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November 2014

November 14, 2014

Shawn Merithew’s 9Marks Review of Shrink: A Non-Engaged Engagement

Shrink is my third book, so I’ve been through the review process a few times....

November 08, 2014

A Fond Farewell to Car Talk’s Tom Magliozzi

In my twenties and thirties, I spent more time on the road than at home. I...

November 03, 2014

Public Jesus: Beyond the Politics of Anxiety

Editors’ Note: This article is part of the Patheos Public Square on Politics in the Pulpit. Read other perspectives here....

October 2014

October 30, 2014

No Regrets…

I know it's just a silly game. More than that, it's professional sports, so it's...

October 29, 2014

The Spiritual Significance of Royals Baseball: Patience, & Royals Fever

"I've tried all the major religions, and most of the minor ones. I've worshipped Buddha,...

October 28, 2014

The Forgotten Virtue of Brokenness

This essay was originally a sermon, delivered to Redemption Church. If you would like to...

October 24, 2014

For All You Pastors Out There Sitting Down to Write Your Sermon This Friday…

Dear Pastor, You put your congregation first, and yourself...

October 23, 2014

The Forgotten Virtue of Patience

This was originally a sermon that has been converted into a long-form essay. If you...

October 21, 2014

Pragmatism is Killing the Church – It’s our Kryptonite: A Few Practical Suggestions On How To Avoid It

I recently wrote an article for FaithGateway.com. Here are a few pull quotes... would love...

October 20, 2014

Monday Morning Confessional – I Have Royals Fever & The Only Solution Is…

I confess that the past few weeks have been a blur. I've been out of...

October 15, 2014

Resident Aliens 25 Years Later: Stanley Hauerwas & William Willimon at Duke’s 2014 Convocation

I spent the past couple of days at Duke University listening in on conversations between...

October 13, 2014

Claiming the Body: The Funeral Task as Keeper of the Sacred Words

Editors’ Note: This article is part of the Patheos Public Square on Remembering the Dead:...

October 06, 2014

Monday Morning Confessional: Fatherhood, Ian Cron, & Chasing the Rhino

I confess that my daily routine has been completely whacked lately. I blame the Kansas...

October 03, 2014

Favorite Stanley Hauerwas Quotes

If I had to pick one theologian who has had the most influence on my...

October 02, 2014

All Modern Bible Translations are Good, But Are They Equal? – Scot McKnight & the Politics of Bible Translations

Scot McKnight has a nice blog post in which he describes why the Bible translation you...

September 2014

September 30, 2014

Ten Ways to Beat Writer’s Block

"We have all been there, and it feels like the end of the world. It's...

September 29, 2014

Monday Morning Confessional: Buechner, Rohr, Volf, and Faithful Remembering

“One way or another, we are always remembering… there is no escaping it even if...

September 26, 2014

Why Are Christians so Bad on the Environment Issue? Because We Have No Spirituality of Creation

This was originally the sermon I preached at Redemption Church on September 21, 2014. It has...

September 22, 2014

Monday Morning Confessional

I confess that I'm tired of setting up online accounts. I'm tired of creating passwords....

September 20, 2014

Corporations Aren’t People, Money Isn’t Speech: Citizens United & the Heresy of Corporate Personhood

More Americans believe in witchcraft, ghosts, and UFOs than agree with Citizens United. When 80%...

September 19, 2014

Katie Savage Reviews Shrink

My friend and writing compatriot Katie Savage has written a review of Shrink, at her...

September 18, 2014

Wendell Berry on What It Means to Be an Author

I've been reading some Wendell Berry this week in preparation for what I'm talking about...

September 17, 2014

The SHIFT from Illusion to Prayer

When my boys were little guys we would go out to eat every Friday evening....

September 16, 2014

What We Do With Our Pain: Barbara Brown Taylor & Spiritual Bypassing

We talked about idols last week at Redemption Church. It felt like a hard sermon...

September 15, 2014

Monday Morning Confessional – Quiet: The Power of Introverts in a World that Can’t Stop Talking

I confess that I finished the book Quiet: The Power of Introverts in a World...

September 11, 2014

ISIS, Syria, Israel, 9/11, Ray Rice, Pistorius, Ferguson: Stanley Hauerwas & the Freedom to Hope

The website Newseum.org lets me peruse snaps-shots of today’s front pages from over a thousand...

September 10, 2014

The SHIFT from Hostility to Hospitality Can Change the World

When I hear the word hospitality, I immediately think of the hotel industry. The word has...

September 09, 2014

Shrink by Tim Suttle (book trailer)

I believe in the church maybe more than I believe in any other thing in...

September 08, 2014

Monday Morning Confessional

I confess that it felt like we had a great service at Redemption Church yesterday, and...

September 05, 2014

The Rare Leadership Virtue of Patience

"The movement that Jesus begins is constituted by people who believe that they have all...