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October 2013

October 07, 2013

Circling the World in Prayer: An Interview with Shalem’s Tilden Edwards and Leah Rampy

For the past four decades, the Shalem Institute for Spiritual Formation in Washington, D.C. has been...

October 04, 2013

Remembering Francis: From 12th Century Rebel to 21st Century Pope

Today (October 4), Christians around the world remember one of the great heroes of our...

September 2013

September 25, 2013

FEAR

Fear keeps no track of the statistical likelihoodThat the boogeyman'll getcha.It doesn't listen to arguments...

September 24, 2013

SFTS Student Starts Street Ministry in San Francisco

[Editor's Note: Before coming to Patheos, I spent a decade of my life and career at...

September 23, 2013

Give (The Department of) Peace a Chance

The time is upon us to recognize that peace is not merely a destination, but...

September 19, 2013

There Will Soon Be No More Priests: A Review of Occupy Spirituality

Matthew Fox's new book "Occupy Spirituality" is at least as much about "occupying" religion in...

September 13, 2013

Occupy Spirituality: A Video Interview with Matthew Fox

Think the Occupy Movement has come and gone? Not so, claims renowned theologian Matthew Fox,...

September 11, 2013

St. Augustine on Syria

Christianity has concerned itself with matters of war and peace for almost its entire history....

September 06, 2013

Sinner and Saint: An Interview with Nadia Bolz-Weber

Pastrix, the much-anticipated spiritual memoir of one of progressive Christianity’s most talked-about and unconventional pastors,...

September 05, 2013

Syria: Groupthink or Grouppray?

With morbid fascination, I'm watching the leaders of the United States groupthink their way into...

August 2013

August 30, 2013

Brian McLaren on Passing on the Faith

All month here at Patheos, we've been exploring the topic of Passing on the Faith...

August 28, 2013

Dying for a Drink

(an excerpt from SOULJOURN, my new novel) We worked all day. Dad and Rachel...

August 27, 2013

To Sing and Dance: Confessions of a Religious, but Not Spiritual

When I think about spiritual disciplines as something I need to do in order to...

August 21, 2013

Itchy Intentions for a Messy World: A Tale of Two Festivals

A dozen bug bites and one gold intention bracelet. My arm, currently adorned with both,...

August 20, 2013

Matheomatics

St. John of the Cross, the Spanish mystical priest of the 16th century, drew a...

August 15, 2013

Opening the Heart: an excerpt from my new Patheos Press novel, SOULJOURN

An excerpt from SOULJOURN, my new novel (Chapter 6): I went home, said goodnight to...

August 12, 2013

Wild Goose Day Four: Ecosystems

My branch of mostly-white Protestant Christianity is obsessed with its own death. It frets about...

August 11, 2013

Wild Goose Day Three: Closer To Fine

I don’t know if I’ve ever had an ecstatic religious experience before. Certainly those experiences...

August 10, 2013

Wild Goose Day Two: Embodiment

Humidity is a kind of spiritual practice. I never thought about it that way until...

August 09, 2013

Wild Goose Day One: Notes on Pilgrimage

The day began at the airport, the great temple to modern travel. Eleventh Busiest Airport...

August 07, 2013

Wonderbolts of Thunderment

(See the study guide for my new novel, SOULJOURN, here.... the novel invites readers to...

August 07, 2013

Of Chestnut Saplings and Wild Geese

I can remember a particular hiking trip with my family. I was probably seven or...

August 01, 2013

A Search for the Historically Angry Jesus: A Review of Reza Aslan’s “Zealot”

A Review of ZEALOT: The Life and Times of Jesus of Nazareth by Reza Aslan (Random...

July 2013

July 18, 2013

Seeds, Leaves, Roots: Health Care for All

(I'm working now on a project called SEEDS, LEAVES, ROOTS: Faithful Rhetoric and Reflection for...

July 15, 2013

Seeing God’s Presence in All Things: Embracing Visual Social Media in Ministry

I think we’re embracing these visual social media tools with unprecedented swiftness because we know...

July 11, 2013

Seeking God in the Wilderness: Joining a Sacred Quest

I do not know how to begin that process of awakening to my kinship with...

July 09, 2013

Silence with a Sloth: On Meeting the Divine in Costa Rica

I had heard about the Sloth-man a few days before meeting him in a Quaker...

July 08, 2013

Time with God

Walking in the early morning on the Lizard Head trail under the red cliffs of...

July 03, 2013

Getting My Goose On: A Q&A with Wild Goose Festival Director Gareth Higgins

With only five weeks to go to the third annual Wild Goose Festival in Hot...

July 02, 2013

When Robbers and Innkeepers Profit from Good Samaritans

By the Rev. Brian E. Konkol Lake Edge Lutheran Church, Madison, WI The “Parable of the...