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December 2012

December 13, 2012

Advent Windows of Memory, December 13

The Sixth Window: Scottsdale, Arizona, December 13, 2011 When my mother died in 2010, my...

December 07, 2012

Advent Windows of Memory, December 7

The Fifth Window: Christmas Morning 1972 or 1973 The picture has lightened with time, fading...

December 06, 2012

Advent: Windows of Memory, December 5

The Fourth Window: Scottsdale, Arizona Christmas 1972 Christmas 1972 is the lost Christmas. As hard...

December 04, 2012

Advent: Windows of Memory, December 3

The Third Window: Early December 1968 A few weeks before Christmas, my mother pulled out...

December 03, 2012

Advent: Windows of Memory, December 2

This year, I’m going to do something different for Advent. Here, on my blog, I...

December 01, 2012

Advent: Windows of Memory, December 1

This year, I’m going to do something different for Advent. Here, on my blog, I...

May 2012

May 24, 2012

Awakening or Bad Religion?

In the three months since my new book, Christianity After Religion, released many people have...

April 2012

April 06, 2012

Good Friday: Being With Jesus at the Cross

The following is my Good Friday sermon for St. Paul's Episcopal Church, Alexandria, Virginia, a...

February 2012

February 24, 2012

Great Awakening?

These are difficult days for faith in America. On one hand, we are experiencing a...

February 22, 2012

Ashes to ashes….

Today is Ash Wednesday, the day that we remember we come from the earth and...

February 14, 2012

Does the Church Have a Future?

Not long ago, a producer at Day1 asked about my brand new book, Christianity After...

February 07, 2012

War on Religion? President Obama, Catholics, and Everybody Else

It’s war. At least according to some, President Obama has declared a war on religion. ...

November 2011

November 25, 2011

Black Friday: A Morality Tale

This Black Friday, I expect that some religion commentators will write their yearly screed on...

October 2011

October 28, 2011

Putting the Protest Back in Protestant

This weekend, as many celebrate Halloween, some Christians will remember another holiday—one that marks the...

September 2011

September 22, 2011

Death Penalty and the American Soul

From the "Christian Nation?" Department: The death penalty has been abolished by 106 nations, 30...

September 20, 2011

Spiritual But Not Religious: Listening To Their Absence

Over the past few weeks, a debate has been roiling on the web about people...

September 09, 2011

9/11: Let All Mortal Flesh Keep Silence

For weeks now, news programs, radio commentators, and blogs have encouraged people to share their...

July 2011

July 18, 2011

Welcome to my Patheos blog!

Welcome to my new blog. I plan to start posting here the week of July...