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February 2012

February 25, 2012

A Tapestry of Belief and Experience

Diana Butler Bass’ Christianity after Religion explores the tension between spirituality and religion, and experience...

February 24, 2012

Physicality of Lent

In the third installment of my conversation with Phyllis Tickle about Lent we talk about...

February 23, 2012

Is Lent Holding Us Back? Phyllis Tickle and Doug Pagitt Discussion

Patheos.com is hosting a lent conversation and Phyllis Tickle and I offered the first few...

February 22, 2012

Emergent Peeps on Lent – Doug Pagitt and Phyllis Tickle first

Patheos is launching a 40 day Lent Reflection Blog today. Phyllis Tickle and I are...

February 22, 2012

Strange Christianity Made in America: Part I by Randy Woodley

What has been particularly harmful about American Christianity has not necessarily been the beliefs professed...

February 21, 2012

Black History – White Woman

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

February 20, 2012

Talking with Father Richard Rohr

Yesterday on my radio show I talked with Father Richard Rohr about his book Falling...

February 16, 2012

Peter Mayer Music Video: “Holy Now”

Here's another music video that I use in contemporary worship settings all the time. The...

February 15, 2012

Thank God for DEATH: Could Anything be More Sacred? More Necessary? More Real?

I want address the question of death because most people, religious and non-religious folk alike,...

February 12, 2012

Should We Teach Disgust As A Religious Value?

“Disgust is one of the six basic human emotions that any healthy adult can experience...

February 12, 2012

Evidence as Modern-Day Scripture: What’s Real and What’s Important TODAY

Few things dishonor and diminish God more severely than thinking of “scripture”, “God’s word”, or...

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

BEST EVOLUTION RESOURCES: Evolution as Inspiring, Meaningful Fact

Not long ago I was interviewed on radio by an intelligent design creationist who kept insisting,...

February 10, 2012

Sacred Science Music Video, by Peter Mayer: “My Soul”

I am thrilled to introduce the Emergent Village community to the work of singer-songwriter Peter...

February 08, 2012

Idolatry of the Written Word

Connie Barlow, my science writer wife, and I have been traveling North America for ten...

February 06, 2012

Postcards from Claremont: Final Reflections on Process Theology Conference

Process and Emergence in Creative Transformation Creative transformation is at the heart of process theology. ...

February 02, 2012

Secret Stones

I find it very sad when we become trapped and unable to live freely as...

February 02, 2012

Postcards from Claremont: Part 2

Emergent Village Conference on Process Theology: Day 2 Christology is not a Disease, but a...

February 01, 2012

Postcards from Claremont: Process Theology & Emergent Church

Emergent Village 2012: Process Theology and the Emerging Church, Day One What a day of...

February 01, 2012

The Second of February This and Every Year

PATHEOS – Feb 2012 I am not a feminist. I feel compelled to say that...

February 01, 2012

Evangelism Celebration

Today my book Evangelism in the Inventive Age releases and I want to celebrate with...

January 2012

January 30, 2012

Simply Simplicity, Part 2

Today we continue my thoughts on Simplicity from the corresponding chapter in Richard Foster's book,...

January 28, 2012

Holding a Space Open for the “Other” (further thoughts)

A few days ago I wrote about holding a space open for the “other”. You...

January 25, 2012

Holding a Space Open for the “Other”

How good are you at hearing someone else’s opinion? How long can you hold a...

January 25, 2012

I Like the Bible but I’m Not Sure I Know All the Words by Randy Woodley

I had been learning to play bass guitar for two years when I was finally...

January 24, 2012

Simply Simplicity, Part 1

Some of my students have recently gotten into the book The Celebration of discipline by...

January 18, 2012

On Friendship (For Hawk)

Dedicated to Hawk (d. December 2011) These days I’ve been thinking a lot about friendship....

January 18, 2012

Emerging Apophatic

One of my favorite theological sayings is “God in all things; all things in God.”...

January 17, 2012

Blessed or Cursed?

It seems natural to wonder, “am I cursed or am I blessed?” But the answer...

January 17, 2012

A Seat at The Table: Keep it Wild

Listening to a recent 'On Being' podcast with the venerable and feisty Walter Brueggemann, I...