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1st Grader Picks Out Green Dress for Picture Day—The Results Leave Mom Cry-Laughing

“This is the story of a little girl’s love of a green dress, a mother who tries to instill independence, and how those two things came together in the most epic and brilliant combination possible."

Student’s Humble Plea to Teacher at the Bottom of His Test Goes Viral for All the Right Reasons

"This note gave me so much hope. Let us all be a little more like this young man!!"

Jayson Bradley

Jayson is a God-botherer, writer, marketer, musician, and pastor in Washington State. An unapologetic grace and coffee junkie, Jayson desperately longs to see himself (and the church) conformed to the image of Christ. See more from Jayson on his website.

Is Wasting Food a Sin?

As long as there are people who don’t have enough, wasting food is a form of moral bankruptcy.

8 Signs of Religious Brainwashing: Is Your Church Brainwashing You?

"Here are 8 signs that your church, group, or community has slipped into an unhealthy and dangerous form of groupthink."

To the Christian Guy With the Smokin’ Hot Wife

The truth is what you’re trying to communicate and what is being heard aren’t always the same.

5 Tips for Making Friends With Atheists

"We all would rather monologue then dialogue and this means we have to be content with our stereotypes about each other. It’s nonsense, and I’m opting out."

No, God Doesn’t Always Rescue You

"Does God intervene? Yes. Sometimes he does—but sometimes he doesn’t."

10 Christian T-shirts That Give the Church a Bad Name

"Between you and me, I think that my faith is too powerful, beautiful, and complex to be summed up on a Christian t-shirt."

Adam, Eve, & Worshiping a Great Big Vulnerable God

"Why not curtail the implications of Adam and Eve’s choice? What if—instead of completely poisoning the human race—eating this fruit just gave them explosive diarrhea for a year?"

5 Things Fundamentalists Forget About Jesus, From a Recovering Fundie

"Truth is, I’m a recovering fundie. I was baptized in a particularly conservative church and believed that somehow I’d been fortunate enough to be baptized into a congregation that was right about everything—lucky me."