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February 2013

February 14, 2013

Invited to Question

I love the Bible. For some of you reading this that might seem strange; for...

February 11, 2013

#SKEPTIMERGENT: a review of @jaybakker’s new book

With Jay's new book coming out tomorrow, I thought I would repost my review here......

February 04, 2013

SKEPTIMERGENT

Welcome to the beginning of a collaboration between various people called “SKEPTIMERGENT.” This dialogue began...

January 2013

January 30, 2013

I AM A TAKER

In AA’s big book on page 61, a question is asked, “What is his basic...

December 2012

December 26, 2012

A Brief Introduction

Hello readers, My name is Denika Anderson, and I'm a recent addition to the EV...

November 2012

November 19, 2012

A New Kind of Christian Television Network

One week ago today, my good friend Phil Shepherd and I launched a new kind...

November 06, 2012

the fatality of truth…letting go of the wobbly bits

Yesterday I had this thought in my mind tumbling around like laundry stuck in the...

October 2012

October 31, 2012

Bible meditation versus The Ear Worm

“Find a quiet place and a comfortable chair. Sit down, don't cross your legs, rest...

October 26, 2012

In the end, it’s all about love… nothing else.

Ever notice how good theology is found in life and not the bible. This week,...

June 2012

June 18, 2012

Getting the Courage We Long For

"Courage is the most important of all the virtues, because without courage you can't practice...

May 2012

May 23, 2012

Lessons from a month with Hepatitis A?

May 23, 2012

Is Violent Racism Making a Comeback or Has it Ever Gone Away? by Randy Woodley

Many White people thought we had racism almost licked in America. We would all at...

May 18, 2012

Hating the Invisible Man

We finally made it to the Oregon Coast yesterday. I took some pictures in the...

April 2012

April 29, 2012

Lines at Easter

I am an amateur poet. Well, more precisely I scribble on paper and end up...

April 21, 2012

On Being a Christian

In a recent reading of Erich Fromm's To Have or to Be, I've once again...

March 2012

March 08, 2012

Facebook is Helping Me Grieve

By Jana Riess In the news last week I read a story about a mother...

March 02, 2012

The Dangerous Pursuit of Pastoral Fame

As my chiropractor was working me over yesterday, she was asking about the reading I’m...

February 2012

February 26, 2012

Aids, homosexuality…confronting the terminal illness of judgement

Last night, working in the emergency department we had a woman maybe in her seventy's come...

February 21, 2012

Black History – White Woman

Thank you. I’m sorry. I need to say both. Thank you to everyone who has...

February 11, 2012

For those who know: a modern parable

It may have occurred to you as strange my friend when the ravenous vultures began...

February 11, 2012

A parable:prodigal faith…returning home

For years she had cultivated her faith in her father's house. And for years she...

January 2012

January 31, 2012

An Evangelical Pentecostal Naturalist?

I'm often described in the mainstream media as an 'Evangelical minister' or ‘Pentecostal preacher', even...

January 13, 2012

The Gluttony of Busyness

I've been too busy to post here recently. I've been too busy for a lot...