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October 2016

October 28, 2016

Q & R: Why Celebrate a Swing of the Pendulum?

Here's the question: A friend quoted you recently as saying a) that you see a...

March 2016

March 28, 2016

A Post-Easter Meditation

For many people, Holy Week is a time of triumphant faith. But for others, it...

January 2016

January 07, 2016

David Gushee gets it right on Wheaton College

Quotable: "Conservative evangelical institutions such as Wheaton are governed and supported, overwhelmingly, by people who...

December 2015

December 09, 2015

An Open Letter to Jerry Falwell Jr., Students, and Faculty of Liberty University

Dear Mr. Falwell, In the tradition of your father, you made some reckless and inflammatory statements...

November 2015

November 11, 2015

A Sabbatical…

About ten years ago, I completed 24 years in the pastorate to begin a new...

October 2015

October 29, 2015

Gradye Parsons to Donald Trump

A wise letter worth reading, for Donald and all of us, from the elected spokesperson...

May 2015

May 22, 2015

Q&R: Church Futures?

Here's the Question: From your perspective professionally and your position (of great privilege!) as a...

April 2015

April 05, 2015

The Uprising Begins: An Easter Sunday Reflection

This is an excerpt from We Make the Road by Walking, Chapter 33: The Uprising...

January 2015

January 13, 2015

An Open Letter to the New Congress: Care for the Earth

My friend Cameron Trimble and I have a letter in The Hill today. You can read...

October 2014

October 07, 2014

Peter Enns on the Bible, Part 3

Peter Enns and I both released important books about the Bible this year. Peter's book is called...

September 2014

September 29, 2014

Peter Enns on the Bible, Part 2

Peter Enns and I both released important books about the Bible this year. Peter's book is called...

September 09, 2014

Dear Charisma Media…

Dear Steve Strang, Jennifer LeClaire, Shawn Akers, and Lee Grady, We all make mistakes. As...

August 2014

August 04, 2014

Israel, Gaza, Sanity, and Insanity (Part 2)

In a previous post, I tried to address an important issue: that we need to address...

July 2014

July 28, 2014

Israel, Gaza, Insanity and Sanity (Part 1)

This is not a post about who is right and wrong in Israel-Palestine. This is...

July 01, 2014

What I Said at the White House

I was invited to be part of a forum on global human rights for LGBT persons on...

June 2014

June 24, 2014

On Israel, Palestine, and Presbyterian Divestment

Tikkun magazine recently offered these two letters - both by Jewish people concerned about the...

May 2014

May 08, 2014

We Make the Road By Walking (Video)

We Make the Road by Walking: Song from brian mclaren onVimeo. This song explores themes that I also...

April 2014

April 18, 2014

Good Friday Meditation

This is from my book Everything Must Change: The cross is an even more dramatic narrative...

April 11, 2014

Contraception, Hobby Lobby, and Abortion

Baptist Christian ethicist David Gushee recently wrote a helpful summary and analysis of the Hobby Lobby case...

March 2014

March 21, 2014

Q&R: Emerging? Progressive?

Here's the Question: Brian, it seems to me that Emerging Christianity and Progressive Christianity are...

February 2014

February 25, 2014

Q&R: You, Rob Bell, Donald Miller, and Christianity Today

Here's the Question: Kevin Miller wrote a piece in CT about you, Rob Bell, and Don...

February 04, 2014

Children and Youth Ministry People…

I'm really looking forward to being part of Faith Forward's 2014 gathering in Nashville, May...

January 2014

January 15, 2014

Q&R: Which Denomination?

Here's the Question: First off thank you for all your great work. You have deeply...

December 2013

December 05, 2013

Q&R: Multiple Religious Identities?

Here's the Question: Hope you're doing well! I caught your Q&A this morning on Facebook,...

November 2013

November 19, 2013

Q&R: Calling Myself a Christian

Here's the Question: Just a short question: I have a Christian background, but the way...

October 2013

October 21, 2013

Q & R: Just Some Vague Hope in the Distant Mysterious Future?

Here's the Question: i have read several of your books, the most recent one being...

October 15, 2013

“How Was Worship Yesterday?”

That Monday-morning question kind of makes me cringe. It might be innocent enough, but it...

September 2013

September 06, 2013

Praying for Peace on Saturday

I'll be joining many others in praying for the situation in Syria on Saturday because...

August 2013

August 19, 2013

Q&R: How Do you Find a Community of Open-Minded Christians?

Here's the Question: Just finished your book. It REALLY spoke to me. It's where I'm headed in...

July 2013

July 26, 2013

Big Consequences. Big Opportunities. Big Choices.

I don't often engage in prediction, but here's one I can venture to make, not...