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November 2012

November 19, 2012

Santa Claus Training: Part 1

[This is the first in a series of posts on the real Santa Claus by...

November 19, 2012

What Does Christian Leadership Look Like?

We live in chameleon times. We like to think of ourselves as decent people but...

November 16, 2012

Rob Bell and a New Christianity: A Q&A with Author James Wellman

Subversive, celebrity, radical, heretic ... these are all adjectives that have been used to describe...

November 15, 2012

Becoming Catholic, Again: A Q&A with Catherine Brunell

This month at the Patheos Book Club, we're featuring the new book Becoming Catholic, Again:...

November 13, 2012

Five Lines to Watch For in The Hobbit

By Devin Brown Author of The Christian World of The Hobbit Whether you are reading...

November 12, 2012

New Thought: Not Just About Me and My Mind

By Laura Paskell-Brown  "A dream you dream alone is only a dream. A dream you...

November 09, 2012

The Power of the Mind in an Interdependent Universe

One of most spiritually significant and problematic aspects of New Thought and New Age philosophies...

November 07, 2012

Hungering for the Real Deal: A Review of The Intentional Christian Community Handbook

Editorial people create book titles that flirt with readers. They want us to pick it...

November 06, 2012

New Thought: The Real Genesis of “Positive Thinking”

Amid the numerous religious and secular positive thinkers today who have commodifided empowerment and self-discovery,...

November 06, 2012

Following Jesus, Warts and All: A Review of Holy Nomad

I was in conversation with a young man recently who had encountered and was drawn...

November 02, 2012

Making Friends Among the Taliban: A Q&A with Author Jonathan Larson

I'm not sure I've been quite so moved by a book as I was upon...

November 02, 2012

A How-To for Intentional Christian Community: A Q&A with David Janzen

"This is a book we've needed for a long, long time..." begins the foreword by...

November 01, 2012

Fill Your Cup: A Review of Holy Nomad

Matt Litton didn’t intend this but Holy Nomad: The Rugged Road to Joy resembles a...

November 01, 2012

Holy Nomad: A Q&A with Author Matt Litton

Have you ever felt like there was something more to the life you're living? If...

October 2012

October 31, 2012

Tolkien, Interdependence and the Sacred Ordinary

Devin Brown’s The Christian World of the Hobbit traces the Christian roots of J.R.R. Tolkien’s The Hobbit...

October 31, 2012

The History of New Thought: A Q&A with John S. Haller, Jr.

This month in the Patheos Book Club, we're featuring the new book The History of New...

October 31, 2012

The Christian World of The Hobbit: A Q&A with Author Devin Brown

On this 75th anniversary of the beloved tale The Hobbit, by J.R.R. Tolkien, we're delighted to be featuring...

October 16, 2012

A Catholic Mother’s Companion to Pregnancy: A Q&A with Sarah Reinhard

This month in the Patheos Book Club, we're featuring the new book, A Catholic Mother's...

October 16, 2012

My Journal of the Council: Public Debates and Private Conflicts

By J. Peter Nixon Book Review: My Journal of the Council by Yves Congar, OP (Liturgical...

October 16, 2012

A Remarkable Inside History of Vatican II

By Sr. Judith Miryam Boneski, O.P. Dominican Nuns, Summit, NJ My Journal of the Council...

October 15, 2012

Core and Care: Reflecting on the Faith of Johnny Appleseed

Philosopher Alfred North Whitehead asserted that doctrinally speaking, a religion is “a set of general...

October 15, 2012

God, the Funeral Crasher: Clay Morgan’s Undead

When Clay Morgan was four years old, he was accidentally abandoned by his family at...

October 08, 2012

Do Guardian Angels Protect Me?

A number of years ago, I appeared on a CNN talk show along with a...

October 03, 2012

The Ghost in the Family Room

By Grant Schnarr Author, Ghost Brother Angel (now featured at the Patheos Book Club) Some...

October 02, 2012

What Your Husband Isn’t Telling You

By David Murrow I just wrote a book titled, What Your Husband Isn’t Telling You....

October 01, 2012

Ghost Brother Angel: A Spiritual Memoir on Facing our Fears

In perfect time for the Halloween season, I had the pleasure of talking to author...

September 2012

September 25, 2012

Everyone is Crossing Roads: A Hindu Response to Brian McLaren

By Padma Kuppa [This post is part of an inter-faith response to Brian McLaren's new book Why...

September 25, 2012

Sharing the Journey, In Our Own Shoes: A Jewish Response To Brian McLaren

[This post is part of an inter-faith response to Brian McLaren's new book Why Did Jesus, Moses,...

September 24, 2012

We’re All in This Together: A Buddhist Responds to Brian McLaren

By Scott Mitchell [This post is part of an inter-faith response to Brian McLaren's new book...

September 24, 2012

Freedom: A Good Thing? An Excerpt from The Right Church

In our contemporary context, it is hard to imagine a word more frequently tossed around...

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