July 31, 2025
God’s Semen and Alien Mushrooms: The Christology of Joe Rogan?
Does Joe Rogan believe Jesus Christ is an alien mushroom born of God’s semen? It seems so. And that's interesting, right?!
Articles for tag: Church, Jesus, Joe Rogan, podcast, psychedelics
The Digital Cleric: AI, Theology, and the End of Textual Authority
AI represents the *ongoing* clerical tradition of the death of God. It merely reinforces the displacement of theology by hermeneutics/method.
May 8, 2025
Friendship/Communion
Friendship and/as communion.
Does the resurrection of the dead make sense?
The resurrection makes sense as an expression of sentient animal desire for uninterrupted thriving.
March 31, 2025
Jesus Lacked the Rights of a Citizen
Caravaggio's *Ecce Homo,* misattributed and nearly sold for €1,500, was rediscovered and eventually auctioned for €30 million. Caravaggio depicts Pilate as conflicted. He asks the crowd, "Are you sure you want Jesus killed?" As one without the rights of a citizen, Jesus's fate is once again in our hands.
March 5, 2025
Ash Wednesday & the Animal Body
This reflection on Ash Wednesday juxtaposes the solemnity of receiving ashes with the harsh realities of animal death and decay, evoked by images of animal bodies. It challenges the readers to confront their animal vulnerability. It concludes with a recommended practice that contemplates Carolee Schneemann's Meat Joy.
October 23, 2024
It’s a Fem: Jesus in the Gospel of Matthew
In this essay, I argue that Mary is a figure of the Spirit of God. Matthew defines the Spirit in and through Mary, described in and through a tradition of maternal rebellion and survival. Matthew's Jesus, who is of Mary, of the Spirit, incarnates a non-standard, "feminine" messianism. And we will, too—if we are of Jesus.
October 8, 2024
What is Traditional Gay Male Theology(, Now)?
Traditional gay male Christian theology is a post-Stonewall (1969) theological movement that unapologetically embraces gay male difference from straightness as a legitimate starting point for Christian theological reflection. Gay theologians define gay male difference in and through theories of androgyny. Androgyny is a flawed theory of gayness. The future of gay theology depends on reinterpreting gay male difference as identification with devalued femininity.
June 17, 2024
Possessed by “Demons”
A sermon based on the Gospel of John 19:25-29 (FYI: the word “home” is NOT in the Greek text): * As Jesus is dying on the cross, the disciple he loves—the boy he loves—the one, we are told, who is responsible for the Gospel of John, is on his mind. In the final moments of Jesus’ life, his beloved’s future is his ultimate concern. We don’t know the identity of the man Jesus loved, but what we do know is that he is the only disciple Jesus is explicitly said to have loved. We also know that he is the
Rest From Cruel Dominion: Embracing Mercy on the Sabbath Day
A Sermon Based On Deuteronomy 5:12-15 and Mark 2:23-3:6 [5/20/24: Sermon writing is a laborious process, and most clergy spend a lot of time, in the midst of hospital visits, countless meetings and emails, and other obligations, getting it just right. I posted my first draft of this sermon, to be given June 2nd, on May 15th. It has undergone a lot of changes, but I think I am hitting the right notes now. **Guiding statement: I propose to preach that we rest from cruel dominion, from thwarting animal justice and restoration, and to the end of becoming compassionate and
