leaders use misinformation and paranoia to manipula…

The past few weeks on the show, we've been talking through the book, Tug of War by Wilmer Villacorta. This several-week discussion has centered around leadership in the vein of Jesus. 

We've talked a…

We are living in the glorious time of the cancel culture. Yes, most call it an overreaction to civil, cultural, and political events happening now, but I think it's a beautiful thing. Conservative Ev…

"The person who accepts his own suffering and does not try to repress it or push it away shows the power of hope."

- Jurgen Moltmann

As we continue in our series of reframing what power looks like in…

" Our use of power will always be disoriented and destructive - will result in idolatry and injustice - unless we find a way to a restored relationship with the Giver of power".

- Andy Crouch

On, Jun…

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 i…

Time moves forward. Life changes constantly. We'll never be what we were before.

The Coronavirus pandemic has changed us all. Some are frantically trying to go back in time, while others are looking …

Power is overrated.

Yet, if you look around you, you see a world scrounging for it. We want to be leaders and influencers. We want to be successful and renowned. So we spend our lives seeking power a…

As weeks turn into months of the Coronavirus pandemic, we have many options in how we spend our time while under stay-at-home orders and quarantine. Some are Netflix and chilling, while others are us…

Here's the exclusive interview with author Elizabeth Geitz from our recent show where we discuss her new book, Spiritual Truth in the Age of Fake News.

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In a few short years, the phrase "Fake News" has earned a place in dictionaries, in the national discourse, and our daily lives. But Fake News is not new. Fake News began when people first interprete…

Christianity is weird, but it doesn't have to be. Now, sure, it seems like weirdness is on-brand with Christianity, but that wasn't the original posture. Yet today, the separation of church and reali…

Too often do we get caught up in the fanfare of Easter. We're too busy celebrating the resurrection that we fail to miss the real humanity of the Easter story.

We like to do this in Christianity. We …