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March 2015

March 02, 2015

The Gospel of Kelly Gissendaner

Georgia clergy just delivered 500 signatures of faith leaders and 40 boxes of names from...

February 2015

February 27, 2015

Women, the Death Penalty, and Jesus

Only 15 women have been executed in the U.S. since the reinstatement of the death...

February 27, 2015

Is Theology a Technology?

This post finds its origins in a tweet: "Theology is a technology." - @IdeasDoneDaily

February 26, 2015

I Might Be The World’s Worst Evangelist

The other day I'm cruising down the highway listening to the "Frozen" soundtrack (don't judge,...

February 25, 2015

The (N. T.) Wright-way or the Highway

Editor's Note: This is a response by Paul Holloway to the post, "Paul Holloway's Rant Against N....

February 19, 2015

Pastors are People, Too: 5 Things to Know When You Meet Us in Public

A few years ago, not long after my wife and I were married, we received...

February 16, 2015

De-terrorizing the Texts of Terror: What The Bible’s “Punishing God” is Really All About

There are any number of texts in the Bible that depict God as a punishing...

February 02, 2015

Who or What Is God?

I've been spending a lot of time with professed atheists lately. In particular, this week I...

January 2015

January 26, 2015

Five Things To Do When GOD Seems ALOOF

There is an old joke… There was a man who fell in a hole and...

January 22, 2015

Holy Parents, Not Rabbits and Colonizers

By Timothy Villareal Discussing the Catholic Church's prohibition on artificial contraception and its promotion of...

January 13, 2015

Some Assembly Required: A Church Without God

On January 11, I drove down the hill to the Musicians Union hall at 817...

January 12, 2015

Trust Me, Church: How Your Bulletin Makes Me Feel Like I Do (or Don’t) Belong

In my search for a church home during graduate school, I attended over ten churches...

January 07, 2015

Where Is God? A Sermon on Why It’s Not Necessary to Believe that Jesus is God

John’s prologue is actually a poem that introduces major themes that will be developed in...

December 2014

December 10, 2014

The Virgin Monologue: A Poem for Advent

"'God did it' isn't an explanation," said Joseph. He got no account for the baby's...

December 04, 2014

Why President Obama’s Executive Actions Are Hostile To The Kingdom Of God: Voices From The Religious Left

By the Rev. Ellin Jimmerson A factual certainty about the Bible is that the Old...

December 02, 2014

Church Without God

I now have the privilege of watching a remarkable experiment unfold - up-close and personal....

November 2014

November 25, 2014

Flip the Script: A Letter to My Son after Ferguson

"What the world witnessed last night was democracy on fire." -- Rev. Osagyefo Sekou "We...

November 25, 2014

The Hipster’s Guide to an Authentic Christmas

I have a theory. I could be wrong. But I think Christmas 2014 will be...

November 24, 2014

A Spiritual Path to Gratitude

Brother David Steindl-Rast has contended in his writings that gratitude is foundational to a healthy...

November 19, 2014

The Politics of Love

For a long period in the history of the United States, Christians understood that progressive...

November 17, 2014

Making the Most of What We Have Been Given (A Sermon on the Parable of the Talents in Matt. 25:14-30)

I don’t know if there is any truth to it or not, but the story...

November 10, 2014

Preaching as a Mad Act: A Q&A with John Holbert

"Preaching is a mad act, speaking for God to people who hardly know who God...

November 06, 2014

A New Conversation on the Death Penalty

This week (Nov. 6) Wheaton College, often called “the Harvard of Christian colleges” is hosting...

November 05, 2014

Away With the Manger

The annual rant is upon us: Thanksgiving is still weeks away, and already the stores...

November 04, 2014

Five Ways to Experience an Extreme Advent

By Sybil MacBeth Author, The Season of the Nativity: Confessions of an Advent, Christmas and...

October 2014

October 31, 2014

Voting: A Ritual

(see this and more at Patheos.com's "Public Square": ) "Voting is irrational." This jarring statement...

October 29, 2014

Rethinking the Bible’s Place (It’s Just the Way It Is, Part 2)

There are some Christians who give the Bible godlike homage. It might as well have...

October 27, 2014

A Gay Catholic Priest on Sex and the Synod: A Q&A with Fr. Geoff Farrow

by Timothy Villareal The Roman Catholic Diocese of Fresno, California experienced something of an earthquake...

October 24, 2014

Covering Worship: Special LP Deluxe Edition

The sample size might be too small for statistical validity, but I’ll go ahead and...

October 23, 2014

A Seminary Invites Silicon Valley to Play: The Launch of a New Center for Innovation in Ministry at SFTS

I've just recently returned from an exceptionally joyful jaunt to the San Francisco Bay Area, where I...