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June 2016

June 06, 2016

Theology Matters to LGBTQ Persons: A Response to Andrew Marin’s “Us Versus Us”

My first response to Andrew Marin’s Us Versus Us is “read this book!” It is well-researched,...

May 2016

May 20, 2016

Mysticism, Hallucinations, and Designer Spirituality

The dustcover of Joshua Steven Grisetti’s new book God in My Head announces that the author...

May 18, 2016

Does the Pursuing God Ever Stop Pursuing?

Like any loving parent or grandparent, God will not quit pursuing us – or loving...

May 13, 2016

Balancing Self Interest and World Loyalty: On Dee Dee Risher’s ‘Soulmaking Room’

This post is part of a conversation on the new book The Soul-Making Room by Dee...

April 2016

April 06, 2016

Life is Messy: Reflections on Daniel Fusco’s ‘Honestly’

This post is part of a conversation on the new book Honestly: Getting Real About...

March 2016

March 16, 2016

Power Made Perfect in Companionship: On The Power of the Cross

[The post is part of a conversation on the new book The Power of the...

March 11, 2016

Let the Children Come to Me: On “Dear Pope Francis: The Pope Answers Questions from Children Around the World”

(This post is part of the Patheos Book Club on Dear Pope Francis: The Pope...

February 2016

February 26, 2016

Still Operating On Faith: A Painfully True Love Story

Matt Weber’s Operating on Faith: A Painfully True Love Story brings both depth and humor...

December 2015

December 22, 2015

Can a Saint be a Badass?

Can a saint be a "badass"? Can a saint be tough, sometimes abrasive, embodied, highly...

December 14, 2015

Grace Sufficient for Every Need: On ‘The Vulnerable Pastor’

Book Review: The Vulnerable Pastor: How Human Limitations Empower Our Ministry By Mandy Smith As...

October 2015

October 22, 2015

Walking with Jesus: Reflections on Danielle Shroyer’s “Where Jesus Prayed”

In her new book, Where Jesus Prayed, Danielle Shroyer takes us on a spiritual walk...

October 09, 2015

When Jesus Shows Up: A Response to James Stuart Bell’s ‘Encountering Jesus’

God is present everywhere, inspiring everyone, all the time, and every so often we notice...

May 2015

May 26, 2015

Thin Places, Wide Open Vistas, and the Afterlife: Reflections on ‘The Hand on the Mirror’

The Celts of Scotland and Ireland speak of certain patches of land as “thin places”...

April 2015

April 25, 2015

Everyone Belongs to God: A Response to Christoph Blumhardt

A Response to Everyone Belong to God, by Christoph Friedrich Blumhardt (Plough Publishing House, 2015)...

March 2015

March 19, 2015

Mary as One of Us: A Conversation with Denise Bossert’s Gifts of the Visitation: Nine Spiritual Encounters with Mary and Elizabeth.

In her new book, Gifts of the Visitation, Denise Bossert chronicles her adventures in discovering the...

March 17, 2015

The Grace of Interdependence: A Response to Jamie Arpin-Ricci’s ‘Vulnerable Faith’

As a child growing up in the Salinas Valley in California, I grew up singing...

February 2015

February 15, 2015

Contrast, Stature, and Having a Fat Soul: Reflections on Joan Chittister’s Between the Dark and the Daylight

Joan Chittister’s Between the Dark and the Daylight: Embracing the Contradictions of Life is a...

September 2014

September 09, 2014

Refreshing the Pastor’s Soul: In Conversation with Michael Voss’s Reviving the Congregation

Leadership is a spiritual issue, especially in congregational life. As Michael Voss notes in his...

August 2014

August 20, 2014

Faith and Failure: Reflections on J.R. Briggs new book “Fail”

Book Review: Fail: Finding Hope and Grace in the Midst of Ministry Failure, by J.R. Briggs...

August 01, 2014

Listening for the Still, Small Voice: Reflections on Kristen Vincent’s book “A Bead and a Prayer”

“God was not in the wind…God was not in the earthquake…God was not in the...

July 2014

July 16, 2014

Big Enough Desires? Reflections on Jen Pollock Michel’s “Teach Us to Want”

Jen Pollock Michel’s Teach Us to Want: Longing, Ambition, and the Life of Faith is...

July 08, 2014

On Families and Faith: A Response to Mary Eberstadt’s “How the West Really Lost God”

Our congregations should make families key to our ministries, but we should support the health...

June 2014

June 02, 2014

Slow Church and the Transformation of Time

A Response to Slow Church: Cultivating Community in the Patient Way of Jesus, by Christopher Smith...

May 2014

May 15, 2014

Guided by a Gentle Providence: A Response to Vinh Chung’s Where the Wind Leads

As I read Vinh Chung’s memoir, Where the Wind Leads, I was reminded of the...

May 12, 2014

Jesus in Our Genes: A Response to Christian Piatt’s “Blood Doctrine”

Does carrying Jesus’ DNA imply that you will embody Jesus’ spiritual unity with God? Was...

April 2014

April 01, 2014

C. S. Lewis and the Gift of Perspective: A Conversation with Alister McGrath

I read Alister McGrath’s If I Had Lunch with C.S. Lewis (now featured in the Patheos...

March 2014

March 31, 2014

Dana Trent’s ‘Saffron Cross” and the Emergence of 21st Century Inter-spirituality

A number of years ago, in the course of teaching a class in Wesley Theological...

March 21, 2014

Heavenly Minded and Earthly Good: A Response to Steve Berger’s Between Heaven and Earth

Steve Berger, pastor and author of the new book Between Heaven and Earth, is heaven-obsessed. In...

March 19, 2014

Mature Discipleship and the Way of Blessing: Reflections on Ron Rolheiser’s “Sacred Fire”

Reflections on Ronald Rolheiser's new book Sacred Fire: A Vision for a Deeper Human and Christian...

November 2013

November 27, 2013

Aging and Full Humanity: A Conversation with Johann Christoph Arnold’s “Rich in Years”

I have just passed my sixty-first birthday. It seems like almost yesterday I was going...

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