One of the first ideas that I deconstructed about Christianity is the idea that God is a causal being. By that, I mean that I don’t believe that God interacts with or in any way directs the course of human history. God does not have a will or plan. I...

I had originally planned to wait to address the topic of Scripture and the Bible in Redefining Orthodoxy. However, most orthodox Christians won’t consider any of my following perspectives unless I first address the issue of the nature of scripture,...

On the first “Redefining Orthodoxy” post, a series of questions was posed to me: “Why is it so important to you to label yourself as ‘Christian’? You said yourself that your beliefs are atypical, so why the desire to label yourself with a label that...

I’ve decided to take my blog in a new direction for the next few weeks. I’m going to be doing a series called “Redefining Orthodoxy.” In this series I will examine traditional, orthodox Christian beliefs, and explain how my understanding–though perhaps...

“There is a very interesting relationship between wilderness and sacredness. All the great monastic traditions, whether that’s Christianity, Buddhism, or Taoist, all find their roots in an experience of their founders going into the desert, into the...