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

family

Select a Category abortion Advent AI Angels Artificial intelligence atheism attention baptism Baptists beauty belief Benedictines Bible bicycling Big Bird books Bovina Camaldoli hermitage Canada Catholicism cats certainty change Christianity Christmas Collegeville Covid-19 creativity Development of Western Civilization dogs doubt Easter Enneagram Epiphany Episcopal ethics Eucharist evil extroverts Facebook faith family fear flowers forgiveness freedom friends God goodness grace happiness heaven hell history Holy Spirit Holy Week hope human nature humility humor idolatry incarnation introverts irreverence Islam Jeanne Jesus Joe Biden joy Judaism justice Kamala Harris knowledge Lent listen literature liturgy love Marsue Memorial Day miracles movies music mystery mythology NPR Old Testament optimism paradox peace Penguins philosophy piano podcast politics power prayer Protestantism Providence College Religion Rhode Island sabbatical sacrament science seeing silence Simone Weil Socrates soul sports St. John's College stories suffering tattoo teaching technology television theology thinking time tolerance transcendence travel trees trust truth Uncategorized Vermont wisdom wonder writing

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

March 2026

March 22, 2026

Can These Bones Live?

Today is Lent 5--the gospel text is John 11, John's account of the raising of...

March 17, 2026

Today is Saint Patrick’s Day. Big Deal

I spent last week on a wonderful trip to Sweden with my son. Today is...

March 15, 2026

The Problem with Substituionary Atonement

I just returned yesterday from a wonderful week with Justin in Sweden! To get back...

March 07, 2026

What Biblical Wells Teach Us About the Unpredictable Divine

Therefore with joy you will draw water from the wells of salvation. Isaiah 12 In...

March 06, 2026

I’m turning the big 7-0! Here are some thoughts . . .

Today is my birthday, and it's a big one. The big 7-0! My age has...

January 2026

January 11, 2026

A Conversation Between Jesus and Creepy John

The gospel lectionary reading for the First Sunday of Epiphay traditionally is one version of...

December 2025

December 21, 2025

Joseph the Step-parent

In my religious tradition, we didn’t do saints. We did do Christmas pageants—big time. I...

November 2025

November 30, 2025

Advent is Here–All Things are Become New

I have said many times that Advent is my favorite liturgical season--this year it promises...

November 13, 2025

The Wells of Salvation

Therefore with joy you will draw water from the wells of salvation. Isaiah 12 The...

October 2025

October 16, 2025

Happy #73, Big Brother!

My big brother is celebrating his birthday today. In the 1946 classic film “It’s a Wonderful...

August 2025

August 24, 2025

When We Say What We Don’t Believe

Today's appointed lectionary Psalm is one of my two or three favorites of all of...

August 22, 2025

The Punctuation of the Spirit

In my life-long spiritual journey, the decade of my twenties was the charismatic decade. No,...

August 15, 2025

Owls, Penguins, and Joy

Just about fifteen years ago, on a beautiful summer morning very similar to the ones...

August 10, 2025

That Sounds Like Prayer

We are all going to die! That's just so awful. I didn't agree to this....

July 2025

July 11, 2025

Death is Inevitable

One of my most effective attention-getters in any given class is to point out to...

June 2025

June 29, 2025

Did Jesus Care About Family Values?

Throughout the gospel lectionary readings in Ordinary Time, Jesus regularly says surprising things that contradict...

June 25, 2025

The Most Important and Influential Literary Character

Some time ago I read the first few pages of Greg Epstein’s Good without God....

June 24, 2025

Making Things Difficult

A couple of weeks ago in the morning I was greeted in the driveway with...

June 22, 2025

As the Deer Longs for Streams of Water

Today's lectionary readings contain two of my favorites, both from the Jewish scriptures. The story...

June 17, 2025

Which Sport Does the World’s Most Interesting Man Prefer?

My brother and I stay in contact most regularly on Facebook, where he had the...

May 2025

May 20, 2025

Faculty Workshops and the Muppets

That's a wrap for another academic year, number 34 since I walked across a stage...

April 2025

April 13, 2025

Palm Sunday and the Tongue of a Teacher

Today is Palm Sunday, the first day of Holy Week. This year Holy Week is...

April 06, 2025

A Poem for the Broken, Searching, and Human

In The Name I often describe myself as "poetry challenged." I usually need someone else...

March 2025

March 30, 2025

What Frieda the Dog Taught Me About Personhood

Be a Person Masterpiece Theater recently began a several week production of The Mirror and...

March 21, 2025

Sports Fanaticism and the Life of Faith

Today is day two of the four best sports days of the year. The first...

January 2025

January 26, 2025

You are Not Alone

The pastor of the Lutheran church Jeanne attends sends out a scripture verse or passage...

January 05, 2025

Getting Ready for Epiphany

The Feast of the Epiphany is January 6. Let's consider the heart of this unique...

December 2024

December 15, 2024

Why Faith Can’t Avoid Being Political

I've been steering away from politics here ever since last month's election and intend to...

December 03, 2024

Beauty for Ashes

On a beautiful, crystal clear June afternoon in 2002 I sat in an alpine meadow...

November 2024

November 26, 2024

What Are You Thankful For?

Thanksgiving is my favorite holiday, for lots of different reasons. It is the least commercial...

Related posts from Freelance Christianity

Progressive Christian

The Lonely Pawn: On Faith, Doubt, and Meaning

Freelance Christianity

Progressive Christian

AI and Agency

Freelance Christianity

Progressive Christian

AI and Love: When a Chatbot Becomes a...

Freelance Christianity

Progressive Christian

AI and Embodiment

Freelance Christianity

Ad-Free & Subscriber Log-In Subscription Support

Subscription Support Ad-Free & Subscriber Log-In

Follow Patheos