Heidi Stevens: Rabble-rousing pastor John Pavlovitz is back with a message: Keep fighting

Every once in a while John Pavlovitz drives by the Starbucks where he was fired from his church.

He was a pastor at the time, and leadership at his North Carolina congregation didn’t appreciate his progressive views, particularly on sexuality. Pavlovitz was less concerned about keeping elders happy than he was about making the world safer for marginalized folks, so he and his church parted ways.

“I’m big on telling people to live with congruence,” he told me a few days ago. “Meaning...