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November 2016

November 17, 2016

A Politics of Hope in the Trump Age

Over the last week, I've been reflecting on how we can find hope in these...

March 2015

March 28, 2015

Indiana’s New RFRA Bill Hits Home on Indy’s Near Eastside

An article broke in the Indianapolis Star this afternoon, announcing that in response to Indiana's...

November 2014

November 24, 2014

Ferguson and Our Broken Justice System

We have been given a prime opportunity to show that in Christ all people matter,...

October 2014

October 02, 2014

Options for the Coming Age: Benedict, Jeremiah, Both, or Neither?

"Living in the midst of the world as an alternative community requires the ability to...

September 2014

September 09, 2014

First Thoughts on U2’s Songs of Innocence

My friend Greg Blosser, the consummate U2 fan, shares his initial thoughts about the new...

August 2014

August 27, 2014

On Making Tents [Economics of Church and Seminary #1]

I am convinced that together we can not only make tents, but that we can...

August 12, 2014

I stand with Mike Brown.

There are short term things that must be done -- legally, politically -- to quell...

April 2014

April 21, 2014

There’s Always an Ark! [Thoughts on the NOAH film]

NOAH is a story in the tradition of the biblical prophets, with striking relevance for...

March 2014

March 31, 2014

Not Just for the Young and Hip…

You don’t have to be an educated, young hipster to find such authenticity appealing. You...

March 27, 2014

“A Great Day For the Children of Indiana”

We were honored to host a momentous occasion here at Englewood Christian Church today. Because...

March 01, 2014

JPUSA: A Tragic History of Sexual Abuse

No Place to Call Home is a heart-wrenching movie, offering story after story from victims...

February 2014

February 19, 2014

Steven Furtick and the ‘Disneyfication’ of Baptism

I imagine that most of our churches -- thankfully -- look or act very little...

October 2013

October 14, 2013

Cultivating Economic Peace in an Age of Instability

We tried to imagine an economy informed by the narratives of scripture, one bearing witness...

October 12, 2013

Pope Francis in Conversation with Slow Food’s Carlo Petrini

This week, Slow Food International founder, Carlo Petrini reported that he recently received a phone...

October 10, 2013

Barbarians At The Gate?

We are, in essence, the barbarians at the gates of our North American culture, but...

February 2013

February 13, 2013

Lent 2013 – Two Slow Church-related Articles

Fasting toward the Common Good Chris recently wrote an article for The Good Men Project,...

February 13, 2013

Lent: 40 Days of the Sermon on the Mount

John had the great idea recently to read the Sermon on the Mount every day...

February 01, 2013

Favor: Growing Deeper in Our Church Communities

My ebook Growing Deeper in Our Church Communities: 50 Ideas for Connection in a Disconnected...

January 2013

January 21, 2013

Cornel West on Obama and the Domestication of MLK’s legacy.

Please, PLEASE take five minutes on this Inauguration Day and watch the following video... Cornel...

January 18, 2013

IHOP and the fueling of Anti-Gay Legislation in Uganda

I was intrigued when I saw the announcement today that the documentary God Loves Uganda...

November 2012

November 10, 2012

New Book: Letters to Me

A new book to which I have contributed was released yesterday... Letters to Me: Conversations...

November 06, 2012

A Hymn for Election Day.

It's probably a sin of the deepest sacrilege to connect a song of this...

October 2012

October 30, 2012

What if Columbus and Cortez had their own Reality TV Show?

We were staying with relatives this weekend and while flipping through the channels on Friday...

August 2012

August 02, 2012

Recovering a Politics of Lament in Our Faith Communities

An article that I wrote for the Huffington Post went live today... This article is...

July 2012

July 23, 2012

What Does it Mean to Lament?

This post is a follow-up to Saturday's post on Lament and the Aurora Theater shooting....

July 21, 2012

Lament and the Aurora theater shooting.

I heard about the theater shooting in Aurora, Colorado as I was on my way...

June 2012

June 15, 2012

Conversation, Identity and Christian Unity.

I have been keenly following Timothy Dalrymple's posts this week about partisan scorn and his...

January 2012

January 26, 2012

New Ebook – The Virtue of Dialogue

Chris has has a new little ebook that is now available from Patheos Press: The...

October 2011

October 17, 2011

CCDA Recap. (Or, May our means fit our ends).

I spent the bulk of last week at the Christian Community Development Association’s annual conference,...

September 2011

September 28, 2011

Official first post will appear tomorrow!

The official first post on this new blog will appear tomorrow, Thursday September 29! This...