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March 2015

March 02, 2015

Tongue Pierced: A Review

Nelson Searcy and Jennifer Dykes Henson’s Tongue Pierced: How the Words You Speak Transform the...

February 2015

February 23, 2015

What is the Holy Spirit? A 40 Day Journey with Jack Levison

We seem to know much about God, the Father of the Trinity. We know even...

February 12, 2015

Watch Your Tongue: A Q&A with Author Nelson Searcy

"Words are never neutral. None of us has ever spoken a neutral word in our...

January 2015

January 21, 2015

Blessed Mourning: Reflections on ALOOF, Chapter 10

[This post is part of a discussion on the new book Aloof: Figuring Out Life...

January 19, 2015

Figuring Out Life with a God Who Hides: A Review of Tony Kriz’s “Aloof”

In our hiking adventures, my wife and I have seen a number of different animals...

December 2014

December 15, 2014

Does It Really Matter What I Believe About God? A Q&A with David Maxfield

This month in the Patheos Book Club Does It Really Matter What I Believe About...

December 15, 2014

Wholehearted Living: An Essential Devotional for this Mom

Before I became a mother, I will confess giving more than one eye roll to...

November 2014

November 14, 2014

Breakdancing and Power Tools: The Importance of Male Friendships

"Ten years after my best friend’s funeral he is still shaping my life. He’s shaping...

November 14, 2014

I Am Grateful He Is Gone

By Scott LeRette Author, The Unbreakable Boy: A Father's Fear, A Son's Courage, and A...

November 13, 2014

Questions for the 21st Century Church: A Q&A with Jeb Gaither

This month at the Patheos Book Club, we're talking about the new book, Questions for 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 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...

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 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...

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 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 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,...

August 2014

August 19, 2014

Interwoven with the Great Cloud of Witnesses: A Review of “Introduction to the History of Christianity”

Book Review: Introduction to the History of Christianity, Second Edition, Edited by Tim Dowley One of the...

August 04, 2014

Teach Us To Want: A Review

If, as Madeleine L'Engle has written, a book "can be a star, 'explosive material, capable...

August 04, 2014

On Praying with Beads: A Q&A with Author Kristen Vincent

"In the early church Christians used pebbles and stones to help them “pray without ceasing.”...

July 2014

July 15, 2014

Teach Us to Want: A Q&A with Author Jen Pollock Michel

In her new book, Teach Us To Want, Jen Pollock Michel guides us on a...

July 08, 2014

Connecting Two Poles: Saints and Social Justice

Book Review -- Saints and Social Justice: A Guide to Changing the World, by Brandon...