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May 2016

May 02, 2016

Post-church church leaders: Now what?

What do these people have in common? The single woman in her mid-thirties with $40,000...

April 2016

April 20, 2016

At The Intersection Of Time & Eternity: Passover

When I was a kid, my family would gather in the Skokie, IL apartment of...

April 18, 2016

Blogging Is So 2010

Reports of my death have been greatly exaggerated. - Mark Twain I attended the Festival of...

April 11, 2016

Put Down The Church Attendance Scorecard

Church leaders are bound to remark about attendance. Maybe your pastor emphasizes the importance of...

March 2016

March 30, 2016

Praying For Healing: Advance Or Surrender?

I've attended churches that didn't believe in supernatural healing: "Those kinds of miracles occurred in...

March 28, 2016

At The Intersection Of Time & Eternity: Easter Season

It's the day after Resurrection Sunday. Is it just a day to head to Walgreens and...

March 23, 2016

Rabbi: Passover Is For Christians, Too

One of the youngest head rabbis in Reform Judaism, Moffic leads Congregation Solel in Highland...

March 21, 2016

Is There A Regret God Can’t Redeem?

I've spent a lot of time pondering the topic of regret. I've written a book...

March 16, 2016

At The Intersection Of Time & Eternity: Holy Week

The Church year has a sweeping rhythm to its seasons: Advent moves into Christmastide, then...

March 07, 2016

Welcome To Post-Adulthood?

This recent Washington Post article highlights an idea foreign to the majority of us living...

February 2016

February 28, 2016

Unpacking Once More

Some of you have followed the account of our recent (mis)adventure of our most recent...

February 17, 2016

Unintended Consequences Of The Jesus Movement: Seeking The Seeker

Jesus came to seek and save the lost, and told his followers to do the...

February 10, 2016

Review: What Every Christian Needs To Know About The Jewishness Of Jesus

What was first-century Judaism like? How did first-century Judaism help people approach God and draw...

February 06, 2016

At The Intersection Of Time And Eternity: Lent

Jesus answered, “How can the guests of the bridegroom mourn while he is with them? The time...

February 04, 2016

We Don’t Age Out Of Our Sexuality

This post is part of a weekly Her.meneutics series called The Sex We Don’t Talk About,...

February 01, 2016

On The Move Again

I wish I could say we are following cloud by day, fire by night like...

January 2016

January 27, 2016

Unintended Consequences Of The Jesus Movement: Voting Republican

Remember when we were gonna not only change the world, but completely rearrange it? The...

January 20, 2016

Can Two-Dimensional Non-Community Be Church?

In a world where many large Protestant churches livestream their services online, where both Catholic...

January 09, 2016

Unintended Consequences of the Jesus Movement: Our Swag

If you're a Jesus Person of a certain age and had a subversive streak, you...

December 2015

December 31, 2015

Review: Beginnings

Steve Wiens wants us to stop pursuing an ideal life. Most of us dedicate ourselves...

December 24, 2015

#AdventWord 2015

I've enjoyed participating in this year's #AdventWord Instagram journey with the online community connected with...

December 21, 2015

My favorite (media) things: 2015

I'm a sucker for Top Ten and Best Of lists at this time of year....

December 17, 2015

Jewish Evangelism In Light Of “The Gifts & Calling” Document

I am not Catholic, but am grateful for my Catholic siblings in faith. I've been...

December 10, 2015

Unintended Consequences Of The Jesus Movement: The Christmas Edition

There is probably some significance that the last animated Christmas TV special for popular audiences...

November 2015

November 30, 2015

Review: Strange Fire, Holy Fire

I wish I could give a copy of Michael J. Klassen's Strange Fire, Holy Fire:...

November 24, 2015

Giving Thanks From The Valley Of The Shadow

If you have suffered a loss or have a fractured family, holidays like Thanksgiving can...

November 16, 2015

Making Space To Grieve 11/13

Pope Francis stated we may already be in a "piecemeal World War III" after last...

November 09, 2015

The Jesus Movement’s Unintended Consequences: Those Campfire Praise Songs

When a renewal movement hits the church, things are bound to get messy. Some of...

November 02, 2015

Regret and Re-Formation

I've been blogging for almost ten years, and I've shared pieces of my own good,...

October 2015

October 27, 2015

The Ultimate Reformation

Martin Luther had some serious chutzpah. Though his well-documented anti-Semitism sowed some noxious weed-seed in...