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
Sports and Religion

2024-05-21T19:31:02-04:00

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 time I spoke with former President Jimmy Carter

Last updated on: May 21, 2024 at 7:31 pm By Jim Meisner Jr.

0 Comments

I first spoke to former President Jimmy Carter during his Sunday school lesson at his church. An elder had warned the group of around 50 people that he would ask pastors to stand up and identify themselves at the beginning of the class. Around five or six of us stood and shared what denomination we were with and what state we were from. He asked a woman minister to open the proceedings with prayer, held in the sanctuary of Maranatha... Read more

General Christian

Religion News

Politics and Religion

culture

Jimmy Carter

President Carter

2023-09-05T21:17:09-04:00

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 Day I Met Jimmy Buffett

Last updated on: September 5, 2023 at 9:17 pm By Jim Meisner Jr.

0 Comments

“Jimmy Buffett’s here.” I knew he was playing golf that day, that’s why I was there on my day off. I’d seen his name on the reservation sheet the day before. The golf course where I worked hosted many famous people, giving me the opportunity to meet people as varied as John Denver, Bruce Hornsby, and broadcaster Jim McKay, to Vice President Dan Quail, and Senators Sam Nunn, Ted Kennedy, and Rudy Boswitch. Even in the late 1980s, Buffett was... Read more

Catholic

Religious Music and Entertainment

Religious Art

2023-07-20T13:10:31-04:00

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 Slow Suffocation of Civil Rights in the United States

Last updated on: July 20, 2023 at 1:10 pm By Jim Meisner Jr.

0 Comments

On July 2, 1964, President Lyndon Johnson signed into law the Civil Rights Act of 1964. The year before, in a landmark nationally televised address on June 6, 1963, President John F. Kennedy laid out the stark terms of racism in the United States that evening. “The Negro baby born in America today, regardless of the section of the Nation in which he is born, has about one-half as much chance of completing a high school as a white baby... Read more

Politics and Religion

Civil Rights

culture

in the news

2023-03-19T00:56:57-04:00

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.

America’s Pastime is Just Weeks Away

Last updated on: March 19, 2023 at 12:56 am By Jim Meisner Jr.

0 Comments

Here in the United States, America’s pastime is warming up again. Baseball’s ageless boys of summer are in spring training and opening day is coming. Easter is coming. Spring is coming. Summer is coming. I was reminded this week of a quote from the book, A Great and Glorious Game: Baseball Writings of A. Bartlett Giamatti. From “The Green Fields of the Mind” “It breaks your heart. It is designed to break your heart. The game begins in the spring,... Read more

Recreation, Outdoors and Religion

Sports and Religion

2024-03-20T15:17:27-04:00

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 Day My Daughter Met President Jimmy Carter

Last updated on: March 20, 2024 at 3:17 pm By Jim Meisner Jr.

0 Comments

Click here for part one – The time I spoke with former President Jimmy Carter NOTE: I have kept a journal for my daughter since before she was born. This is the entry from the day she met President Jimmy Carter. The journal entries are addressed to her in the future, when she’s reading about this day in her life. July 11, 2015 You met a president this morning, shortly before noon. You were dressed like this: When he walked... Read more

Religion News

Politics and Religion

President Jimmy Carter

2023-02-19T23:24:37-05:00

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 Day I Talked with Richard Belzer

Last updated on: February 19, 2023 at 11:24 pm By Jim Meisner Jr.

0 Comments

Detective John Munch has died. He was 78. Comedian Richard Belzer played Munch from the first episode of Homicide: Life on the Street in 1993, through eight other series, to his last episode of Law & Order: SVU in 2016. I spoke to Belzer during filming of the Homicide episode Identity Crisis, season 7, episode 19. The episode aired April 30, 1999, so we must have shot in late ’98 or early ’99. Belzer was number one on the call... Read more

Religious Music and Entertainment

culture

in the news

Richard Belzer

2023-01-26T01:23:39-05:00

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.

Progressive Christianity in 2023

Last updated on: January 26, 2023 at 1:23 am By Jim Meisner Jr.

0 Comments

This year Progressive Christians will continue their efforts to bring justice to the oppressed, to help heal the sick, and to provide comfort to widows, orphans, and strangers, just as they have for 2,000 years. They will instinctively gravitate towards individuals and institutions doing these things and they will continue to leave the organized church. The number of people self-identifying as Christian has declined steadily over the past decade. That downward trend will continue in 2023 as Protestant denominations hemorrhage... Read more

History and Religion

Education and Religion

2022-07-06T21:45:11-04:00

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.

Angry White Men

Last updated on: July 6, 2022 at 9:45 pm By Jim Meisner Jr.

Another mass shooting and another angry, white man. Because mass shooters are nearly always angry, white men. In Angry White Men by Michael Kimmel, “Kimmel locates this increase in anger in the seismic economic, social and political shifts that have so transformed the American landscape,” According to Amazon, “Downward mobility, increased racial and gender equality, and a tenacious clinging to an anachronistic ideology of masculinity has left many men feeling betrayed and bewildered. Raised to expect unparalleled social and economic... Read more

2022-05-22T22:01:46-04:00

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.

Communion is for Everyone

Last updated on: May 22, 2022 at 10:01 pm By Jim Meisner Jr.

Or else it’s for no one. Communion is for everyone. The presence of God found at the communion table is for everyone. To withhold communion is to withhold God. No one is in a position with the authority to withhold communion from anyone. Catholics are divided on withholding communion for American politicians who support legal abortions in the United States. The real divide among Christians is between those who think that there shouldn’t be any rules at all, and those... Read more

2024-03-23T23:00:13-04:00

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.

Palm Sunday 2022

Last updated on: March 23, 2024 at 11:00 pm By Jim Meisner Jr.

What’s the context of Jesus riding into the capital city? When he entered Jerusalem, the whole city was in turmoil. Do you remember the only miracle in all four Gospels? Jesus feeds hungry people. Jesus feeding the multitudes. We read the story of Jesus feeding the 5,000 as a miracle of the five loaves and two fish. In the Gospel of Luke and the Gospel of Mark, the men are gathered into groups of 50 and 100. This means nothing... Read more

Religion News

Religious Events

Progressive Christianity

TAKE THE

Religious Wisdom Quiz

Who was the last king of Israel before the Assyrian conquest?

Select your answer to see how you score.

Hoshea Jehoahaz Amon Shallum

Browse Our Archives

Select a Category Celtic spirituality Christmas Civil Rights culture Easter Faith images in the news Prayer Quote Scripture Uncategorized vocational ministry Writing

Select a Month August 2026 July 2026 May 2026 February 2026 January 2026 December 2025 October 2025 September 2025 August 2025 July 2025 May 2025 April 2025 March 2025 February 2025 January 2025 December 2024 November 2024 October 2024 September 2024 August 2024 July 2024 June 2024 May 2024 April 2024 March 2024 February 2024 January 2024 December 2023 November 2023 October 2023 September 2023 July 2023 March 2023 February 2023 January 2023 July 2022 May 2022 April 2022 March 2022 February 2022 October 2021 August 2021 July 2021 June 2021 May 2021 April 2021 March 2021 January 2021 December 2020 November 2020 October 2020 September 2020 August 2020 July 2020 June 2020 May 2020 April 2020 March 2020 February 2020 January 2020 December 2019 November 2019 October 2019 September 2019 August 2019 July 2019 June 2019 May 2019 April 2019 March 2019 February 2019 January 2019 December 2018 November 2018 October 2018 September 2018 August 2018 July 2018 June 2018 May 2018 April 2018 March 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

TRENDING AT PATHEOS Progressive Christian