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July 2015

July 31, 2015

6 Ways to Reach Millennials: The Future of Progressive Christianity

by Glenn Zuber The recent May 12th Pew poll ("America's Changing Religious Landscape") added a new wrinkle...

July 29, 2015

The Future of Progressive Christianity: What If…?

What if the people leaving the Church are the collective voice of God to us,...

July 29, 2015

Missing Sunday Mornings

[Editor's Note: This is the second in a series of posts we'll be featuring by the...

July 27, 2015

#WhenSandySpeaks: “There is Something Out There That We Can Do”

Do you recognize Sandra Annette Bland? Do you see yourself when you look at the...

July 24, 2015

The Bipolar God

by Aaron Maurice Saari On the day that my first piece for Patheos, Coming Out as Bi...

July 22, 2015

I Have Cancer. Yes, I Have Breast Cancer.

[Editor's Note: This is the first is a series of posts we'll be featuring by...

July 17, 2015

“There Is a Wide, Wide Wonder In It All”: The Blessing of Black Fathers

“Because that’s my job.” That was my father’s answer when I asked him why he...

July 13, 2015

Tapping the Millennial Imagination: On FAO Schwarz, Don Quixote, and the Dying Church

Millennials are more optimistic than they have any right to be. Does this signal hope...

July 10, 2015

The South IS Rising Again: A Southern Boy on Taking Down the Confederate Flag

This morning the rebel flag was removed from the Capitol grounds of South Carolina. The South...

July 09, 2015

Coming Out as Bi (polar)

The Rev. Aaron Maurice Saari At my ordination service, a friend who is a biblical...

July 08, 2015

“Unequally Yoked”: How Christians Get Interfaith Marriage Wrong

By Rev. J. Dana Trent, MDiv While Christianity is American’s most popular religion (70% of...

July 06, 2015

10 Questions Jesus Would Use To Evaluate a Ministry

Summer is that time of year where some ministry begins to slow down (unless you...

June 2015

June 23, 2015

Considering “Sanctuary” in the Aftermath of Charleston

One of my favorite and in my opinion vastly underrated movies of all time is...

June 20, 2015

“Lord, How Long?” (Habakkuk 1:2): Praying Through Grief While Confronting a Hate Crime

Rev. Clementa Pinckney and his parishioners attended a Wednesday night Bible study in a church,...

June 19, 2015

Ambassadors of Reconciliation (2 Corinthians 5:11-21): The Massacre of the Beloved in Charleston, SC

The evening began like any other Wednesday Bible study. Beloved parishioners and their pastor gathered...

June 17, 2015

Slow Living: Resisting the Need for Speed

"When do we ever find such deep permission, to stop, to see that it is...

June 11, 2015

English Class Leaves Woman Speechless

By Ashleigh Joyner One woman couldn’t believe that a group of people who didn’t even...

June 10, 2015

When Dajerria Becton Cried Out for Her Mama and God

“Call my Mama! Call my Mama at home. God!” -- Dajerria Becton Dajerria Becton, a beautiful...

June 01, 2015

On the Pilgrim’s Journey: A Q&A with Christine Valters Paintner

"Pilgrim: Someone who makes an intentional journey courting holy disruption." -- Christine Valters Paintner One of...

May 2015

May 22, 2015

Why Millennials Leave the Faith and How To Bring Us Back

By Justino Valdez "I don’t believe millennials are hostile toward Christianity. I believe they just...

May 20, 2015

The Fruit of Soulful Love: Marvin Gaye, God and Us

The late Marvin Gaye was my first proper crush. His chocolate buttery voice courted me....

May 14, 2015

When Did ‘Just Showing Up’ Become Not Enough?

As a kid I had a single bookshelf in my bedroom that served a two-fold purpose;...

May 11, 2015

The Spiritual Dimensions of Climate Change: Seeking Environmental Harmony in China

If you measure per person, Canada and the United States have long had the dubious...

May 07, 2015

Happy Mother’s Day, Dad!

By Dwight Wolter “Does it bother you” I ask my son, “that I won’t be able...

May 01, 2015

What’s Going On: Resistance, Uprisings, and the Gospel According to Jesus and Marvin Gaye

A beloved black sister shared that she could not get behind the protest slogan “Never...

April 2015

April 27, 2015

“As-salamu alaykum, What’s up, Bro?” — The Many Graces of Allah

I have been in many mosques, including four of the most “amazing mosques from around...

April 15, 2015

“I, Too, Sing America”: On Walter Scott and Racial Wounds in America

Recently, I talked to a young African American man, Andrew Roby, about the prevalence of...

April 06, 2015

Resurrection for the Rest of Us

By John Holbert I was not raised in the church—no Sunday School, no youth camps,...

April 03, 2015

Easter is About Seeing Those at the Margins

For many Christians, Easter is a high holy holiday—it’s the religious bedrock that not only...

April 02, 2015

Holy Week in an Unholy World

"God understands our pain. That is good theology for Good Friday. And that kind of...