Snarky Faith

Drug-overdose deaths set a record in 2017 with more than 70,000 Americans losing their lives to addiction. How should people of faith respond to this epidemic? Thoughts and prayers? Hardly. Jessie Harvey is the founder of Church of the Safe Injection. It is a coalition of harm-reduction advocates working to distribute thousands of syringes as well […]

Dr. Darrell Smith is a teacher, writer, and an aspiring integral theologian who has served in the Alamo Heights United Methodist family of churches since 1999. He founded and serves as a director of C3—a non-profit organization committed to conversations and connections that serve people and the common good. Join us today as Darrell talks […]

“Mark my word, if and when these preachers get control of the [Republican] party, and they’re sure trying to do so, it’s going to be a terrible damn problem. Frankly, these people frighten me. Politics and governing demand compromise. But these Christians believe they are acting in the name of God, so they can’t and […]

The year 2018 will be known as the year of outrage. It’s been filled with atrocities at home and abroad, protests, scandals, and mass incompetence. With the Trump administration at the wheel, America’s heading off a cliff at full speed. It’s easy to get caught up in the cloud of outrage. We rage on social […]

“All art is kind of a confession, more or less oblique. All artists, if they are to survive, are forced, at last, to tell the whole story; to vomit the anguish up.” – James Baldwin David Hayward is a pastor, artist, and coach. He’s also known as The Naked Pastor; a graffiti artist on the […]