Losing My Job || Tyler Gorsline
My Story of Losing My Job For over a year, I so badly wanted to be a pastor at the church my wife and I attended. It is one of the fastest growing and most innovative churches in Seattle. Their...
View ArticleTrinitarian Universalism || Ben Tertin
Editor’s Note: The following is a letter written by Student Ministries Pastor and Unitive Contributor Ben Tertin. He recently took a group of his leaders and students to a retreat where he was caught...
View ArticleYeezus Walks || Tyler Gorsline
I suppose that aspiring bloggers think alike as fellow Unitive poster Tim Meier wrote a piece with a take on Kanye’s “I Am a God” ideology Here “Yeezus” is Right. Kanye’s new album is a fresh sound in...
View ArticleJesus Failed Christianity || Ben Tertin
Editor’s Note: The following satire intends to spark careful thought about the intensity — and specificity — of Jesus’ direct challenge to our popular religious paradigms, whether 2000 years ago or...
View ArticlePursuing the Trail Blazer || Ken Castor
Have you ever been told that you need to “blaze your own trail” in order to “find yourself” along the way? I think that’s a bold enticing lie. Don’t believe it. (I was going to use words like...
View ArticleDo They Really Love Me? || Tyler Gorsline
Isn’t that what we are always wondering? Do they? Do you….really love me? Is it just me that struggles with this? I feel like maybe I am not alone in this insidious curiosity. I recently ran across a...
View ArticleTotes Unnatural || Ben Tertin
Sinfulness is part of our nature, yeah? “I am not perfect; I am only human!” we say on the back end of a blunder. Ten million times I’ve been taught that “human beings are inherently sinful.” At his or...
View ArticleI Don’t Wanna || Karen Green
I never want to do anything. I don’t want to cook dinner tonight. I don’t want to brush my teeth before bed, and I never want to take a shower in the morning. I don’t want to ride my bike to work when...
View ArticleWho Am I? || Becca Neimeyer
My first year out of college I got the opportunity to do an awesome internship. It made me get out of my comfort zone, it challenged my way of thinking, and it brought up a lot of questions for me...
View ArticleWho Are You Really? No, But Seriously. || Tim Meier
We were in the car by 4:45 a.m. Getting up early isn’t too hard for me but anytime you’re driving before 5, it just feels wrong. This time I wasn’t driving to the airport to leave for Asia or Africa or...
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