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March 2016

March 31, 2016

Building the New City: Church-Planting for Social and Environmental Justice

By Tyler Sit, Church planter of New City Church Over the next 12 months, the...

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 23, 2016

Patheos 10+1: A Q&A with Activist-Minister Amanda Henderson

The Rev. Amanda Henderson was up at the crack of dawn on a cold Tuesday...

March 22, 2016

7 Ways to Make World Water Day Your First Step to a Better World

By Faiths for Safe Water Water, our shared symbol, is a most fitting place for...

March 21, 2016

Blessed by Water: A Sermon for World Water Day

By Susan Barnett, Founder, Faiths for Safe Water Water is the single symbol shared by...

February 2016

February 29, 2016

Voting: A Call to Action for Congregations

Voting is liturgical. It’s a ritual expression of love for others when we vote for...

February 27, 2016

Becoming a Force for Justice: Finding God in the City

By Shawn Casselberry Over the next 12 months, the Forum for Theological Education will spotlight...

February 17, 2016

Risen: Breathing Life Back into the Story, and My Faith

A few months ago I was invited to see an advance screening of the movie...

February 10, 2016

Dismantling Islamophobia, One Student at a Time

Donald Trump. Wheaton College. Islamophobia. Terrorism. Today, American rhetoric is littered with catch-phrases and consequences, fueling...

February 09, 2016

Lent Post Round-Up! A Progressive Christian Lent at Patheos

"God needs nothing, asks nothing, and demands nothing, like the stars. It is life with...

February 09, 2016

The Sweet and Sour Soup of Lent

We are all like sweet-and-sour soup. We can be so incredibly loving and yet so...

February 05, 2016

Vote for “All of the Above”

In this political primary season, as much is revealed about the voters as about the...

February 04, 2016

The 10 Truths of Modern Youth Ministry

Youth ministry is it's own little animal within the life of a congregation. It is...

February 02, 2016

Throwing Jesus Off a Cliff

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

February 01, 2016

The Greatest Manhunt in History: On the New Movie RISEN

RISEN, a new movie from Sony Films, arrives in theaters February 19, just after we've begun our...

January 2016

January 26, 2016

Patheos 10 + 1: A Q&A with Bar Church Pastor Jerry Herships

No joke: a pastor walks into a bar and starts a church. Also no joke:...

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 19, 2016

Remembering Another King Family Victim of Gun Violence

The Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. was not the only member of his immediate...

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 13, 2016

Reviving the Nonprofit Leader: A Q&A with Transformational Leadership Strategist Hugh Ballou

"The nonprofit world has become complacent, static, timid, risk-averse, and minimalistic. We have inherited systems...

January 07, 2016

The Church of “We Don’t Quite Know What We’re Talking About”

Enough already! Many of us have confusion, misgivings, sorrows and anger about Christian churches and...

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,...

December 2015

December 18, 2015

Reflections on Advent: Music, Mindfulness, and Movement Week 3 — Real Love

5:00am text messages that read, “please call me, its urgent” are harbingers of unfortunate news,...

December 17, 2015

Poverty: Advent Has Its Own Gifts

An argument with the spouse: his small, innocent observation unleashes the ghost of a thousand...

December 14, 2015

Adopt-a-Mosque

The first mosque I visited had a bullet hole in the outside placed there a...

December 09, 2015

Reflections on Advent: Music, Mindfulness, and Movement, Week 2 — Embodying Peace

I had no idea what to expect. As my wife and I began the trek...

December 08, 2015

Jesus Loves Santa (I Saw Them Together at Macy’s)

I had a religious experience at Macy’s department store in New York City when I...

December 04, 2015

Befriending Silence: Discovering the Gifts of Cistercian Spirituality

What is monastic spirituality and what might it offer us and the world today? Author Carl...

December 02, 2015

America, We’ve Got a Serious Problem: San Bernardino, the New Normal

I’m crying right now as I trying to write this. It’s happening again. Not a...

December 02, 2015

Reflections on Advent: Music, Mindfulness, and Movement

"I have found in my journey that music can play a powerful role in allowing...