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February 2012

February 02, 2012

Shared Sacrifice, Shared Reward

"Every one to whom much is given, of him will much be required; and of...

January 2012

January 27, 2012

Epiphany 4: Lectionary Reflections

By John C. Holbert Lectionary Reflections on Deuteronomy 18: 15-20 Epiphany 4: Sunday, January 29,...

January 26, 2012

The Secrets We Keep: Reflections on Mark 1:29-39

If we are living faithful lives, seeking to serve others and love them as Christ...

January 18, 2012

Making Meaning

(This "musing" appears in The Interfaith Observer online magazine this month.) My wife and I...

January 16, 2012

Should MLK’s “Letter from a Birmingham Jail” Be Added to the New Testament?

Bruce Metzger, in his seminal work The Canon of the New Testament: Its Origin, Development, and...

January 13, 2012

Politicians and Prayer: On Blessing and Cursing

“Life is infinitely stranger than anything the mind can invent,” so says Arthur Conan Doyle,...

January 09, 2012

Mormon Reckoning

America is entering a Mormon moment as a former bishop of the Latter-Day Saints, Mitt...

January 06, 2012

Rick Santorum – The Jesus Candidate

Just when you think the theological foolishness of the presidential election is on the wane,...

January 05, 2012

God Speaks to Pat Robertson

It’s happening again! God has spoken directly to Pat Robertson, revealing the identity of the...

January 03, 2012

Epiphanies

An awakening. An opening into higher consciousness. A discovery. A parting of the fog of...

January 02, 2012

Epiphany: Going Home By Another Road

A Reflection on Epiphany (January 6, 2012) In the time of King Herod, after Jesus...

December 2011

December 26, 2011

The Tragic Beauty of Christmas: The Massacre of the Innocents

Just a few days after the celebration of Christmas, the light of Bethlehem is eclipsed...

December 23, 2011

What would Jesus do if he were here right now?

What would Jesus do if he were here right now? I can't think of a...

December 20, 2011

Why We Need an Incarnation: A Progressive Vision

Progressive Christians struggle with the stories and theology of the incarnation. Following Rudolf Bultmann, most...

December 20, 2011

The Virgin of Guadalupe Speaks

Press Release: The Virgin of Guadalupe Speaks For immediate release At a press conference in...

December 19, 2011

How Will We Reach the Nones?

The church and the seminary, in their current structures, are at risk of becoming totally...

December 12, 2011

Hibernating: An Advent Spiritual Practice

Advent's darkness offers a womblike cocoon where we are invited to wait, to ponder what...

December 08, 2011

Rick Perry and the Real War on Faith

Of course there’s a war on faith, Rick Perry. There has been a war on faith...

December 08, 2011

What Churches Can Learn from Occupy Wall Street

When was the last time Christians came together and linked arms to protest anything? Many...

December 07, 2011

From Parable to Pretzel: Bible Abuse by the Religious Right

Tony Perkins, president of the religious-right Family Research Council in Washington, wrote a piece that...

December 06, 2011

Advent Birth Pains: Staying Awake to the Heart Cry of the World

The season of Advent sounds a discordant note in a world abuzz with holiday Musak. ...

December 02, 2011

Defining and Defending Religious Freedom

The freedom to practice religion, with neither the interference nor the endorsement of the government,...

November 2011

November 25, 2011

A Different Kind of Christmas

The Christian liturgical year ended appropriately with Matthew 25. In this passage known as the...

November 22, 2011

Thanksgiving in a Time of Scarcity

Many North Americans are struggling to find a spirit of thankfulness this year. Many of...

November 21, 2011

Why We Need Advent

Advent is a curious season in the Christian year. Perhaps before the identification of Christmas...

November 18, 2011

Left, Right Out of Sight, and Christ

[This post is part of a conversation at the Patheos Book Club on the new...

November 16, 2011

The Big Interfaith Tent at Occupy Oakland

The Big interfaith Tent at Occupy Oakland: Faithfully Engaging the 99% A Local Pastor’s Reflections...

November 16, 2011

The Parable of the Three Slaves: An Occupy Tale

Once upon a time, a wealthy CEO of a multinational corporation called his three most...

November 14, 2011

The Future of Seminary Education: Admit What We Don’t Know

As we head into our final week of our Symposium on the Future of Seminary...

November 08, 2011

New Voices on Seminary Education

As our Symposium on the Future of Seminary Education enters its fourth week here at...