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February 2012

February 27, 2012

Today’s Focal Practice: A Visit to the Park

[This post is part of a conversation on focal practices from the new book Living...

February 27, 2012

More Than Enchanting: A Q&A with Jo Saxton

In her new book, More Than Enchanting: Breaking Through Barriers to Influence Your World, Jo...

February 23, 2012

Today’s Focal Practice: Eating Together

[This post is part of a conversation on focal practices from the new book Living...

February 20, 2012

Today’s Focal Practice: Walking

[This post is part of a conversation on focal practices featured at the Patheos Book...

February 20, 2012

Grandparenting as a Focal Spiritual Practice

Arthur Boers' Living into Focus (now featured at the Patheos Book Club) is a delightful invitation...

February 17, 2012

Social Media Blessing

[This post is part of a roundtable conversation on the new book @stickyJesus, now featured...

February 16, 2012

West Still Leading Us Forth to the Heart of the Gospel

By Deacon Jim Russell, Archdiocese of St. Louis, Missouri I have just finished Christopher West’s...

February 16, 2012

@stickyJesus: Loving Your Online Neighbor

By Rachel Stone, blogger at Eat With Joy! Anyone who has spent much (or even...

February 15, 2012

5 Questions Christians Should Ask Themselves Before Logging On

[This post is sponsored by the new book @stickyJesus, by Toni Birdsong and Tami Heim,...

February 14, 2012

Being Different: A Classic for Inter-religious Dialogue

"Being Different" is a classic and it is bound to cause a great stir and...

February 07, 2012

Theology of the Body and the New Evangelization

[This post by Catholic blogger Sarah Reinhard is part of a roundtable conversation at the...

February 01, 2012

Enough Time for Prayer

Reading Adam Hamilton’s Enough: Discovering Joy through Simplicity and Generosity is a good way to...

February 01, 2012

The Sensual Nature of God

[As part of the blogger roundtable on Christopher West's new book At the Heart of...

January 2012

January 18, 2012

Creating Space for Love this Lent

I am a big fan of Paula Huston’s work.  Her book The Holy Way: Practices for...

January 16, 2012

Exploring God Theories

This month in the Patheos Book Club, we're featuring God Theories, by Ken Ungerecht.  We...

January 16, 2012

The Art of Balancing Simplicity and Complexity

[Editor's Note:  This post is part of a blogger roundtable on the new book Simplifying...

January 09, 2012

Why Talking Theology Matters

Whether or not we are aware of it, all of us think theologically whenever we...

January 04, 2012

The Church is Flat: A Q&A with Tony Jones

Popular emergent church leader, blogger and theologian Tony Jones visited eight emerging churches to discover...

December 2011

December 20, 2011

Must I Be Happy All The Time? Between Heaven & Mirth Book Excerpt #8

Our Between Heaven and Mirth Twitter Book Club continues today with a new excerpt, below. Join...

December 15, 2011

Laughing in Church: Between Heaven and Mirth Excerpt #7

Our Between Heaven and Mirth Twitter Book Club continues today with our next excerpt, below. Join...

December 12, 2011

Is God Playful? Between Heaven and Mirth Book Excerpt #6

The Between Heaven and Mirth Twitter Book Club continues this week with our next excerpt, below....

December 09, 2011

Between Heaven and Mirth, Excerpt 5: Humor Evangelizes

The Between Heaven and Mirth Twitter Book Club continues today with our fifth excerpt, below. Join...

December 06, 2011

Between Heaven and Mirth, Excerpt 4: Humor and the Saints

"When I first began reading the lives of the saints, nothing surprised me more than...

December 06, 2011

Share Your Favorite Religious Joke!

In the spirit of the new book Between Heaven and Mirth: Why Joy, Humor, and Laughter are...

December 05, 2011

Deep Joy and Deep Trouble

[This post is part of a conversation on the new book Between Heaven and Mirth:...

December 05, 2011

Between Heaven and Mirth: Twitter Excerpt #3

The Between Heaven and Mirth Twitter Book Club continues this week with our third excerpt,...

December 01, 2011

Between Heaven and Mirth: Twitter Excerpt #2

It's Day Two -- and Excerpt #2 -- of our Twitter Book Club on Between...

December 01, 2011

Between Heaven and Mirth Twitter Book Club Schedule

Need a little levity this holiday season? This month, you’re invited to join the Patheos...

November 2011

November 30, 2011

Between Heaven and Mirth: Join the Twitter Book Club

Think the spiritual life has to be so serious?  Think again, says Fr. Jim Martin,...

November 30, 2011

A Barrel of Laughs & a Pile to Think about

I love to laugh, and maybe that's part of the reason I was attracted to...

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