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April 2014

April 30, 2014

God and the Gay Christian: A Q&A with Matthew Vines

"Jesus indicates in the Sermon on the Mount that good teachings should bear good fruit....

April 30, 2014

Arms Open Wide: A Q&A with Sherri Gragg

"I have heard so many people express their belief that God is an angry God,...

April 30, 2014

My Friends, the Saints: A Q&A with Elizabeth Ficocelli

"Once I began to read about the saints, I was greatly surprised to discover how...

April 16, 2014

Richard Cole on Becoming Catholic, Finally

After a lifetime of spiritual searching, Richard Cole found what he was looking for in...

April 15, 2014

Signs and Wonders: On Writing a Book for My Wedding Anniversary

Editor's Note: This month in the Patheos Book Club, we're featuring the new book Jehoshua:...

April 15, 2014

What Really Happened on Good Friday?

Garrett Glass, author of Jehoshua: Signs & Wonders, takes a historical look at the Crucifixion,...

April 15, 2014

Easter Down Under

By Richard Cole Author, Catholic By Choice This time every year, I think about the...

April 14, 2014

C. S. Lewis on Education

Alister McGrath's new book If I Had Lunch With C.S. Lewis walks the reader through imaginary sittings...

April 14, 2014

In Search of the Real Jesus: A Q&A with Garrett Glass

By Tom Holmes Most likely, the story of Jesus and his followers that Oak Park...

April 04, 2014

If I Had Lunch with C. S. Lewis: Asking the Big Questions

I’ll begin with a confession: I’ve never been able to “get into” C. S. Lewis....

April 01, 2014

When Grace meets Maya: A Postmodern Tale

By Ramesh Rao Indeed, it is rather rare to find a Christian minister married to...

April 01, 2014

Sharing a Common Faith: Reflections on Saffron Cross and Interfaith Marriage

My endorsement of Rev. Dana Trent’s wonderful new book, Saffron Cross, appears on the book’s...

April 01, 2014

Evangelizing in a Virtual World: A Review of Mediating Faith

When I was writing my doctoral dissertation on the impact of the Internet on practices...

March 2014

March 31, 2014

Saffron Cross: An Interview with J. Dana Trent

This month at the Book Club, we're featuring a new book by Baptist minister J....

March 31, 2014

Lunching with C. S. Lewis: A Q&A with Alister McGrath

Prolific author and scholar Alister McGrath talks about his new book If I Had Lunch with...

March 27, 2014

On Discipleship and Christian Maturity: A Q&A with Ronald Rolheiser

Sacred Fire: A Vision for a Deeper Human and Christian Maturity, by popular Catholic author...

March 24, 2014

Between Heaven and Earth: A Review

Hope comes in a lot of flavors and colors and it doesn’t matter whether we’re...

March 17, 2014

Embracing New Media with Hope: A Review of “Mediating Faith”

By Beth Davies-Stofka Is social media a means of grace? It can be. Is the...

March 14, 2014

Mediating Faith: A Q&A with Clint Schnekloth

"I feel like it is time for those of us with a passion for mediating...

March 10, 2014

Jesus Feminist: Redefining Biblical Womanhood

Jesus Feminist is exciting and new not primarily for its take on feminism, but for...

March 05, 2014

Jesus Feminist: A Conversation with Sarah Bessey

“When else in the world would anybody have cared about what some happy clappy mum...

February 2014

February 25, 2014

Do Something More: A Review of “Mercy in the City”

Reviewed by Jessica Mesman Griffith The Corporal and Spiritual Works of Mercy are among the...

February 18, 2014

Learning to Appreciate Hip-Hop: A Review of “Freestyle”

Question of the day: how does a 63-year-old white guy in Detroit who doesn’t care...

February 18, 2014

Mercy in the City: A Q&A with Kerry Weber

"Lent isn’t just a self-help season; we’re called to do these things as a part...

February 17, 2014

What Happens in Lent Doesn’t Stay in Lent

In a world where the only sacrifices that seems justifiable are those made in our...

February 17, 2014

Birmingham Revolution: A Book Review

Edward Gilbreath’s phenomenal new book Birmingham Revolution: Martin Luther King Jr.’s Epic Challenge to the...

February 14, 2014

Freestyle: A Q&A with the Rev. Michael Waters

"The work of engaging human suffering is hard and messy work. There are no drive-by...

January 2014

January 29, 2014

Jennie Allen’s Restless: A Review

Jennie Allen’s Restless: Because You Were Made For More (2013, W Publishing Group, $15.99) begins...

January 08, 2014

Welcoming the Presence: A Review of John Geiger’s “The Angel Effect”

Book Review The Angel Effect  by John Geiger I have always loved stories of angels,...

January 07, 2014

A Prayer for the New Year, For You

By Father Robert Cormier Author, Better Than We Believed The Church’s Prayer for You Based...

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