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December 2014

December 13, 2014

Jesus Did NOT Come To Save Your Sins

I used to know it all. I used to have it all figured out. I...

November 2014

November 19, 2014

Prayer as Cracking Shins on Altars

Part 1 of 6 in a series on prayer Religious folks all too often relate...

November 15, 2014

Flap Your Wings

Sometimes the conversation for disability justice within spiritual community feels like a monumental task. It...

November 14, 2014

An Interstellar God

Yes, I am unashamedly referencing the movie, but that's because I can't get it out...

November 12, 2014

“Kill the Commentators” and if you have time the propositionalists too

Soren Kierkegaard series PART THREE The Soren Kierkegaard (SK) series has sought to present...

October 2014

October 31, 2014

Remove My Unbelief

“Oh Father rescue me from doubt Deliver me from grief Let your joy in me...

October 21, 2014

Why Evangelize Evolution?

I’m often asked, “Why do you evangelize evolution? What ‘good news’ does science offer?” The...

October 20, 2014

re-imagining God

in recent news an image of Jesus from the 4th century was found in Spain...

October 12, 2014

EMBRACING THE ABSURD: the problem of ABSOLUTES and the promise of SUBJECTIVITY

Soren Kierkegaard Series (Part Two) Disclaimer: This article will be significantly concise as the...

October 08, 2014

The River of Years

I’m at an age when thinking about age is something I do often. I reached...

September 2014

September 21, 2014

TEDx: Are God & Reality Converging?

I was recently engaged in a spirited conversation about "Convergence Christianity" with my friend and...

September 20, 2014

The Re-Indigenisation of faith, indigenous people groups and Scottish Independence

As I write from St Albans just north of London UK the people of Scotland...

September 19, 2014

Learning Action and Contemplation at Richard Rohr’s Living School

Richard Rohr’s new Living School for Action and Contemplation has launched a new synthesis of...

September 18, 2014

Pursuing the Peculiar

There is of course the notion that we all want to find points of connection—we...

September 12, 2014

Soren Kierkegaard: The First Emergent Thinker? (Part One)

For the past fifteen years the “Emerging Church” has been a source of refuge for...

September 08, 2014

The Unholy Divine

holy adjective\ˈhō-lē\: exalted or worthy of complete devotion as one perfect in goodness and righteousness I...

April 2014

April 21, 2014

An Epistle from Saul of Tarsus

Some chose to leave. Some chose to stay and fight. I became lost, and chose...

January 2014

January 15, 2014

POSTSCRIPT: The Bible is NOT the Word of God (Part 2)

A brief note on the form of things: Last April I wrote a post titled...

December 2013

December 13, 2013

Gungor: The Postmodern Anthem Band

It took me a long time to write this. I thought I should try to...

July 2013

July 22, 2013

The Post-Colonial Method versus the Sociological Method in the Study of Religion: Top-down or Bottom-up?

In the current study of “religion,” two different methods have developed that are often in...

July 06, 2013

Give Me a Racist Over A Racist System Anyday by Randy Woodley

"Now brother Woodley, Rev. _______ will share his apology with you and then you can...

May 2013

May 31, 2013

Either “Is Homosexuality A Sin?” OR “Is Homophobia A Sin?”

The modern Church’s overall inability to properly engage the culture in which it exists is...

May 17, 2013

Doug Pagitt Radio – May 16, 2013 – Interview With Matt Litton

This week on Doug Pagitt we checked in with Matt Litton (friend of Bono) to...

May 13, 2013

It’s Time to Let Go…

I have been developing a metaphor to bring insight into how spiritual development happens. That...

May 10, 2013

Doug Pagitt Radio: Interview with Jim Wallis

Broadcasting from Solomon's Porch meeting space, we busted out of the studio this week. We...

May 09, 2013

Can I Trust?

Here’s a question I’ve been asked many times, by many different people. The words I...

May 08, 2013

Transformation and Shadow Spotting

“Why do you look at the speck that is in your brother’s eye, but do...

May 01, 2013

A Contradiction of Truths

I am learning in my life to let go of the apparent contradictions; this I...

April 2013

April 10, 2013

When You Know Better, You Do Better?

There is no question that ignorance can harm us; but I’m not sure knowing better...

April 03, 2013

Do You Mean, “Yes”?

There is a passage in Scripture that says not to swear by anything on the...