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December 2013

December 03, 2013

Versus

Patheos has a new feature called Versus, which is a place set aside specifically for...

November 2013

November 11, 2013

Ten Years Old

Today is the tenth bloggiversary of Exploring Our Matrix. Even before it moved to Blogger,...

November 03, 2013

Patheos Public Square

There's a relatively new feature on the Patheos website: Patheos Public Square. The current topic...

October 2013

October 01, 2013

Marcus Borg Has Been Assimilated!

Marcus Borg has joined the Patheos collective! His introductory post is called "Meeting Marcus Borg...

July 2013

July 03, 2013

New Pages at Exploring Our Matrix

Some of you may have experienced slow load times or error messages on this blog...

June 2013

June 09, 2013

Blog RSS Feed Options

Hello readers! There are two options when it comes to subscribing to the RSS feed...

June 04, 2013

Jesus and the Bible

This is the latest cartoon from David Hayward: The first point is explicitly stated within...

May 2013

May 22, 2013

Blog Issues

As regular readers have presumably already noticed, there are some hiccups with this blog at...

May 17, 2013

Exploring Our Matrix 3.5

I want to let blog readers know that Patheos will be upgrading its website -...

April 2013

April 03, 2013

Why I Am a Progressive Christian

Patheos is doing a series asking us to explain "Why I am a..." in 200...

March 2013

March 26, 2013

The Burial of Jesus

Due to some sort of glitch on Amazon.com, my ebook The Burial of Jesus: What...

February 2013

February 07, 2013

David Hayward is Moving to Patheos!

I'm posting this to spread the good news that David Hayward, the cartoonist known to...

December 2012

December 22, 2012

Patheos Book Club: Do Jews, Christians and Muslims Worship the Same God?

For the Patheos Book Club centered on the book Do Jews, Christians, and Muslims Worship...

November 2012

November 12, 2012

Giveaway Winners

OK, it is Monday, and so it is time to pick and announce the two...

November 07, 2012

Giveaway: Two Copies of The Christian World of the Hobbit

Thanks to Patheos, I have two copies to give away of the book which I...

November 06, 2012

Review of The Christian World of the Hobbit

I am grateful to have the opportunity to participate in the Patheos Book Club this...

September 2012

September 17, 2012

Review of Seven Glorious Days, by Karl Giberson

There are many books about the early chapters of Genesis, and many books introducing readers...

September 11, 2012

Format Changes

Readers of the blog who are not reading the blog via a feed have noticed...

September 06, 2012

#progGod is Live!

Tony Jones shared the announcement that Patheos has created a topic page for the round-up...

July 2012

July 25, 2012

Live Discussion with Tim Stafford

There will be a live discussion here at Patheos from 2-3pm Eastern Time, with Tim...

July 20, 2012

Review of Tim Stafford’s Miracles

I am grateful to Patheos for the privilege of being part of its book club...

July 13, 2012

Disqus Comments

I've heard from a couple of people that there seem to be issues with Disqus...

April 2012

April 14, 2012

New Look

Patheos blogs have a new look, and Exploring Our Matrix is no exception. The changes...

March 2012

March 29, 2012

Wisdom and Wonder by Abraham Kuyper

I am grateful to Patheos for giving me the opportunity to participate in the Patheos...

December 2011

December 29, 2011

November 2011

November 04, 2011

The Transition is Complete!

One last remaining aspect of the move from Blogger to Patheos has finally been completed....

October 2011

October 25, 2011

Does Seminary Education Have a Future?

I unfortunately didn't find the time to chime in myself, but Patheos hosted a multi-blog...

June 2011

June 15, 2011

Progressive Christianity and the Bible

My contribution to the Patheos symposium on progressive Christianity, entitled "Progressive Christianity and the Bible,"...

June 15, 2011

Symposium on Progressive Christianity

Patheos is hosting a symposium on progressive Christianity. I'll let you know when my contribution...

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