Buddhist Catholic Contemplative Evangelical General Christian Hindu Jewish Latter-day Saint Muslim New Visions Progressive Christian

Beliefs

Topics

Columnists

Resource Library

Research Tools

Video

Podcasts

Thought Readers

Faith In Media Tracker

Newsletters

Ad-Free & Subscriber Log-In Subscription Support

Follow Patheos

Home
Progressive Christian

2012-02-02T22:25:19+00:00

LOGO Patheos Explore the world's faith through different perspectives on religion and spirituality! Patheos has the views of the prevalent religions and spiritualities of the world.

Dorothy Day: A National Hero?

Last updated on: February 2, 2012 at 10:25 pm By Shane Claiborne

This morning, at the National Prayer Breakfast, Barack Obama named Dorothy Day as a “great reformer in American history.” Who woulda thunk it? I think President Hoover called her a threat to national security. Here’s the exact quote from the President’s speech: We can’t leave our values at the door. If we leave our values at the door, we abandon much of the moral glue that has held our nation together for centuries, and allowed us to become somewhat more... Read more

Uncategorized

2012-02-02T19:13:47+00:00

LOGO Patheos Explore the world's faith through different perspectives on religion and spirituality! Patheos has the views of the prevalent religions and spiritualities of the world.

Listening to our Inner Jobs: Lectionary Reflections on Isaiah 40:21-31

Last updated on: February 2, 2012 at 7:13 pm By Guest Contributor

2 Comments

By John C. Holbert Lectionary Reflections for Epiphany 5 – Isaiah 40:21-31 We Christians have just concluded our yearly celebration of the birth of Jesus and, as always, have used the opening verses of Is 40 to inaugurate the feast. “Comfort, comfort, my people,” cries the unnamed prophet of the exile to a people lost and hopeless, announcing to them that the horrors of their deportation and the rigors of their ghetto existence in Babylon are about to end, because... Read more

Uncategorized

2012-02-02T00:45:56+00:00

LOGO Patheos Explore the world's faith through different perspectives on religion and spirituality! Patheos has the views of the prevalent religions and spiritualities of the world.

Shared Sacrifice, Shared Reward

Last updated on: February 2, 2012 at 12:45 am By Jim Burklo

3 Comments

“Every one to whom much is given, of him will much be required; and of him to whom men commit much they will demand the more.” (Jesus, Sermon on the Mount, Luke 12: 48) That’s how it is in the kingdom of heaven, that realm of living imagination that inspires us to create it on earth. But here on earth in America today, Mitt Romney, a very rich man, paid an average of only 14% in tax on his income... Read more

Uncategorized

2012-01-27T22:18:09+00:00

LOGO Patheos Explore the world's faith through different perspectives on religion and spirituality! Patheos has the views of the prevalent religions and spiritualities of the world.

Epiphany 4: Lectionary Reflections

Last updated on: January 27, 2012 at 10:18 pm By Guest Contributor

By John C. Holbert Lectionary Reflections on Deuteronomy 18: 15-20 Epiphany 4: Sunday, January 29, 2012 Many Bible passages are quite fascinating in multiple ways, but today’s Hebrew Bible pericope is especially interesting for several reasons, reasons that I hope will become apparent in this article. And it is peculiar at first blush just what it may have to do with the season of Epiphany. Well, on the surface that seems obvious; the text speaks of a promised prophet who... Read more

Uncategorized

2012-01-26T18:07:08+00:00

LOGO Patheos Explore the world's faith through different perspectives on religion and spirituality! Patheos has the views of the prevalent religions and spiritualities of the world.

The Secrets We Keep: Reflections on Mark 1:29-39

Last updated on: January 26, 2012 at 6:07 pm By Alyce McKenzie

9,411 Comments

If we are living faithful lives, seeking to serve others and love them as Christ loved us, it’s no secret to anyone. Read more

Uncategorized

2012-01-18T23:28:28+00:00

LOGO Patheos Explore the world's faith through different perspectives on religion and spirituality! Patheos has the views of the prevalent religions and spiritualities of the world.

Making Meaning

Last updated on: January 18, 2012 at 11:28 pm By Jim Burklo

1 Comment

(This “musing” appears in The Interfaith Observer online magazine this month.) My wife and I drive out of the city. On the way, we share stories with each other. We laugh about how complicated and intertwined the tales of our lives have become with each other, and with and among the people we know. We are amazed at how disparate events and people come together over time, in surprising combinations. We get out in the country and see a lonesome... Read more

Uncategorized

2012-01-16T17:18:14+00:00

LOGO Patheos Explore the world's faith through different perspectives on religion and spirituality! Patheos has the views of the prevalent religions and spiritualities of the world.

Should MLK’s “Letter from a Birmingham Jail” Be Added to the New Testament?

Last updated on: January 16, 2012 at 5:18 pm By Carl Gregg

1 Comment

Bruce Metzger, in his seminal work The Canon of the New Testament: Its Origin, Development, and Significance, writes that, Shortly after the assassination of Martin Luther King, Jr., in 1968, a group of ministers seriously proposed that King’s “Letter from a Birmingham Jail” be added to the New Testament. All will appreciate that this letter, written in April 1964 after he had been jailed in Birmingham, Alabama, for participating in a civil-rights protest, conveys a strong prophetic witness, and interprets God’s... Read more

Uncategorized

2012-01-13T22:21:02+00:00

LOGO Patheos Explore the world's faith through different perspectives on religion and spirituality! Patheos has the views of the prevalent religions and spiritualities of the world.

Politicians and Prayer: On Blessing and Cursing

Last updated on: January 13, 2012 at 10:21 pm By Bruce Epperly

5 Comments

“Life is infinitely stranger than anything the mind can invent,” so says Arthur Conan Doyle, the creator of Sherlock Holmes. These days, the words of politicians are infinitely stranger than anything the mind can invent. Kansas Speaker of the House Mike O’Neal, noted for his recent description of Michelle Obama as “Mrs. YoMama,” is now in the news for forwarding a prayer that some people interpret as asking God for the President’s death. The forwarded e-mail goes as follows: “At... Read more

Uncategorized

2012-01-09T19:38:00+00:00

LOGO Patheos Explore the world's faith through different perspectives on religion and spirituality! Patheos has the views of the prevalent religions and spiritualities of the world.

Mormon Reckoning

Last updated on: January 9, 2012 at 7:38 pm By Jim Burklo

221 Comments

America is entering a Mormon moment as a former bishop of the Latter-Day Saints, Mitt Romney, takes front-runner place in the race for the Republican nomination for the presidency. I welcome the religious reckoning that is bound to result. Mormonism shines an ultraviolet light on Christianity in America, revealing features that are unseen under the rest of the spectrum. In the last few years, I have become acquainted with the progressive theological and social movement within the Mormon world. It’s... Read more

Uncategorized

2012-01-06T22:58:37+00:00

LOGO Patheos Explore the world's faith through different perspectives on religion and spirituality! Patheos has the views of the prevalent religions and spiritualities of the world.

Rick Santorum – The Jesus Candidate

Last updated on: January 6, 2012 at 10:58 pm By Bruce Epperly

3 Comments

Just when you think the theological foolishness of the presidential election is on the wane, another public figure claims a unique relationship to God. We already know that God called Michelle Bachmann and Rick Perry to run for president, and has a special relationship to them, despite their poor electoral showings. We also know that Pat Robertson has been given a special revelation about the identity of the next president, though he’s keeping it a secret. Now, fresh from his... Read more

Uncategorized

TAKE THE

Religious Wisdom Quiz

What does the name "Samuel" mean?

Select your answer to see how you score.

Chosen One Heard by God Gift from God God is King

Browse Our Archives

Select a Category Advent Author Interviews Battle Over the Body and Blood of Christ Bearing Beauty Book Reviews Christian Education christian spirituallity christianity Christmas Church Church Leadership Contemplation Creation Care Death and Dying Death Penalty Disruptive Change Disruptors Series Easter Education Evolution and Faith Future of Progressive Christianity Gun Violence Health & Wellness Holy Week Interfaith Israel-Palestine Leading Differently Lent LGBTQ Living with Cancer Meditations on the Cross Mental Illness millennials Mimetic Mondays Monday Meditations Movie Reviews New Monasticism Pando Populus Parenting Patheos 10+1 Q&A Series PC(USA) Politics Pop Culture Practical Theology Series Prayer progressive christian Race Relations Reformation religion Religion and Politics Religion in America Rethink Church Social Justice Spirituality Spirituality of the Body Stump a Scholar Technology and Faith Thanksgiving Theodicy Trust Me Church Uncategorized Why I'm Still Christian Youth Ministry

Select a Month December 2025 April 2025 January 2025 September 2023 September 2022 May 2022 February 2022 January 2022 November 2021 October 2021 May 2021 February 2021 November 2020 October 2020 September 2020 June 2020 May 2020 March 2020 June 2019 March 2019 January 2019 June 2018 May 2018 April 2018 February 2018 January 2018 December 2017 November 2017 October 2017 September 2017 August 2017 July 2017 June 2017 May 2017 April 2017 March 2017 February 2017 January 2017 December 2016 November 2016 October 2016 September 2016 August 2016 July 2016 June 2016 May 2016 April 2016 March 2016 February 2016 January 2016 December 2015 November 2015 October 2015 September 2015 August 2015 July 2015 June 2015 May 2015 April 2015 March 2015 February 2015 January 2015 December 2014 November 2014 October 2014 September 2014 August 2014 July 2014 June 2014 May 2014 April 2014 March 2014 February 2014 January 2014 December 2013 November 2013 October 2013 September 2013 August 2013 July 2013 June 2013 May 2013 April 2013 March 2013 February 2013 January 2013 December 2012 November 2012 October 2012 September 2012 August 2012 July 2012 June 2012 May 2012 April 2012 March 2012 February 2012 January 2012 December 2011 November 2011 October 2011 September 2011 August 2011 July 2011 June 2011 May 2011 April 2011 March 2011 February 2011 January 2011 December 2010 November 2010 October 2010 September 2010 August 2010 July 2010 June 2010 May 2010 April 2010 March 2010

TRENDING AT PATHEOS Progressive Christian