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Ukrainian Churches in the Time of War: Round table discussion March 4, 2022

Ukrainian Churches in the Time of War Round table discussion Friday, March 4 18:00-19:30 Kyiv time...

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May 03, 2019

What Happened to the Twelve Apostles?

The post-New Testament stories of the apostles made the news a while back, thanks to...

February 2019

February 17, 2019

Independence, Community, and Authority

David Hayward shared some thoughts on spiritual independence, community, and authority that are worth considering...

August 2018

August 15, 2018

One Size Fits All Spirituality

This is yet another one of those blog posts that has been more than two...

June 2018

June 04, 2018

Mainline Decline and Expanse

I hope that at least some readers picked up on the pun in the title....

April 2017

April 25, 2017

A Vibrant Future For Christianity Without Churches?

A semester has passed since I concluded my class on Religion and Science Fiction. Yet...

July 2015

July 29, 2015

How To Grow A Church

I was struck by the headline that a man had "grown a church" - entirely...

May 2015

May 19, 2015

Evolution and the Environment

Josh Rosenau took the Pew data on churches' acceptance of evolutionary biology and of climate science,...

May 18, 2015

Progressive Christianity in the Spotlight

The Fountains United Methodist Church recently had the experience of a number of conservative churches...

April 2015

April 20, 2015

Christian Robots

The above segment from the Daily Show looks like it could have been inspired by...

April 09, 2015

Cathedrals for Today

I have been in a couple of libraries recently, and have been struck over and...

March 2015

March 27, 2015

Churches: Safe Spaces or Self-Destructing Temples?

The above quote from Rachel Held Evans came to my attention soon after a New...

March 12, 2015

Church of the Final Atonement

IO9 recently shared pictures of futuristic churches, suggesting that even atheists might be able to...

August 2014

August 19, 2014

One Church Fits All?

In response to an insightful comment on my post "Church Cocoon" I wrote the following: It...

June 2014

June 28, 2014

Avoid Bible Churches

The blog Two Friars and a Fool has a tongue-in-cheek list of things to watch...

June 12, 2014

Jesus Is ________

An Australian website asks people to fill in the blank. The answers have been shared...

January 2014

January 25, 2014

Evolution Weekend

Evolution Weekend 2014 is fast approaching - it is February 7-9 this year. Progressive Christians...

November 2013

November 18, 2013

Reverse the Conveyor Belt

David Hayward shared the cartoon below: I don't see the church as a place that...

November 12, 2013

Pub Theology

A news article recently drew attention to the phenomenon of people gathering to drink beer...

October 2013

October 31, 2013

Churches and Intellectuals

Stephen Mattson has written a piece for Sojourners, "Do Churches Alienate Intellectuals?" Here is a...

October 25, 2013

Amazing Grace Book Burning

Via Matthew Paul Turner. One advantage of being Baptist is that you don't have to...

October 25, 2013

The Most Honest Places in Town

“Churches should be the most honest place in town, not the happiest place in town.”...

September 2013

September 24, 2013

Context Contest

Lots of people post pictures and then have a caption contest. But this photo seems...

September 12, 2013

Sacred Theories

Hemant Mehta shared this church sign. What it says is quite ironic, given that, since...

August 2013

August 05, 2013

Narrow vs. High Standards

Stuff Fundies Like shared this questionnaire that would-be guest speakers at a fundamentalist church have...

August 03, 2013

The First Millennials

The conversation about millennials and church decline continues - see for instance posts by Richard...

July 2013

July 05, 2013

We Love Hurting People

Unfortunately the sentence on this church sign can be understood in two different ways. And...

July 03, 2013

Building a Church in Minecraft

A young and creative individual in my church, David Peacock, created this in Minecraft: It...

June 2013

June 29, 2013

Let My People Go!

David Hayward has done it again. Such a simple and yet such a poignant idea...

June 27, 2013

Discovering How Not to Make a Lightbulb (or a Church)

My colleague Gautam Rao created posters for this past year's year-long series of events at...

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