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August 2013

August 30, 2013

Brian McLaren on Passing on the Faith

All month here at Patheos, we've been exploring the topic of Passing on the Faith...

August 27, 2013

To Sing and Dance: Confessions of a Religious, but Not Spiritual

When I think about spiritual disciplines as something I need to do in order to...

August 26, 2013

Introducing Mimetic Mondays: Exploring God and Violence

Mimetic Theory. It's a phrase that's been popping up in conversations and blogposts about violence, and...

August 12, 2013

Wild Goose Day Four: Ecosystems

My branch of mostly-white Protestant Christianity is obsessed with its own death. It frets about...

August 11, 2013

Wild Goose Day Three: Closer To Fine

I don’t know if I’ve ever had an ecstatic religious experience before. Certainly those experiences...

August 09, 2013

Wild Goose Day One: Notes on Pilgrimage

The day began at the airport, the great temple to modern travel. Eleventh Busiest Airport...

August 07, 2013

Of Chestnut Saplings and Wild Geese

I can remember a particular hiking trip with my family. I was probably seven or...

August 01, 2013

A Search for the Historically Angry Jesus: A Review of Reza Aslan’s “Zealot”

A Review of ZEALOT: The Life and Times of Jesus of Nazareth by Reza Aslan (Random...

July 2013

July 15, 2013

Seeing God’s Presence in All Things: Embracing Visual Social Media in Ministry

I think we’re embracing these visual social media tools with unprecedented swiftness because we know...

July 11, 2013

Seeking God in the Wilderness: Joining a Sacred Quest

I do not know how to begin that process of awakening to my kinship with...

July 03, 2013

Getting My Goose On: A Q&A with Wild Goose Festival Director Gareth Higgins

With only five weeks to go to the third annual Wild Goose Festival in Hot...

July 02, 2013

When Robbers and Innkeepers Profit from Good Samaritans

By the Rev. Brian E. Konkol Lake Edge Lutheran Church, Madison, WI The “Parable of the...

June 2013

June 27, 2013

Movement for Justice: Changing the Story

Our stories are changed by the testimony of others. We are changed by the movement...

May 2013

May 16, 2013

Illustrating Faith: A Q&A with Artist Paul Soupiset

Yesterday I interviewed Patheos blogger and acquisitions editor Tony Jones about the new adult faith formation...

May 15, 2013

animate.Faith — Sparking Fresh Christian Conversation

The new adult course animate.Faith is a welcome breath of fresh resource air for Christian pastors, teachers...

April 2013

April 01, 2013

Why I Am a Progressive Christian

This month, Patheos has invited its many, faith-diverse writers to contribute to a new series...

August 2012

August 20, 2012

Talking To Christians About Hell: It’s Not As Easy As You’d Think

Anyone who thinks filmmaking is glamorous should try making a documentary sometime. Better yet, try...

May 2011

May 26, 2011

Why I Am In Jail

As I write this note, it is 12:30PM and I’m sitting comfortably in my office...

January 2011

January 05, 2011

The Perversion of ‘Them’

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

December 2010

December 01, 2010

Let Go of Jesus

Jesus had to leave in order for his friends to realize that 'Lo, I am...

November 2010

November 17, 2010

The Erotic Disposition of Homer’s Bowling Ball.

Believing there is a code to be cracked is of course much the same as...

September 2010

September 05, 2010

When Rockstars Deny the Foundation of Religion

To David, there is power in the uknowning. In the unraveling. In the dismantling journey...

July 2010

July 31, 2010

Giving Up God(s)

According to process theology - everything is in process - (some ancient jews defined perfection...

July 21, 2010

The Nameless Other

"Love one another" - Jesus. When we deem someone as other, we create even more...

May 2010

May 26, 2010

Have Christians Sinned Against the Gospel?

The ancient Greek word for sin, hamartia, is an archery term that refers to missing...