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March 2011

March 07, 2011

The Adjustment Bureau: Divine Plan or Sacred Possibility?

Are our lives governed by fate or do we have freedom and creativity to shape...

March 04, 2011

Should It Matter What Justin Bieber Thinks About Abortion?

Should it matter what teens think about important issues related to faith and ethics? Are...

March 02, 2011

Piecing a Quilt: Preparing for Lent

As I get ready to enter in to the Lenten season, I gather a quilt,...

March 01, 2011

Practicing Transfiguration

What can we do beyond merely admiring Jesus’ Transfiguration? Said differently, what could it mean...

February 2011

February 28, 2011

Saving Christian Bookstores

I have been the publicist for a major Christian music festival for years, and every...

February 22, 2011

No Easy Answers: Reflections on Matthew 6:24-34

Jesus' teachings are digging tools that undercut the foundation of my house . . ....

February 18, 2011

Sketchy Scenes: Reflections on this Sunday Scriptures

When I hear the teachings about loving our enemies and turning the other cheek, I...

February 17, 2011

Liberation, from Egypt: Portents of Change in American Christianity

As the track of evangelical emergent pluralists connects with the track of theologically and socially...

February 16, 2011

Why The Revolution in Egypt is Dangerous for Our Youth

What happens if teens discover that the pacifist life of Jesus that we often idealize...

February 13, 2011

Egyptian Surprise Bears Repeating

As hundreds of thousands of Egyptians have shown the world -- gathered across what many...

February 07, 2011

What If There Were No Religions?

Imagine no religion? Are we crazy? Without religion we have only animal instincts and pop...

February 03, 2011

Ancient Stones, Living Stones: An Alternative Tour of the Holy Land

"Within the despairingly complicated quagmire of issues in Jerusalem, we encountered several pictures of hope."...

January 2011

January 31, 2011

A Salt & Light Job Description: Reflections on Sunday’s scriptures, Matthew 5:13-16

"Have a nice day" is not the sort of thing Jesus ever said to anyone...

January 25, 2011

Christians and Guns

Naturally there is nothing in the Bible about guns themselves, and there is little in...

January 24, 2011

If Jesus Were on Facebook….Reflections on Matthew 5:1-12

I like Facebook, but I have somehow ended up with lots of friends I don't...

January 24, 2011

Jay Bakker, The Grace Junkie: A Book Review

You would think someone who has experienced so much would walk away from anything that...

January 19, 2011

Who is my brother? Who is my sister?

Moments into his new administrative responsibilities the governor of Alabama told a congregation that those...

January 17, 2011

Love Is The Seat of Wisdom

In case you haven't met her yet, let me introduce you to one of our...

January 16, 2011

The Little Monk: A Theopoetic of Grace and Creation

To my readers: I have been away from this and other blogs since the beginning...

January 12, 2011

A Prayer With Haiti

Kent Annan, co-director of Haiti Partners, first moved to Haiti eight years ago and lived...

January 10, 2011

Tragedy in Tucson: An All-Too-Real Parable Unfolding

The tragedy in Tucson this week has brought us once again to the brink of...

January 10, 2011

Demon-Possessed Politics

In the wake of yesterday’s tragic shooting of U.S. Representative Gabrielle Giffords no small number...

January 10, 2011

God, The Holy Adventurer

On this first day of your holy adventure, we begin with the basics – our...

January 05, 2011

Why Isn’t It Cool To Be A Christian?

Why is Christianity so un-cool? To be sure, there are dozens of reasons. Christianity has...

January 05, 2011

The Perversion of ‘Them’

Once we ask the ominous question "Who are they?" by inherent contradiction we are then...

January 04, 2011

A New Year of Violence Against Christians

On January 1, 2011, the Dallas Morning News carried three different stories about attacks on...

January 03, 2011

The Placebo Effect of Faith

For a long time, I and other progressive Christians have been saying that you can...

December 2010

December 23, 2010

Level With Me: A Christmas Eve Meditation

Haven’t you ever wondered “What was God thinking? To take such a terrible risk? To...

December 21, 2010

Is Jesus Just a Good Guy? Why The Incarnation Matters 2

"If Jesus is just a good guy, then the world has one more hero --...

December 20, 2010

Why The Incarnation Matters 1

What does it mean for us that God chose to enter the world in flesh...