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July 2014

July 01, 2014

Kids Make the Road by Walking, Too: On Progressive Christian Families and the Bible

Brian McLaren says we make the road by walking, that we discover and build our...

June 2014

June 24, 2014

A Joyful Feast: A Q&A with Companions on the Inner Way Director Carolyn Foster

I count as one of the greatest blessings in my life the day I went...

June 23, 2014

I Corinthians 13: Colossus, Rise & Swallow Death

“When Enkidu heard these words he tore out the Bull’s right thigh and tossed it...

June 20, 2014

It’s Time for Evangelicals to Come Out for Evolution

Whenever I engage in conversation with people I meet for the first time I try...

June 18, 2014

Healing for Fractured Fathers

14 When they came to the other disciples, they saw a large crowd around them and...

June 17, 2014

Marching Through Death’s Desert: Protesting the Death Penalty

It’s 93 degrees in Texas today. And the Rev. Jeff Hood is walking 200 miles...

June 11, 2014

The Tango of Bergdahl’s Unreality

By Timothy Villareal A striking 2009 photo of one of the nation's most talked about...

June 10, 2014

Hungering for Justice (Private Charity Is Not Enough)

Part 6: Progressive Reflections on Traditional Christian Themes Engaging in social justice can be challenging,...

June 03, 2014

Joel Osteen and the Scandalous Gospel of Jesus

Part 5: Progressive Reflections on Traditional Christian Themes Joel Osteen has been deemed by many...

May 2014

May 23, 2014

In Praise of Heretics

The word “heretic” is often thrown around today to denounce someone for espousing an idea...

May 22, 2014

Wendell Berry, the Afterlife, and the Judgment of God

Part 4: Progressive Reflections on Traditional Christian Themes Wendell Berry’s novel, A World Lost, is...

May 21, 2014

Romal Tune: Who’s Looking for Me?

I remember the night my cousin and I planned our funerals. We were teenagers. I...

May 20, 2014

Living Liberation: A Q&A with Wild Goose Producer Rosa Lee Harden

"If you are a follower of Jesus who listens to the news and wonders if...

May 15, 2014

Christianity Must Lose Its Dualism (What Rick Warren Could Learn from Rob Bell)

Part 3: Progressive Reflections on Traditional Christian Themes At the national gathering of the Southern...

May 12, 2014

If It Weren’t for Jesus, I Might be Pro-Death Too: A Response to Al Mohler

Southern Baptist leader Albert Mohler wrote a piece this week defending the death penalty. In...

May 07, 2014

Faithfulness Is More Important Than Veneration (Back to the Future with the Jewish Jesus)

Part 2: Progressive Reflections on Traditional Christian Themes I believe that the living God who...

May 05, 2014

Patheos@5: From Mainline to Progressive to…? Celebrating the Evolving Christian Journey #Patheos5yrs

Exciting news, friends! We've graduated to kindergarten! That's right … Patheos, the little religion-site-that-could, is...

May 02, 2014

The Bible Is Not an Answer Book (So What Good Is It?)

Part 1 : Progressive Reflections on Traditional Christian Themes One day I received an e-mail...

April 2014

April 30, 2014

Blood Doctrine: Christian Piatt Asks – What if Jesus Returns… as a Clone?

By Blake Atwood, faithvillage.com As an author, Christian Piatt may be most well-known for his Banned...

April 28, 2014

A Divine Comedy, of Sorts: On Banana Peel Theology

“He laughed, he, Jorge. For the first time I heard him laugh.” ...

April 25, 2014

Death Row Inmates Invite Tennessee Governor to Pray with Them

This past Thursday, the men on Tennessee’s death row, four of whom have scheduled execution...

April 25, 2014

Waiting for Resurrection: A Post-Easter Lament for Black Communities

Jesus lives. Yet, many African-Americans are still waiting for the resurrection.

April 22, 2014

Two Kinds of Christianity (A Conversation Between Mother and Son)

Marcus Borg introduced his book, The Heart of Christianity: Rediscovering A Life of Faith, by...

April 22, 2014

Pop Prophets and Religious Pluralism

SOULJOURN: The Book and the Journey Pop Prophets and Religious Pluralism A review by Jim...

April 16, 2014

A Gentle Fraying: Observing a Homespun Lent, Week 7

On Good Friday, I try and live in that place of loss and uncertainty, that...

April 15, 2014

I Am….

“He trusts in God; let God deliver him now, if he wants to; for he...

April 15, 2014

Did God Forsake Jesus On the Cross?

When Mother Teresa’s private journals were published after her death, the surprising revelation was that...

April 09, 2014

A Gentle Fraying: Observing a Homespun Lent, Week 6

Found Objects The following is an excerpt from the Palm Sunday chapter in my book A...

April 09, 2014

Blessing Taxes, Honoring Oaths

Taxes are the way that people of faith care for the most vulnerable of our...

April 03, 2014

If Jesus Gave a TED Talk (#5): When the Capitol is Surrounded by Armies

This is the fifth in a series of posts where I re-imagine Jesus’ five big sermons as TED Talks,...