In 1989 I went on a “mission trip” to Haiti. It lasted two weeks. Our tasks were to help construct a church building and witness to...

Is God actually mad at us (humanity), or was he ever mad at us? For those of us who seek to follow God, it’s an important question.

Sometimes I’m hesitant to post my wedding anniversary celebrations on social media, fearing I may be sending the unintentional message of...

“Hey, Mr. D’Elia, how come you have a pride flag in your room?” It's a small 4x6 inch flag stuck in a mug on a shelf by my desk. I was...

The biggest shift in my faith is that I no longer believe in an eternal conscious torment called Hell... I don't know if I ever did.

Eight years ago I “knew“ that homosexuality was wrong. I knew all the reasons from my church. I knew the compassionate stance that a...

I tried that iFLY simulated skydiving thing this week. There’s a moment when you’re standing outside the wind tunnel and you have to put...

You are welcome To come pretend To live a lie right with us Just for a while You are welcome But hide the you That’s different The you...

As he went along, he saw a man blind from birth. His disciples asked him, “Rabbi, who sinned, this man or his parents, that he was born...

I teach at a public middle school. Every Wednesday, I have lunch cafeteria duty. After watching 6th graders “eat,” we follow them out to...

When I was thirteen, I had a green faux leather Living Bible with illustrations of a very 70s Jesus. For whatever reason, I flipped to...

A group I used to follow on social media posted: “I wish Tucker Carlson was more like Rush Limbaugh.” The implication was clear. They...

I attended seminary in the 90s, when American evangelicalism was arguably at its height. On my campus, there was a 30-foot-tall mural of...

Christians, what are you holding onto? The decorations of Christianity are coming down, being boxed up, and put away. Evangelicals, we...

Lately, I've been accused of not being a real Christian or a believer due to some of my views. In fact, this accusation has been thrown...

A couple of months ago, Lia Thomas became the first trans woman to win the NCAA Swimming championship. And everyone seemed to have an...

Recently, an acquaintance posted a statement on social media about what she believed. It was a creed, really. With so much change in the...

You have people in your church that are gay. Depending on how affirming your church is, some of these individuals have integrated this...

I’ve noticed that Christians fight a lot more than we used to. We fight with each other, fight the world, fight the government. Christian...

I was talking with a dear friend about COVID. We disagree on almost all things controversial these days: The election LGBTQ issues...