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5-Year-Old Boy’s Quick Thinking Saves His Mother’s Life After a Hiking Accident in Idaho

In a remarkable display of bravery and quick thinking, a 5-year-old boy named Colton Franks recently played a crucial role in saving his mother's life after a horrifying hiking accident in Idaho.

Grieving Mother Fights for Online Safety After Losing Son to Viral “Blackout Challenge”

One mother, Joann Bogard, knows these dangers all too well and has made it her mission to protect other children from the same fate as her son, Mason, who tragically died in viral "Blackout Challenge." 

Teen Dies Before Graduation—Then Her Classmates Write This All Over Her Coffin in Sharpies

Laura Hillier died tragically just a few months before her graduation, but her classmates still had something to say...

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."