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June 2012

June 01, 2012

Selfless Service

You know the difference. You go to a clothing store and visit the shoe department....

May 2012

May 25, 2012

How to Read the Bible: A Progressive Christian Guide

Here I offer a set of assumptions and suggestions for reading, understanding, and making creative...

May 22, 2012

The Wild Goose Honks for You! (A Q&A with Gareth Higgins, and a special 15% Discount)

With the second annual Wild Goose Festival -- a 4-day gathering of thousands of progressive Christians...

May 22, 2012

SFTS Preachers Retreat Renews both Mind and Spirit

Several years ago, before I moved to Denver and began working at Patheos, I had...

May 17, 2012

Song on the Mount

Song on the Mount Every hair on your head is counted Every bird on the...

May 09, 2012

The Macrotheism of Chip Murray

a review by Jim Burklo of “Twice Tested by Fire: A Memoir of Faith and...

May 07, 2012

Two Prayers for Graduates

By David Swartz Graduation, the goal, the dream…in some cases, the miracle. When I speak...

May 07, 2012

You Say You Want a Christian in the White House…

By Jeff Fulmer I should confess right off that I voted for George W. Bush...

May 01, 2012

Dear Church: It’s Not You, It’s Us

While churches have a great deal of liability in matters of “clergy killing,” I think...

April 2012

April 27, 2012

How to Live As a Christian Without Having to Believe the Unbelievable

How can you follow Jesus’ way of love without accepting creeds that are confusing or...

April 24, 2012

The Way of the Mule

A Spanish pilgrim in rough clothes rode on a mule toward Rome and Jerusalem in...

April 17, 2012

Muddy Insight

Discovery I dreamed I heard someone singing A beautiful song I'd never heard before. I...

April 12, 2012

GCB: The Good, the Gag-me, and the Gospel

by Erin Wathen I love the new show GCB. And it bugs me. And I...

April 11, 2012

Seeking the Blessing: April 15

I received many responses to my recent "musings" about the Blessing of Taxes (coming this...

April 10, 2012

Together Towards Tomorrow: Pluralism in India

On January 21, 2011 the De Smet – de Marneffe Memorial Annual Lecture was held...

April 05, 2012

Compassion Week

What’s your passion, this Passion Week? Anything worth risking your life? I attended a conference...

April 02, 2012

Religion and Science in the Indian Context

During the past year I had the great fortune to spend a little over one...

March 2012

March 30, 2012

How I’m Preaching the Resurrection

Easter morning approaches, bringing with it a fresh opportunity -- and challenge -- to unpack...

March 20, 2012

Done with Substitutionary Atonement

I'm done with Substitutionary atonement. I’m done with the magical notion that human beings need...

March 08, 2012

Progressive Taxation and Christian Faith

Some Americans believe that taxation is theft, and that taking care of the poor and...

March 06, 2012

Sticky Denominations?

By Jennifer Gutierrez Director of Urban Ministry for the California Pacific Conference of the United Methodist...

March 01, 2012

Towards an Honest Pluralism: Responding to “Being Different”

"The sheer range of religions represented led me to assume that they have few presuppositions...

February 2012

February 22, 2012

Ash Wednesday

On my forehead, A sign of the cross, Smudged in ash from the fire That...

February 21, 2012

Becoming Like a Flute: Meditations on Fat Tuesday and Ash Wednesday

In a world filled with clutter, noise, and hustle, Lent is a good excuse to...

February 17, 2012

A Lectionary Poem: Transfiguration Sunday

A Poem for Sundays there is a place beyond belief, where faith is true and...

February 13, 2012

Exorcise Wall Street

I am one of those Christians who believes in angels and demons. But I think...

February 09, 2012

Earth’s Heartbeat

(on a hike at Devil's Punchbowl near Pearblossom, CA) Mountain-shaped silhouettesMark the the tall...

February 06, 2012

Signs of Hope: A Moment with the PC(USA) Moderator

By Cynthia Bolbach, Moderator of the Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.) One question I’m asked almost more...

February 02, 2012

Dorothy Day: A National Hero?

This morning, at the National Prayer Breakfast, Barack Obama named Dorothy Day as a “great...

February 02, 2012

Listening to our Inner Jobs: Lectionary Reflections on Isaiah 40:21-31

By John C. Holbert Lectionary Reflections for Epiphany 5 - Isaiah 40:21-31 We Christians have...