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October 2025

October 08, 2025

Why Beth Felker Jones is Protestant

I am wrestling with the fact that I am wrestling with this book.

May 2021

May 26, 2021

Coronavirus Pilgrimage

As COVID slowly reduces its risk to the level of risks I accept every day...

November 2020

November 07, 2020

Confessions of an Ex-Rush-Limbaugh Fan Who Eats Tofu: The 2020 Version

This is my childhood's paradox: we had no fear that asking all the classic theological...

July 2020

July 07, 2020

Baseball, Hot Dogs, Apple Pie, and American Exceptionalism

I will readily spend countless hours explaining to other American citizens why other countries do...

March 2018

March 31, 2018

Three Conversations (or is that conversions?) #HolyWeek

No crown without cold coffee and the cross.

December 2017

December 18, 2017

Thoughts About Being Sick

Something else to think about while you're in bed: is it you, or is it...

September 2017

September 26, 2017

The Use of Money

How we Earn, Save, and Give our money is all meant to give life to...

June 2017

June 16, 2017

We Have to Dare to Preach the Gospel

In this interview, the leader of the Moral Mondays movement talks about leading in the...

May 2017

May 29, 2017

How Government Support Saved Me, Too

D. L. Mayfield (whose career I've followed ever since she and I were put together...

April 2017

April 30, 2017

Meditation, Dentistry, and the Entrepreneur

By Timothy Askew; reprinted from Inc. with the kind permission of Timothy Askew. Johnny Depp...

April 22, 2017

Every dying church in America has a community garden. Here’s a different idea

Struggling congregations tend to chase after popular strategies rather than do what Jesus commanded --...

April 20, 2017

How to Deal With Distractions When You Have to Work Online

I found these tips from Lifehacker pretty helpful, since all of my jobs except for...

February 2017

February 07, 2017

Even Jesus Wasn’t Always Spiritual: A Theology of Boredom

If Christ’s sacrifice can cover all the sinful things we are, think, say, and do,...

January 2017

January 08, 2017

Why time management is killing us

This is the most life-changing thing I've read in the past bit. Instead of TL:DR...

November 2016

November 26, 2016

On work-life balance and not going to the Asbury Project

Some of you may remember how for the last two years I've spent some...

November 17, 2016

There’s work to do; or, An open letter to my children

Some may shake their heads in disapproval or approval of the election results, but the...

November 14, 2016

Why the #election is a faith and work crisis

I've told the story before how a chance phone call from Chris Armstrong in late...

October 2016

October 04, 2016

Lost Identity

By Michael Coyner I recently applied for a "Global Re-entry" status with TSA. This means...

September 2016

September 26, 2016

All Day Long

Following Jesus is an all-day, every-day journey of discovery. Every day. All day long.

August 2016

August 02, 2016

Your Hands Are Covered With Blood: A Response to Wayne Grudem, part 2

by Zen Hess Read Part 1 here. Seeking the Welfare of the Nation: Military and...

July 2016

July 05, 2016

Mortality and the Bleeding Soul

By Jordan Dillon I didn’t know that I thought I was invincible until the moment...

June 2016

June 07, 2016

Jesus Reads My Email

By Mike Coyner Recently I was involved in a conversation about how people use e-mail...

May 2016

May 12, 2016

What If the Devil Isn’t in the Details?

What if if is not the devil but God who is in the details?

January 2016

January 13, 2016

Even old dogs can make all things new

Editors' Note: This article is part of the Patheos Public Square on Engaging the New...

December 2015

December 24, 2015

Why It Takes More than a New Year’s Resolution to Truly Change Yourself

By Timothy Askew; reprinted from Inc. with the kind permission of Timothy Askew. Most of...

December 19, 2015

Lessons from the Grinch

By Mike Coyner One of the great things about having young grandchildren is that you...

December 18, 2015

Working at Rest: Make a Breathing Space For Yourself at Christmas

By Jordan Dillon I work on my day off. My mind organizes tomorrow’s tasks as...