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May 2015

May 27, 2015

Follow-up Interview with Debra Hirsch

Earlier this month, I reviewed Debra Hirsch's helpful book Redeeming Sex. I was left with...

May 25, 2015

“Thin Places” on the Streets of Seattle

This weekend in downtown Seattle, I forgot the most important thing about talking to angry...

May 18, 2015

G-Dog: Christian Love in Action

Streaming on Netflix right now is a moving documentary about Father Greg Boyle, a Jesuit...

May 11, 2015

Rachel Held Evans: Willing to Be a Messy Christian for the Sake of a Messy World

Rachel Held Evans wrestles with the Church and with faith and she does it publicly....

May 06, 2015

Redeeming Sex by Debra Hirsch

I opened my review copy of Debra Hirsch's Redeeming Sex: Naked Conversations about Sexuality and...

April 2015

April 30, 2015

Baltimore Reminds Us We’re All Broken and Only Love Can Heal

When it comes to the situation in Baltimore, it is possible to say multiple things...

April 13, 2015

N.T. Wright’s Simply Good News Filled Me with Joy and Confidence in the Gospel

There's not really words to describe the joy and confidence I experienced as I read...

April 10, 2015

Religious Obsession, Gospel-Based Service, Parenting, and Orthodoxy: An Interview with Amy and Jonathan Hollingsworth

Earlier this week, I posted my review of a mother-son memoir, Amy and Jonathan Hollingsworth's...

April 08, 2015

Runaway Radical: A Young Man’s Reckless Journey to Save the World

I get the draw of world missions. I grew up on Christian missionary biographies. These...

April 04, 2015

The Literal, Bodily Resurrection

In a world of constant bad news, today, there is good news! What is this...

April 03, 2015

Good Friday: Where Are You in the Story?

On this most solemn day of the Christian year, let us stop for a moment...

April 02, 2015

Maundy Thursday: We Love Because He First Loved Us

“Maundy” comes from the Latin word mandatum, meaning "command or mandate." This day of the...

April 01, 2015

Updated Thoughts on Indiana’s Law

I have been having a rousing conversation with my commenters over the course of the...

March 2015

March 30, 2015

The Media Has the Facts Wrong about State RFRAs, but We Christians Still Need to Repent

UPDATE on 4/1/2015: A follow-up post is now available. I found that there were a...

March 23, 2015

Walking with Jesus through Lent, Pt.5: The Cross, Not the Stage

Thanks for joining me for another installment of “Walking with Jesus through Lent.” During this...

March 19, 2015

If Tony Kriz’s ALOOF Interested You, Go Read This Immediately

Hi readers, Just a quick note to share an important post with you. It's been...

March 16, 2015

Calvary: A Film That Wrestles with the Cruciform Life

(Trigger warning: this review contains some non-explicit references to sexual abuse. The film itself speaks...

March 12, 2015

Vulnerable Faith: A Profound Book on What It Means to Be a Christian

Vulnerable Faith by Jaime Arpin-Ricci is a treasure of a book. You could open it...

March 10, 2015

Nightcrawler: Here’s Why This Neo-Noir Thriller Is So Creepy

Nightcrawler is a creepy, creepy movie. Not because its content is terribly over-the-top. It's actually...

March 09, 2015

Walking with Jesus through Lent, Pt.3: Jesus Stands against the Commodification of Religion

Thanks for joining me for another installment of “Walking with Jesus through Lent.” During this...

February 2015

February 28, 2015

Walking with Jesus through Lent: Take Up Your Cross and Follow

Thanks for joining me for another installment of "Walking with Jesus through Lent." During this...

February 21, 2015

Walking with Jesus Through Lent, Pt. 1: Baptism, Temptation, and Ministry of Good News

The season of Lent is comprised of the roughly forty days between Ash Wednesday and...

February 18, 2015

The Overnighters: A Documentary about the Bakken Oil Fields, a Lutheran Pastor, Sin, and Service

The Overnighters (2014) is writer/director Jesse Moss's documentary film, centered around the men who seek...

February 18, 2015

The Good News of Ash Wednesday

Today marks the beginning of Lent in the liturgical calendar that my church and many...

February 12, 2015

Kernels of Wisdom from Ken Wytsma in The Grand Paradox

Our current selection for Patheos Book Club is Ken Wytsma's The Grand Paradox: The Messiness...

January 2015

January 30, 2015

Aloof’s Vulnerable Truth: “Surely You Are a God Who Hides”

In his new book, Aloof:Figuring Out Life with a God Who Hides (Thomas Nelson), Tony...

January 26, 2015

Whiplash: Perfectionism Is Seductive, but Does It Bring Life?

The Academy Award-nominated film Whiplash is named after a famous jazz song by Buddy Rich. The...

January 14, 2015

4 Reasons Christians MUST Reject Islamophobia

Note: this post was originally published on my previous blog on October 1, 2014. It...

December 2014

December 23, 2014

A Savior Who Emptied Himself into Our Humanity, Bloody Birth Canal and All

Christmas means a lot to me. It means a lot to me because in a...

December 19, 2014

Bad News/Good News: In a World of Hatred, Jesus is Our Peace

This has been a year of tremendous hatred and violence and division. ISIS beheaded American...

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