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May 2014

May 29, 2014

Suzanne and Adam Discuss the Importance of Ascension Day

Adam and Suzanne discuss Ascension Day. Why do we ignore the ascension of Jesus? Adam...

May 29, 2014

Alpha Gods at the University of California: Redeeming Theology

The horror of last Friday’s murders at UCSB has us asking the all-important question: Why...

May 28, 2014

Stop Celebrating Memorial Day!

We need to stop celebrating Memorial Day. I had lunch with my dad on Memorial...

May 28, 2014

Atonement and the Gay Christian

Matthew Vines has done us an incredible service by writing his book God and the...

May 27, 2014

Suzanne and Adam Discuss Pope Francis, Creation, Ritual, and the Faith Forward Conference

In this video Suzanne and Adam discuss Pope Francis's prayer over the weekend on the...

May 22, 2014

Virtually Christian: Finding Atonement on the Internet

How is technology changing contemporary spirituality? That’s the question Patheos asked in its recent Public...

May 20, 2014

[VIDEO] Live Chat with Dr. Andrew McKenna on Truth, Violence, and “A Refuge of Lies”

No topic is more important today than how to deal with violence, and Cesáreo Bandera's...

May 16, 2014

Defeating Satan at Harvard

How do you defeat Satan? That was the question the University of Harvard had to...

May 15, 2014

Wishing Adam Godspeed

Adam is heading off to his new home in Eugene today. I have been in...

May 14, 2014

Dancing with Mimetic Theory

There are two related misconceptions about what mimetic theory says about being human: that (1)...

May 12, 2014

Faith Forward: The Future of Christian Education, Part 4

What’s Emerging? A New Story Dave Csinos, the founder and president of the Faith Forward...

May 08, 2014

Who is Allah? #BringBackOurGirls

On April 15, terrorists from Boko Haram abducted 276 Nigerian girls sleeping in their high...

May 05, 2014

Faith Forward: The Future of Christian Education, Part 3

What’s Emerging? A New Theology of Atonement Why do violence and religion appear to be...

May 05, 2014

Patheos Turns Five! Religion, Violence, and Let’s Party!

Happy 5th Anniversary Patheos! In just five short years, Patheos has become the go to...

May 02, 2014

Nietzschean Lies vs. Christian Truth

I have long been aware of mimetic theory’s critique of philosophy’s inability to tell the...

May 01, 2014

Open Letter to White People: Why I am Donald Sterling and So Are You

Dear White People, We need to take a long, painful look in the mirror. The...

April 2014

April 30, 2014

Parenting Confessions: How a Child Redeems the Sins of his Father

Parenting is hard. It happened to me again on Sunday morning. We just moved to...

April 28, 2014

Faith Forward: The Future of Christian Education, Part 2

What’s Emerging? A New Perspective on Victims Something new is happening in Christianity today. The...

April 25, 2014

Faith Forward: The Future of Christian Education

Part 1: Just what is emerging? There’s a lot of talk about “emergent church” these...

April 23, 2014

Top 10 Reasons Mimetic Theory Will Change Your Life

Have you ever wondered how mimetic theory changes lives? ME TOO! So, I decided to...

April 23, 2014

The Cross: An Exposé of Human Sacrifice

At the center of Christianity is a weird claim: that we have been saved by...

April 22, 2014

The Girardian Lectionary: A Monumental Transformation of Christianity

Subscribers to Teaching Nonviolent Atonement will have the opportunity to talk with the Rev. Paul...

April 21, 2014

Book Review: Why Did Jesus, Moses, the Buddha, and Muhammad Cross the Road?

Today, 9/11/2012, marks the release of Brian McLaren’s book Why Did Jesus, Moses, the Buddha,...

April 20, 2014

Reza Aslan’s ‘Zealot’: Part 2: The Book Review

Reza Aslan begins of his book, Zealot: The Life and Times of Jesus of Nazareth, with...

April 19, 2014

Reza Aslan’s ‘Zealot’: Part 1: The Fox News Interview

Are you feeling a bit smug about the way historian and author Reza Aslan out-debated Lauren Green...

March 2014

March 19, 2014

The First Lie: Language’s Big Bang

“Once a person begins to desire what the model desires, he learns very quickly that...

January 2014

January 23, 2014

January 30 – Live Chat with Professor Andrew McKenna on Mimetic Theory and His Work in Prison and Benjamin Corey on the Cross and America’s Broken Justice System

On January 30 we talked with Professor Andrew McKenna and theologian and blogger Benjamin Corey...

December 2013

December 14, 2013

Sermon: The Ax, the Bridge, and Nelson Mandela by Rev. Tom Truby (Year A, Advent 2)

(Sermon text: Isaiah 11:1-10 and Matthew 3:1-12) How many of you in your life time...

December 03, 2013

Sermon: Riding Out the Flood by Rev. Tom Truby

Year A, Advent 1 December 1st, 2013 Isaiah 2:1-5 and Matthew 24:36-44 Riding Out the...

September 2013

September 04, 2013

Advice on Syria from Gregory the Great

As I began my morning devotions on Tuesday this week, Syria was on my mind....

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