Buddhist Catholic Contemplative Evangelical General Christian Hindu Jewish Latter-day Saint Muslim New Visions Progressive Christian

Beliefs

Topics

Columnists

Resource Library

Research Tools

Video

Podcasts

Thought Readers

Faith In Media Tracker

Newsletters

Ad-Free & Subscriber Log-In Subscription Support

Follow Patheos

The Naked Jesus

Home
Progressive Christian

Uncategorized

Select a Category abuse bad Bad Theology Blue Christian Karma Christmas Church Clinton Coming Out Day Cruz Dance Dangerous Church Discrimination Disruptive Faith disruptive peace Disrutive Church Doctrine Dominionism Evangelism Faith Fun good grace Hell Hillary Inclusive Justice Keller Leadership love Messy Church Missional New Parable Open Peace Play Politics Prayer Progressive racism random Safe Church Sessions Story Theology Trump truth Uncategorized

Select a Month March 2019 December 2018 June 2018 May 2018 April 2018 February 2018 December 2017 June 2017 May 2017 April 2017 March 2017 February 2017 January 2017 December 2016 November 2016 October 2016 September 2016 August 2016 July 2016 June 2016 May 2016 April 2016 March 2016 February 2016 January 2016 December 2015 October 2015 August 2015 June 2015 May 2015 April 2015

December 2018

December 08, 2018

Why I have a Lack of Compassion for the Church

It's been a while since I've written anything on Patheos, six moths or so -...

April 2018

April 11, 2018

War Solves Nothing

I get nerves when I hear our “Leaders” speak about war. Because if war is...

February 2018

February 16, 2018

The Conservative Red Letter Jesus

How the Conservative Cultural Christian sees Jesus: Soon a lot of people from the nearby...

February 15, 2018

We Need Action, Not Just Thoughts and Prayers

As Americans we have allowed violence and abuse to become normalized in our culture. We...

December 2017

December 17, 2017

So This Is Christmas, and What Have You Done?

So this is Christmas and what have you done? Another year over and a new...

December 01, 2017

Ten Things the Church Needs to Change, But Won’t

I’ve spent years studying and considering the nature, function, and future of the Church. While...

March 2017

March 23, 2017

Making Love Personal

What if, you read 1 Corinthians 13 in a very unusual way? What if, it...

February 2017

February 09, 2017

Lent, a Point of Resistance

In our culture, Lent is seen as a way of give-up bad eating habits, but...

October 2016

October 28, 2016

I Would Rather Love Too Much

To be honest with you, when my time comes I would rather hear the Divine...

September 2016

September 02, 2016

The Law and The 10 Commandments Are Not Our Burden

The Rabbi response was something I will never forget, he just smiled, and said, “Why...

June 2016

June 15, 2016

It Is About Religion, But Not In The Way You Think

So, what does all the mean? For me, it means that we need to encourage...

June 13, 2016

It’s Not Just a ‘Heart Problem’

Call it whatever you desire, a terrorist act, a hate crime – whatever. Just don’t...

June 12, 2016

It is harder to….

Too many of us take the easy road, when we should be taking the harder...

May 2016

May 24, 2016

We Need Revolutionaries

Jesus was a revolutionary, he wasn't seeking to reform Judaism from inside the system; he...

May 19, 2016

Burning Down The House

Too many Christians are taking to heart the words of the Talking Heads, they're Burning...

April 2016

April 22, 2016

The Current Face of New Money

Recently, the Treasure announced the amazing news that Harriet Tubman will be the new face...

April 11, 2016

Here’s A Dilemma

Let me see if I understand, with all the injustices facing humanity you’re actually concerned with...

April 01, 2016

Claiming to Be A Follower of Christ

Is it just me, or is this whole Republican Political Cycle driving you crazy? I...

March 2016

March 28, 2016

What’s the Shape of Water?

Define the shape of water? Think about it for a moment, and tell me what’s...

August 2015

August 19, 2015

An Abomination?

The other day I received a Facebook message from a pastor informing me that I...

June 2015

June 19, 2015

Nothing

Nothing. PERIOD.

May 2015

May 01, 2015

Thinking Out Loud

One of the first lessons clergy learn in their ministry is that being “the preacher”...

April 2015

April 30, 2015

How Do You Pray?

One of the most meaningless things a Follower of Christ can say is, "I will...