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May 2014

May 14, 2014

Yale offers a free course on the Old Testament

As I have written about before, I love to spend my free time listening to...

May 13, 2014

Why I don’t support the Keystone pipeline

Last week the Obama Administration unveiled the Third U.S. National Climate Assessment (NCA)—the "most comprehensive, authoritative scientific report...

May 13, 2014

Pope Francis: Tolkien Fan

I love The Lord of the Rings. I love the mythology, the lore, the songs,...

May 13, 2014

Reviewsday Tuesday: Scott Hahn’s Bible Dictionary

A couple weeks ago the Gospel reading recounted one of my favorite stories of Jesus....

May 12, 2014

You’ll Love this video: Creation to the Flood in 3 minutes

There has been a lot of discussion about the movie Noah's portrayal of the Biblical...

May 12, 2014

Theologues Roundtable: Evangelicals and the Liturgy

This weekend I had the great pleasure of sitting down with author, pastor, and musician Glenn...

May 08, 2014

Lazarus: The Musical

The premiere of the new arrangement of Lazarus: The Musical, was one of the highlights of...

May 06, 2014

Presenting the Theologues’ “Roundtable” Podcast

Theologues: Roundtable Over the weekend a project that I have been involved with just launched....

May 05, 2014

The Four Articles you need to read by Billy Kangas (celebrating #Patheos5Yrs)

I am excited that Patheos is turning five. As I’ve written about, on...

April 2014

April 30, 2014

A List of the Most Awesome Sites for Theology Nerds

I am a theology nerd. I love to hear people talk about God, what they...

April 23, 2014

Book giveaway: The Catholic Commentary on Holy Scripture

I am often asked for recommendations on Bible commentaries. Most often people want to have...

April 22, 2014

In Defense of Rubrics

One of the main reasons I love to study liturgy is it equips me...

April 10, 2014

The DNA of the Roman Rite

The Mass of the Roman Rite of the Catholic Church, far and away, is the...

April 09, 2014

The Early Seeds of the Liturgy

The life of the Christian church is weaved from a rich tapestry of threads. Some...

April 02, 2014

4 Reasons You Need to Pay Attention to the “Francis Factor”

As you probably are aware, last week President Obama met with Pope Francis. Here are a...

April 01, 2014

#Reviewsday Tuesday: 6 Takeaways from Young Catholic America

Last month I read through Young Catholic America. It's a new study that looks at the faith...

April 01, 2014

Watch the #Bordermass now!

The US bishops are offering a #Bordermass today for the 6,000 migrants who have died in the...

April 01, 2014

It’s April 1: My favorite day on the internet!

Well it's April 1. The day when the internet has fun. I've only been online...

March 2014

March 31, 2014

The Origins of Lent

There is arguably no season in the Church calendar with more diverse scholarship surrounding it...

March 30, 2014

Live: Dialog with ‘Friendly Atheist’ Hemant Mehta

Hemant Mehta (aka the Friendly Atheist) and I will be hanging out tomorrow Monday...

March 28, 2014

Noah’s Remarkably Faithful Adaptation of the Bible

Last night I went and saw Noah, and I have to admit I was more...

March 25, 2014

10 Things That Should Shock You More Than World Vision’s Recent Announcement (revised)

UPDATE: Apparently World Vision has reversed their decision. I have made a few edit's below to reflect that...

March 25, 2014

Remembering Oscar Romero – 34 years later

The following prayer was composed by Bishop Ken Untener of Saginaw, drafted for a homily...

March 20, 2014

Catholic Sister on the Voice

I got a big kick out these reactions to this performance on the Italian iteration...

March 20, 2014

The Beautiful Diversity of Catholic Liturgy

The first time I went to a Catholic church I felt pretty confused. People...

March 18, 2014

Review: God’s Good World

In Jonathan R. Wilson's recent book God's Good World, Dr. Wilson tries to form a doctrine of...

March 17, 2014

Question: How do I get Baptized?

This week I was asked: I would like to get Baptized, how do I do...

March 17, 2014

Lutheran Satire: St. Patrick’s Bad analogies

This is possibly my favorite video of all time. I think that I will be...

March 17, 2014

Review: Lent for Everyone

This lent I have been using the daily reflections in N.T. Wright's Lent for Everyone for...

March 14, 2014

The Problem with a Pop-Culture Christ

This afternoon I had an article published at Relevant Magazine. Critiquing the poverty of deep...