Everything I Know About Prayer I Learned From George Carlin
Carlin joked that he gave up on praying to God to fix everything.
Of Sex, Gender and the Universe
The Holy Spirit after all, that is always pushing us into wild mysteries of the universe, until we humbly declare, “My God! How great Thou art!”
Of an Invisible Rabbit and an Unbelievable Resurrection
The Resurrection, you see, is God's victory over what we perceive to be “the real world.”
Mardi Gras Fashion Advice for the Church
If Paul and Jesus were riding by on a parade float, would they be able to pick me out of the crowd by what I had on?
Jesus and Baptists and Jews – Oy Vey!
May 26, 2013 | BY: BERT MONTGOMERY -- True friendship requires a lot of hard work, not to mention trust and respect. Sometimes it's just...
An Interview with former Christian punk rocker Ric Alba
Ric Alba is a legend to fans of 1980s alternative/punk/hardcore Christian music. He played bass on Undercover's eponymous debut album, then went on to play with the Altar Boys. He released one solo album befor...
An Open Letter to Chick-Fil-A President Dan Cathy
NOTE: This was written a day prior Chic-Fil-A made the public statement that their tradition "is to treat every person with honor, dignity and respect - regardless of their belief, race, creed, sexual orien...
The Church and the New Civil Rights Movement
Richard “Dick” Brogan was a personal friend, and he was one of my heroes.
Dick was a white Mississippi Baptist minister who worked tirelessly to build relationships between whites and blacks during segregatio...
Of Janis Joplin and Christian Women (Owed to Being Unladylike)
I was three-years old the first time I heard Janis Joplin's “Mercedes Benz” on the radio. In 1971, Dad (though not a fan of rock and roll) thought it quite funny, and we heard it several times during a family...
Mardi Gras – For Baptists
It's been almost 26 years since I left Louisiana with my parents, and I still really miss the Mardi Gras season. Mardi Gras is one long, enormous party – in the best, and sometimes the worst, sense of the w...