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Christians are Doing the Work of Atheists

Donald Trump holding up an open Bible

I have written several articles over the last several months discussing the demise of the evangelical witness in our nation. The truth is that not only are we ruining our witness but we are actually doing …

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An Inauguration Prayer

American flag waving in the wind with the sun shining through it.

Dear Lord, patient and forgiving Father, all-knowing God who sees our hearts even as we can’t, I pray for our country even as the inauguration of our 45th president, Donald Trump, is taking place. I pray …

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A Time for Faith on View

Painting of MLK Jr. putting his hand over Donald Trump's mouth and using his finger to shush Trump.

When I first started writing here at Faith on View, I wrote on the About page that one of my core values was transparency. I didn’t realize at the time that whether or not we …

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Binding my Broken Heart

Graphic with an American flag with the words "I'm Terrified"

Last night at about 9 pm I posted the above image on Facebook. At that point I was growing very concerned about the direction of the election and thought this was a funny parody of …

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Mormon Christs

Del Parsons, The Lord Jesus the Christ

Introduction A couple of years back, I wrote a six-part series entitled Five Evangelical Christs. My academic research is on the relationship between religion and contemporary art; so of course, images of Christ is a …

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The Colin Kaepernick Situation

Colin Kaepernick getting ready to throw the ball during a San Francisco 49ers game.

For several weeks, Colin Kaepernick has been quietly sitting on the San Francisco 49ers sideline during the national anthem. But, he had been injured and out of uniform so nobody really noticed. But, this last …

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Reflecting on Lollipop Christian Movie Plots

neatly spilt movie popcorn

  The un-profound Christian Movie This is a subject I have thought about many times over the years. Sometimes, it will be because I just saw a sentimental Christian movieย claiming profundity. Other times, it is …

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