Essay Hillsong: A Megachurch Exposed and the Scandals of EvangelicalismThe stories of Mars Hill and Hillsong share many similarities. Celebrity pastors, all men of course, wielding large amounts of…Allison Vander BroekApril 23, 2022
Essay That Funny FeelingI’ve had that funny feeling most recently watching the news out of Ukraine. It’s horrifying, disconcerting, and disorienting and yet…Allison Vander BroekMarch 12, 2022
Essay Finding God in the Waves (Revisited)When I first read Finding God in the Waves in early 2017, I had only recently left evangelicalism.Allison Vander BroekFebruary 26, 2022
Essay Climate Change, Resilience, and Battling IndifferenceTwo of the best novels I read in 2021 were Bewilderment by Richard Powers and Cloud Cuckoo Land by Anthony…Allison Vander BroekJanuary 15, 2022
Essay The Power of RitualAfter two years living through the disruptions of this pandemic, I know I find myself wanting to live a simpler…Allison Vander BroekDecember 4, 2021
Essay Martyrdom and MemoryI’ve been remembering recently how martyrdom was such a prominent feature of my evangelical upbringing. I mean, no one I…Allison Vander BroekSeptember 18, 2021
Essay American IndividualismThere is an American tendency to propose and promote individual solutions for systemic issues, rather than working to dismantle unjust…Allison Vander BroekAugust 7, 2021
Essay Evangelicalism and the Absurd in Mega the PodcastA satirical podcast for the fictional megachurch Twin Hills, it's absurd and can hit close to home.Allison Vander BroekJune 26, 2021
Essay On ReparationsChristians enter into Jesus’ sacrificial work and partner together to tell the truth about the past and free the present…Allison Vander BroekJune 12, 2021
Essay White Evangelical RacismRacism is at the core of white evangelicalism -- or as Butler repeats in the introduction, “It is a feature,…Allison Vander BroekApril 3, 2021