Anger, lament, analysis, disruption, new connections—almost every week I’m amazed at the size of the movement of people leaving evangelicalism. Social media accounts are exploding, not just because of the quippy content but because of the thousands upon...
There really is life—real life—after the evangelical church, but we’re only just beginning to figure it out. Jeff Elkins, a graduate of Baylor University and Truett Seminary, began as a pastor for a college ministry in Texas, then moved to an inner-city church in...
The song “Nothing But Flowers” by the Talking Heads casts a post-something (post-apocalyptic? post-modern? post-evangelical?) vision where once there was a factory, and now there are mountains and rivers. Or once there was a parking lot, and now it’s covered with...
As I write, it’s just three days away from December 25—Christmas. I must say, my thoughts are shifting away from work. My feelings of hope and love are bubbling up, even though it can also be a difficult time. Maybe it’s just religious conditioning, but I feel...
Friends of Lake Drive Books, So many of us are experiencing social and spiritual turbulence in our lives. So much has changed, and our institutions, however you might define them, haven’t always kept up. The result is that we’re not as connected. We feel we’re in a...
One of the things about all the fluidity and change going on in the virtual and physical spaces for faith and religion right now is that we often feel alone. There’s a sense of isolation, even with the seemingly unlimited possibilities to find people with shared...
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