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trump’s president and i’m shutting down my blog (no, really)

Posted on 01/24/2017

in response to ‘the atlantic’: five ways to be part of the solution to little rock’s segregation problem

Posted on 04/28/2016

kevin max announces departure from audio adrenaline, new solo album

Posted on 06/05/2014

on the 12th street shooting: when a thing is more than the thing

Posted on 07/16/2013

mike huckabee on supreme court’s DOMA decision: “jesus wept”

Posted on 06/27/2013

turning the page: new website, new job, new start

Posted on 06/12/2013

patton oswalt talks boston bombing, inadvertently talks jesus

Posted on 04/17/2013

why i’m surprised rob bell came out in support of same sex marriage

Posted on 03/19/2013

post-election burning questions: will will ferrell keep his campaign promises?

Posted on 11/07/2012

the lever-ending story: looking back at this election season

Posted on 11/05/2012

dan haseltine, jars of clay bid farewell to the evangelical church

Posted on 09/07/2012

david bazan is coming to eikon

Posted on 06/13/2012

how then should we respond to violence?: a few thoughts on the thayer street shootings

Posted on 05/22/2012

reblog: pre-grammy predictions

Posted on 02/12/2012

how culturally connected should our president be?

Posted on 02/10/2012

12 albums to look forward to in 2012

Posted on 01/04/2012

of snubs and surprises: my grammy predictions

Posted on 12/02/2011

who will be the martin luther king, jr. of the occupy movement?

Posted on 10/31/2011

why do we care so much about the death of steve jobs?

Posted on 10/07/2011

check out photos of the forthcoming apple mothership

Posted on 08/16/2011

listen to the new song, ‘the death of you and me’ by former oasis member noel gallagher

Posted on 07/25/2011

mutemath releases first single, ‘odd soul’, with innovative visual remix board

Posted on 07/18/2011

the sacred/secular blur: how reading the bible or shane claiborne might be funding rupert murdoch’s empire

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a tribe called blessed?: rob bell’s editor speaks out about the ‘love wins’ backlash

Posted on 07/11/2011

mute math announces new album ‘odd soul’, due out october 4

Posted on 06/29/2011

reflecting on hbo’s ‘how to die in oregon’

Posted on 05/31/2011

post-apocalypse now: songs for the end of the world

Posted on 05/20/2011

thy will be gun: the gospel according to bill maher

Posted on 05/16/2011

fear & loathing in abbottabad (and beyond)

Posted on 05/11/2011

amish for homeland security: shane claiborne weighs in on the killing of osama bin laden

Posted on 05/02/2011

blogging obama: re-election announcements & a brief blog history

Posted on 04/05/2011

love wins?: msnbc anchor martin bashir takes on rob bell

Posted on 03/16/2011

a vote for democracy: derek webb preps democracy volume 2

Posted on 03/04/2011

beauty after the beast: a few thoughts on michael vick, second chances & raising children

Posted on 01/10/2011

public schools vs. charter schools -OR- what you are vs. what you aren’t

Posted on 01/07/2011

word(press) up: the newly redesigned beingryanbyrd.com

Posted on 01/01/2011

some exciting new eikon church updates

Posted on 08/13/2010

picking up the pieces of my blown mind: apple announces iphone 4

Posted on 06/07/2010

is barack obama a moderate republican?

Posted on 05/10/2010

of protest and privilege: tim wise talks tea party and racial divide

Posted on 04/27/2010

rampant religion roundup: lifeway christian stores, jennifer knapp and johnny piper

Posted on 04/23/2010

letting go: jennifer knapp confirms she’s gay to christianity today

Posted on 04/14/2010

relief roundup: how to help haiti

Posted on 01/14/2010

25 in the 2000s: things that shaped the aughts

Posted on 12/27/2009

a few thoughts concerning the shane montgomery arrest

Posted on 12/11/2009

25 in the 2000s: sports moments

Posted on 12/08/2009

25 in the 2000s: religious stories

Posted on 11/29/2009

anne pressly & curtis vance: the uncomfortable unspoken reality

Posted on 11/12/2009

3 years later: hurricane katrina

Posted on 08/29/2008