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November 2014

November 14, 2014

The Unbreakable Boy: A Q&A with Author Scott LeRette

  "We are all broken, flawed and imperfect, and I want to encourage people that...

November 14, 2014

The Atheist Awakening and the Internet

By Richard Cimino and Christopher Smith Authors, Atheist Awakening Does atheism have a special affinity...

November 13, 2014

Raising Abel: A Q&A with author Ronald Ragotzy

This month in the Patheos Book Club, we're discussing the new book Raising Abel: The...

November 06, 2014

Jesus Loved Children, We Should Too: A Review of Their Name Is Today

Now Featured at the Patheos Book Club Their Name Is Today: Reclaiming Childhood in a...

November 06, 2014

A Wider Season: Reflections on “The Season of the Nativity”

Now Featured at the Patheos Book Club The Season of the Nativity: Confessions and Practices...

November 05, 2014

Restoring Reverence for Children: An Interview with Author Johann Christoph Arnold

"Children are not computers or robots that can be programmed according to our wishes; they...

November 04, 2014

Worried to Death: Amy Simpson’s “Anxious” and the Sin of Worry

Most Christians are well aware of what Scripture has to say about worry. Our Pinterest...

November 03, 2014

Confessions of an Advent Extremist: A Q&A with Sybil MacBeth

Even as we throw out the empty candy wrappers and put away the costumes from...

November 03, 2014

Freedom and Resolve: A Q&A with Spiritual Teacher Gangaji

"It is essential to surrender our ideas of who we are to discover the truth...

November 03, 2014

Evangelicals and Sex: A Q&A with Amy DeRogatis

"The biggest misconception is that evangelicals are anti-sex.  They are not.  Contrary to popular stereotypes...

November 03, 2014

Is Mormonism Congruent with Christianity?

By Terryl Givens Mormonism’s status as a Christian faith, and its exact relationship to Christianity,...

October 2014

October 28, 2014

A Balm for the Anxious Soul: A Review of Amy Simpson’s “Anxious”

I served as a hospital chaplain many moons ago visiting all the patients with no church...

October 27, 2014

Finding Grace and Hope in the Midst of Anxiety: Reflections on “Anxious”

Reflections on Anxious: Choosing Faith in a World of Worry, by Amy Simpson Read more...

October 22, 2014

An Invitation to Taste and See this Advent Season

The sacred anticipation of Advent and the joy of Christmastide often seem dimmed and fraught...

October 22, 2014

Chuck Swindoll’s Abraham: A Book Review

Abraham. A major figure in three of the world’s major faiths, this quite ordinary man...

October 20, 2014

Advent as Sensation and Immersion: A Review of “Taste & See”

Advent devotionals are among my absolutely most favorite things in the world. Each year, as...

October 15, 2014

Three Tips for Facing the Future without Worry

By Amy Simpson Author, Anxious: Choosing Faith in a World of Worry I can relate...

October 14, 2014

Abraham as Archetype, Abraham as Man

As an academic, I am pretty much required by contract to embrace complexity: to be...

October 08, 2014

Called: A Book Review

I began reading Mark Labberton’s Called: The Crisis and Promise of Following Jesus Today the...

September 2014

September 30, 2014

Jon Sweeney on When Saint Francis Saved the Church

"I don’t think we can really grasp Francis’s life today unless we see it through...

September 25, 2014

Preventing Suicide: A Book Review

“Religion protects against suicide.” --Karen Mason, Preventing Suicide At the heart of the Christian gospel...

September 24, 2014

Unstoppable: A Book Review

“Friday Night Lights” is hands down my favorite television show ever. I love everything about...

September 24, 2014

Providing Hope and Preventing Suicide

by Anna Quinn Karen Mason’s Preventing Suicide arrived in my mail box the day before...

September 23, 2014

Colliding with Destiny by Sarah Jakes: A Book Review

Colliding with Destiny: Finding Hope in the Legacy of Ruth, written by Sarah Jakes (daughter...

September 22, 2014

Reviving the Congregation: A Book Review

As has become popular among writers of contemporary Christian non-fiction, Pastor Michael W. Foss assumes...

September 19, 2014

The Sacred Year: A Book Review

I began reading The Sacred Year the way I begin reading most books: on the...

September 16, 2014

Sobering Stats on Suicide

This month in the Patheos Book Club, we're featuring a new resource for religious leaders...

September 15, 2014

You’re Not Your Past or Your Pain: Lessons from the Book of Ruth

by Bethanie Ryan In her new book Colliding with Destiny, Sarah Jakes explores the book of...

September 15, 2014

Undiluted: A Book Review

The central premise of "Former Fundie" blogger Benjamin Corey's first book Undiluted: Rediscovering the Radical...

September 03, 2014

Ben Corey’s Undiluted: A Review

We coin the phrase “paradigm shift” to describe a complete change of frame of reference,...

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