Category Archives: 1) Jesus

Blogs about how we relate to God, how he relates to us, and how we relate to each other.

ISRAEL: David Teamed Up With Goliath, and Now The Oppressed Has Become The Oppressor

Posted on May 16, 2018 by theboeskool

My kids use entirely too much toilet paper. I’m not sure if they just wrap it around their hand about 30 to 40 times, until their hand looks like a boxing glove, or what is going on in there (I’m … Continue reading →

Posted in 1) Jesus, 2) Politics, 3) Bathroom Humor | Tagged David and Goliath, Fadi Abu Salah, Gaza, Israel, Israeli Embassy, Jesus, Loving our enemies, Netanyahu, Remember, Saber al-Ashqar, Snipers | 14 Comments

Christians and Torture: Why So Many Don’t Have A Problem With It

Posted on May 12, 2018 by theboeskool

Torture has been in the news a lot recently… Though it is usually referred to by it’s more palatable euphemism, “Enhanced Interrogation Techniques.” The confirmation hearings for Gina Haspel (President Trump’s pick to head the CIA) have been focusing on … Continue reading →

Posted in 1) Jesus, 2) Politics | Tagged 81% of white evangelicals, Christians, Clint Smith, Enhanced Interrogation Techniques, Eternal Conscious Torment, Franklin Graham, Gina Haspel, Goodness, Hell, Jesus, John McCain, Morality, Torture, Waterboarding | 5 Comments

An Easter Sermon From A Used-To-Be Christian

Posted on April 4, 2018 by theboeskool

I almost never do guest posts on my blog, but I really wanted you all to see this. This was written by my friend Lars… A person I’ve never met in real life, but a person I respect and love. … Continue reading →

Posted in 1) Jesus, 2) Politics, 3) Bathroom Humor | Tagged Easter, Easter Bunny Resurrection, Easter sermon, Everyone has enough and no one has too much, Guest Post, Jesus, Liberation Theology, White Savior Complex | 7 Comments

I Just Cried At A Walmart

Posted on March 28, 2018 by theboeskool

One of the things which stresses me out the most is the inability to articulate what’s happening inside of me. So tonight — on the eve of my wife’s cancer surgery — I’m going to try to sort that out… … Continue reading →

Posted in 1) Jesus, 5) Not Quite Sure | Tagged Cancer, Crying at Walmart, Dawson crying, Is God in control?, Manliness, Miracles, Prayer, Surgery | 10 Comments

Fun With Cancer

Posted on March 8, 2018 by theboeskool

So it turns out my wife has cancer… We found out this week. She noticed a lump on her neck, and after having it checked out, she got sent her in for a biopsy. They say “biopsy,” but the correct … Continue reading →

Posted in 1) Jesus, 5) Not Quite Sure | Tagged Cancer and humor, Fear, Fun with cancer, God and Cancer, Grief, I was brave and sad, The best kinds of cancer to have, The God who can't, Thyroid cancer | 8 Comments

“All Sins Are Equal,” and Other Christian Nonsense

Posted on March 7, 2018 by theboeskool

“No sin is worse than any other.” You’ve probably heard this little piece of “christian” craziness before. I remember hearing it as a child, growing up in the Calvinist tradition of my family. It is a widely accepted absurdity meant … Continue reading →

Posted in 1) Jesus, 2) Politics | Tagged All sins are equal, All sins are NOT equal, Calvinism, Hell, Jesus, Louis CK, Megan Barry, Missing the mark, Sin, Total depravity, TULIP, We are worthy of being loved | 8 Comments

School Shootings and Fake Christians

Posted on February 15, 2018 by theboeskool

I think that Christianity divorced from Reason is one of the most destructive forces on the planet. And the brand of religion that makes people choose between faith and rationality has been on full display since this most recent school shooting … Continue reading →

Posted in 1) Jesus, 2) Politics, Uncategorized | Tagged Christianity, Fake Christians, Florida School Shooting, Fredrick Douglass, Gun Control, Gun violence, Jesus, Rationality, School Shootings, Thoughts and Prayers | 6 Comments

Moana Is The Movie The World Needs Right Now

Posted on December 12, 2017 by theboeskool

Sometimes, when it all gets to be too much — When all of the Trumps and the Lies and the Liars and the Roy Moores and the Defenders of Pedophilia and the Jerry Falwells and the Fake Christians and the Alabama … Continue reading →

Posted in 1) Jesus, 2) Politics | Tagged Alabama Senate, Doug Jones, Goodness, Hope, Moana, Moana Is The Movie The World Needs Right Now, Morality, Roy Moore, Spirituality, Te Fiti, Te Kā, This is not who you are | Leave a comment

53 “Pastors” Support For Child Molester Roy Moore for Senate… Here Are Their Church’s Phone Numbers

Posted on November 14, 2017 by theboeskool

What is happening in Alabama politics right now is a microcosm of what is happening in our nation. We have Doug Jones, a competent and honorable man who prosecuted the men who bombed the Church and killed four little girls … Continue reading →

Posted in 1) Jesus, 2) Politics, 5) Not Quite Sure | Tagged Alabama Politics, Contact Info for Roy Moore Supporters, Doug Jones For Senate, Pastors support Roy Moore, Roy Moore, Roy Moore alegations, Roy Moore Child Molester, Roy Moore supporters, Separation of Church and State | 12 Comments

What The Bible Says About “Thoughts & Prayers” and Gun Violence

Posted on November 9, 2017 by theboeskool

“Suppose a brother or sister is sick and without healthcare, or living with an increasing sense that any day now, someone they love will be taken from them by some asshole with an AR-15 because of the steady drumbeat of … Continue reading →