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July 2016

July 15, 2016

Church: Can We Get Over Ourselves?

As Christendom declines and Emergence Christianity continues to blossom in all its messy glory, we...

July 15, 2016

Friday Wrap 7/15: The Week’s Top 10 Progressive Posts

Wonder what your fellow Progressive Christians have been reading -- and sharing -- at Patheos...

July 07, 2016

Three Lessons for Living in America from an Almost Ex-Pat

By Andrea Folds It's not an easy time to be an American abroad. We have...

June 2016

June 17, 2016

This Time Orlando

This time there were 49, fifty counting him—one for each star on our flag This...

June 15, 2016

Count the Killer Among the Victims?

“We don’t really count the shooter as a victim,” FBI Special Agent Paul Wysopal said...

June 06, 2016

The Fugitive: A Failed Pursuit of the Black Church to Reach Millennials

By Brianna K. Parker Every church in America seems to be asking how to get millennials...

June 02, 2016

Choosing Forgiveness

When I was a child, my father asked me to help him move a table....

May 2016

May 27, 2016

Memorial Day for People with Short Memories

We Americans don’t have very good memories. We tend to forget people and events as...

May 10, 2016

The Armor of Light Airs Tonight on PBS

If you missed the movie premiere of The Armor of Light, the important and timely documentary about...

May 04, 2016

Happy Mother’s Day, Dad!

What is a mother, anyway? Clearly it is not merely a biological relationship. Mother’s Day...

April 2016

April 21, 2016

GOD: The First Artist

The first words of the first book of the Bible are, “In the beginning, God...

April 18, 2016

The Rev. William Barber, NAACP President, Removed from Plane in D.C.

News has been circulating of a troubling incident last Saturday evening in which the Rev. Dr. William...

April 18, 2016

Tax Day Spirituality

Today is tax day and the IRS wants our money. Many of us would “give...

April 08, 2016

Impending Trump Visit Creates Clear & Present Danger

Donald Trump has been invited to Patchogue, Long Island, on Thursday, April 14th, for a...

April 07, 2016

The Power Of Bluegrass Music In Coping with the Death of 29 Coal Miners

Donald Blankenship, owner of Massey Energy Company and one of the wealthiest men in Appalachia,...

April 06, 2016

Trump “Outs” Anti-Abortion Hypocrisy

The people who want to make abortion illegal have just been "outed" for a profound...

March 2016

March 28, 2016

Disciples of Fear: Is It Easier to Believe in Crucifixions?

We currently live in a world where countless books have been written and read by...

March 11, 2016

Mindful Prayer: Listening vs. Talking

I went to an evangelical Christian prayer service recently. One after another person spoke to...

March 03, 2016

Why I Love Donald Trump

I love watching Donald Trump bring scores of people “into” the Republican tent as the...

February 2016

February 25, 2016

Funeral for An Addict

Kevin, our custodian, was expected to be at our Ash Wednesday evening church service. An...

February 18, 2016

Scalia, the Bible, and the Constitution: Only One of Them Is Dead

Recently departed Supreme Court Justice Antonin Scalia believed, “The only good Constitution is a dead...

February 02, 2016

Throwing Jesus Off a Cliff

If you invited someone to your house and shortly after they arrived you felt like throwing...

January 2016

January 25, 2016

The Trials and Tribulations of Snow: On Fighting for Safe Water for All

By Susan Barnett, Founder, Faiths for Safe Water My dad was the most popular guy...

January 25, 2016

Curing our Theological Laryngitis: A Q&A with Tripp Fuller

"Theology that is living, life-giving and mattering today can't be what it used to be."...

January 15, 2016

Turning Wine Into Water and Other Everyday Miracles

Everybody, at some point in their life, wants a miracle. But it is usually when...

January 11, 2016

Captain Moroni and Divine Revelation: On the Oregon Protesters and Christian Jihadism

"I will pour out my spirit on all flesh; your sons and your daughters shall...

January 04, 2016

Gifts Not Chains: Epiphany Wisdom for Foreign Aid (Matthew 2:1-12)

The turn of each calendar year is often filled with an influx of charitable giving,...

January 04, 2016

My New Year’s Resolution: To Be A Better Liar

I have never been a very good liar. I rarely even try it. Lying, for...

December 2015

December 22, 2015

The Wise Man’s Confession: A Christmas Poem

What wisdom I have Awakens me to my blindness. I cannot see light itself: What...

December 21, 2015

The Merchants of Light Are On Their Way

Even the darkest and shortest days have no dominion over the light that is growing...