Christian Mythbusters

This is Father Jared Cramer from St. John's Episcopal Church in Grand Haven, Michigan, here with today's edition of Christian Mythbusters, a regular segment I offer to counter some common misconceptions about the Christian faith. Last week, I talked about the two ditches on either side of the spiritual path: thinking we are better than we are, and thinking we are worse than we are. This week, I want to stay in that second ditch a little longer, because I think a lot of us were taught we have to

This is Father Jared Cramer from St. John's Episcopal Church in Grand Haven, Michigan, here with today's edition of Christian Mythbusters, a regular segment I offer to counter some common misconceptions about the Christian faith. A few weeks ago, I was sitting with my therapist, trying to put words to something I've wrestled with for a long time. Some days it feels like I'm walking a narrow path between two ditches. On one side is the danger of thinking too highly of myself: arrogance, hubris,

This is Father Jared Cramer from St. John's Episcopal Church in Grand Haven, Michigan, here with today's edition of Christian Mythbusters, a regular segment I offer to counter some common misconceptions about the Christian faith. For the last two weeks, I've been talking about the Gospel according to Jelly Roll. First, that there's no asterisk after the word "neighbor." And second, that while we are fighting monsters, we must be careful not to become monsters ourselves. Not long ago I was visi

This is Father Jared Cramer from St. John's Episcopal Church in Grand Haven, Michigan, here with today's edition of Christian Mythbusters, a regular segment I offer to counter some common misconceptions about the Christian faith. Last week I talked about the Gospel according to Jelly Roll, how a country star with forty arrests and a face full of tattoos ended up preaching a better sermon on Jimmy Kimmel Live than most seminary graduates, busting the myth that Christianity is about being right w

This is Father Jared Cramer from St. John's Episcopal Church in Grand Haven, Michigan, here with today's edition of Christian Mythbusters, a regular segment I offer to counter some common misconceptions about the Christian faith. It is good to be back with you after having just concluded a four month sabbatical from ministry. Those four months of rest, renewal, and study have invigorated my ministry. I also did significant work on a book I’m writing, tentatively titled Revelation Unbound: Inspi

This is Father Jared Cramer from St. John's Episcopal Church in Grand Haven, Michigan, here with today's edition of Christian Mythbusters, a regular segment I offer to counter some common misconceptions about the Christian faith. Today I want to talk about rest. And why so many Christians are terrible at it. The myth I want to bust is one that runs so deep in American Christianity that most of us don't even recognize it as a theological claim. It's this: that your worth is determined by what y