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November 2011

November 06, 2011

Seminary: Growing Roots, Spreading Wings

As the discussion about what and if a seminary should be and do swirls around...

November 02, 2011

Seminary Ed: What To Do? A Follow-Up to “Renew or Plan the Funeral”

If the growing majority of students desiring an MDiv today come from non-euro-centric communities, have...

October 2011

October 28, 2011

What I Wish Seminaries Would Teach

I pray that seminaries will morph into prayer tanks, places where lay and professional people...

October 27, 2011

Ken Schenck on the Future of Seminary Education

The ideological challenge for seminaries is America's move toward a post-Christian society. Whether one agrees...

October 27, 2011

Occupying America

What is your one-sentence summation of the sentiments of the Occupy Wall Street movement? Write...

October 21, 2011

Does Seminary Have a Future?

What challenges do seminaries face in the coming years? How are they—and the churches and...

October 10, 2011

I Love Wall Street

About a month ago, on the anniversary of 9/11, a bevy of progressive bloggers, including...

September 2011

September 30, 2011

An Open Letter to Progressives: Speak Out for our GLTB Teens

Even as we point the finger at the possible oppressors, I have to wonder: "Where...

September 23, 2011

False Hope and Beauty in an Anthropomorphic God

I am so very tired of a church that hangs onto its mythic , anthropomorphic...

September 22, 2011

Hope: A Pessimist’s Guide

Over at Darkwood Brew, the creative online worship community that blends contemplative practices, jazz music...

September 19, 2011

Monica Coleman: A Welcome Mat of Peace

How can we have peace in the Middle East when there's none at home? Most...

September 09, 2011

Green Shoots Growing From the Ashes

"I believe that the vast majority of all religious believers--whether Muslim, Christian, Jewish—are merciful, compassionate...

September 08, 2011

Claremont Lincoln University – A Beacon of Interfaith Light

In the midst of these raising tides of anger and xenophobia, the creation of the...

September 07, 2011

A Liturgy for the Sept. 11 Anniversary

One of the challenges I’ve had in my ordination journey is to live within the...

August 2011

August 16, 2011

Is God Christian?

The new book "Is God a Christian?" is a beautifully-written essay promoting religious pluralism from...

August 10, 2011

A Vision for America

"Where there is no vision, the people perish... " Proverbs 29:18, Bible, King James Version....

July 2011

July 26, 2011

Was Anders Breivek Really A Christian?

We should clarify precisely what kind of “Christian” Anders Breivik is. Because, as it turns...

July 25, 2011

Mark Scandrette and Me

[Editor's Note: This is the third and final post in a series by Devin Murphy,...

July 15, 2011

Bargaining Jacob: Reflections on this Sunday’s OT Text

Do we not expect some goodies from God if we give God our time, however...

July 15, 2011

The Straw Man and the Arrogant Modernist

God save me from smug, ill informed, modernists who spend their time deconstructing faith thinking...

July 14, 2011

Battling the Biblical Bully

Earlier this week, author, speaker and blogger Rachel Held Evans stirred up quite the controversy...

July 11, 2011

The Tree of Life: For Those With Eyes To See

Indeed, for people of faith, The Tree of Life is an exhilarating trip, thanks to...

July 07, 2011

Wild Goose, Ecumenicity, and the Future of the Christian Church

Beyond a shadow of a doubt, the most powerful memory I will forever maintain from...

July 06, 2011

Spiritual Lessons I Learned in Honduras

As I sat in the heat holding sometimes one, two, sometimes three young orphaned children...

July 05, 2011

A Conservative at the Wild Goose: Part 2

[Editor's Note: This is the second in a series of guest posts by Devin Murphy,...

June 2011

June 30, 2011

A Conservative Listens at the Wild Goose

True to its spirit and invitation, the Wild Goose Festival was welcoming and inclusive of...

June 21, 2011

An Interview with Diana Butler Bass

It's Week Two of our Symposium on Progressive Christianity at Patheos (in conjunction with our...

June 17, 2011

The Friends We Keep: Animals & Christianity

Birds, bees, spiders, snakes, dogs, cats, deer, buffalo, foxes, turtles ... every one of these...

June 08, 2011

Mystical and Missional: A Spirit-Inspired Pentecost

A recent Pew Center Report notes that 50 percent of mainstream Protestants claim to have...

June 07, 2011

Taking Flight at Wild Goose

The wild goose reminds us that the Spirit of God cannot be tamed. Perhaps the...