More on Jesus
My relationship with Jesus has changed considerably since my years as a pastor. These essays explore what remains—and what becomes possible—when we reconsider the relationship between the person, the stories, and the religion built around him.
- Following Jesus out of Christianity: What to Do with Jesus in Religious Deconstruction explores the questions that arise when leaving Christianity does not mean leaving Jesus behind.
- Jesus After Religion: Spiritual Reconstruction in a Post-Religious Age carries that inquiry into rebuilding a spiritual life beyond inherited religious frameworks.
- Why Was Jesus Born? The Question We Never Asked reopens a question whose answer many of us inherited before we ever had the chance to ask it, inviting a fresh examination of what his life was for.
- A Letter from Jesus to the World: 11 Things We Can Now Stop Believing uses an imagined letter to reconsider beliefs carried in Jesus’ name and ask which ones we are ready to relinquish.
- The Jesus Beneath Christianity: What Happens When We Separate a First-Century Jewish Teacher from Two Thousand Years of Theology examines what comes into view when we attend to the distance between Jesus and later interpretations of him.
- Christianity Has a Jesus Problem: What If Jesus Went Undercover Boss at Joel Osteen’s Church? takes a more provocative approach, imagining what an encounter between Jesus and contemporary megachurch Christianity might expose.
The above was reformatted into bullets by me and extracted from his post Fully Human. Terms and Conditions Apply. Jesus and the Practice of Being Alive issued by email on 10/23/2026.
