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November 2013

November 29, 2013

Stuck in the Middle with Bonhoeffer

So, this arrived on my doorstep about two weeks ago. I agreed to read and...

October 2013

October 16, 2013

Did the Resurrection Happen? And Does It Matter?

Two fellow bloggers on the Patheos Progressive Christian Channel held a polite but pointed discussion...

September 2013

September 23, 2013

Why I Love Pope Francis’s Radical (Not Really) Take on the Gospel

I am enamored of Pope Francis. Every time he clarifies what he believes about the...

September 16, 2013

Did Jesus Get Cranky Too? Thoughts on an Incarnational Faith

I snapped at my daughter the other night over something trivial. As I helped her...

May 2013

May 08, 2013

Articulating the Mystery of Faith: Christian Wiman’s “My Bright Abyss”

We Christians are sometimes taken to task for the way that we, when embroiled in...

April 2013

April 30, 2013

A Different Take on Why Bad Things Happen to Good People

Questions around suffering and pain are stock in trade for me as a writer. I...

March 2013

March 29, 2013

No, the Crucifixion is Not About Bloody Child Sacrifice Being Necessary for Forgiveness

In my post Message to the Nones, which countered some popular but wrong-headed notions of...

February 2013

February 12, 2013

What Kind of Christian Are You? (And Does It Matter?)

Roger Olson, an evangelical blogger here on Patheos, wrote a post last week on "Why...