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July 2014

July 08, 2014

Early Praise for “postChristian: What’s Left? Can We Fix It? Do We Care?”

With just over a month to go before publication, I'm getting really excited to share...

April 2014

April 02, 2014

The Dead Don’t Die; They Just Reboot

Religion has, for centuries, been fairly obsessed with the afterlife. For some, what awaits us...

April 01, 2014

What Rock & Roll and Religion Have in Common

I grew up with music in my life. At first, it was a combination of...

March 2014

March 06, 2014

Tony Kriz: Christian Iconoclast

Tony Kriz is, in many ways, the definitive postmodern Christian. He’s a Christian writer, teacher,...

March 05, 2014

What if I’m Not Sure What I Believe?

I get asked questions sometimes that I feel are useful for a larger audience to...

March 04, 2014

A Faith, Broken: When Inclusion Evokes Christian Ire

I have great respect for religion writer Jonathan Merritt, even though we disagree on a...

February 2014

February 19, 2014

The Trouble with Being Salt and Light

There was a time when calling someone “salt of the earth” was a compliment. It...

February 14, 2014

Why I Don’t Celebrate Valentine’s Day

I’ve done the Valentine’s Day thing in the past. And with two school-age kids, I...

January 2014

January 30, 2014

Forget Swords and Plowshares: Turn Guns Into Guitars

Most people haven’t heard of “Legislative Theater,” thought it’s been around for about fifty years....

January 30, 2014

Christianity 21: Cultivating a More Generous Christian Conversation

Doug Pagitt and Tony Jones have been at this whole church leadership thing for a...

January 22, 2014

Is Wealth a Sin?

A recent report by OXFAM offered some sobering data about both the concentration and flow of wealth...

January 20, 2014

What Repentance for the Church Looks Like Today

I’m asked pretty often what I see for the future of organized religion, and Christianity...

January 16, 2014

Why I Won’t Sign a Statement of Faith

I do most of my work by contract, which means I'm usually looking for work....

January 02, 2014

Rivers in the Desert: Why New Years Day Is a Christian Holiday

Growing up in Texas, fairly close to New Orleans, I knew all about Mardi Gras....

December 2013

December 23, 2013

Swords, Plowshares and the “Drone Dilemma”

I have followed, with great interest, as my friend, Ian Ebright, ran a successful Kickstarter...

December 19, 2013

The NSA’s Need to Know, Your Privacy and Jesus’ Path

“Those who surrender freedom for security will not have, nor do they deserve, either one.”...

December 10, 2013

Sandy Hook and the Endurance of Love

This week marks a year since the nearly incomprehensible school shootings in Newtown, Conn. Gaping...

December 04, 2013

Gareth Higgins on Peace, Politics, and Our Nation’s ‘Cinematic States’

Lots of people like movies; Gareth Higgins loves movies. But the founding director of the Wild Goose...

November 2013

November 26, 2013

Serving Two Masters: When Church and Justice Don’t Agree

Methodist minister Rev. Frank Schaefer (not to be confused with Frank Schaeffer) has come up against...

November 22, 2013

Behavior Modification for Social Justice?

The busier life gets, the more corners we cut. One of the first things to...

October 2013

October 30, 2013

Health Care is a Moral and Religious Issue

The theatrics around the Affordable Care Act seem only to be matched by the public’s...

October 18, 2013

‘The Fifth Estate:’ Is Wikileaks Good for America?

Am I the only one who finds it deliciously ironic that WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange objects stridently...

October 11, 2013

A Strong Third Political Party for the Disaffected Middle

I was talking to my wife, Amy, today about the news that Speaker John Boehner...

October 04, 2013

What is the CANA Initiative? An Interview with McLaren, Spellers and Pagitt

I can’t count how many times I’ve heard people within mainline Christian churches note that,...

September 2013

September 17, 2013

Talking Sex with a Married Catholic Priest

It’s not every day you meet a practicing priest in the Catholic Church who is...

August 2013

August 30, 2013

Problems with Christian Contemporary Music: An Interview with Trey Pearson of ‘Everyday Sunday’

Trey Pearson, front man and creative mind behind the band, Everyday Sunday, is in many...

August 29, 2013

Diverse But Not Integrated: Religion’s Race Problem

Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King immortalized many phrases still used in the contemporary American lexicon....

August 19, 2013

Why wild Goose Matters (Sojourners Exclusive)

I just got back a few days ago from a campsite outside of Asheville, N.C.,...

August 01, 2013

Pope Francis on Gays Reveals a House Divided

Pope Francis quickly is establishing himself as the “peoples’ Pope.” He has actively advocated for...

July 2013

July 06, 2013

Re-Imagining Patriotism

Following is an excerpt from a piece I wrote for Sojourners on patriotism. You can...