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July 2012

July 24, 2012

Going to Sri Lanka

Back in my youth ministry days, I took several trips to Peru. There, I visited...

July 19, 2012

On Missing the Memes

As I wrote recently, I've been a bit down recently. Part of the consequence of...

July 17, 2012

Fighting the Darkness

I don't struggle with depression. I know many who do, but that's just not my...

April 2012

April 20, 2012

Rest Easy. Bristol Isn’t Living with her Boyfriend

Bristol Palin blogs here at Patheos. You knew that, right? So, she and I are,...

February 2012

February 20, 2012

Blogging Controversies

Illustration from Pickling His Presence Late last week, I took some heat in the comment...

February 08, 2012

David Carr on Making – and Breaking – Bread with Clay Shirky

It seems that two of my heroes -- NY Times columnist, David Carr, and media...

February 06, 2012

Lauren Winner’s Divorce

All week, I'll be posting about Lauren Winner's new book, Still: Notes on a Mid-Faith...

January 2012

January 31, 2012

Hooray for (most of) the comments

First, I’d like to thank Tony Jones for giving me the opportunity to do some...

January 26, 2012

Good Reasons

I have to admit, I was surprised when Tony asked me to guest blog while...

January 25, 2012

Please Welcome Scot Miller

I'm taking a 6-day digital sabbath, my first in a long time. I'm spending a...

January 25, 2012

Happy Birthday, Theoblogy!

On this day in 2004, I wrote my first post. It wasn't much of anything....

January 09, 2012

Thanks, Readers, for a Great 2011

Just looking at my blog stats, and I am happy to report that this blog...

January 04, 2012

Twit-Interview with Joe Boyd

An old friend, Joe Boyd, is relaunching his blog. I'm honored to be his first...

December 2011

December 31, 2011

Some Blogs I Discovered in 2011

Rachel Held Evans - We all discovered her, didn't we? An evangelical (or is she...

December 30, 2011

The Enduring Relevance of the Didache

For a few years now, I've argued that the long-lost ancient text of the early...

December 14, 2011

What Rob Bell Thinks about Gay Marriage

No, I didn't write a post with that title. But if I had, it would...

December 07, 2011

Welcome Emergent Village to Patheos

Patheos has partnered with Emergent Village to create a new portal for innovative and experimental...

December 06, 2011

Is God Coming? An Advent Theoblogger Challenge

Patheos just posted the most recent "theoblogger challenge," in which they ask bloggers to respond...

December 01, 2011

King Jesus Gospel: Part Four

Part of a week-long discussion of The King Jesus Gospel: The Original Good News Revisited by...

November 2011

November 07, 2011

What Kind of Blogger Are You?

Technorati has released their annual State of the Blogosphere Report. Among the findings are that...

October 2011

October 26, 2011

Save Google Reader

I use Google Reader every day. Many times every day. It's where I read almost...

October 17, 2011

Have You Abandoned Your Blog?

According to the New York Times, 95% of blogs haven't been updated in over 120...

August 2011

August 31, 2011

Congrats to Patheos

One Million Unique Monthly Visitors!

August 29, 2011

Why He’s Not a Catholic

Andrew Brown has written for the Guardian, Why I'm Not a Catholic: At the moment,...

August 18, 2011

Are We Out of Big Ideas?

In Sunday's NYTime, Neal Gabler surmised that we're out of big ideas. Surprise, surprise, he...

July 2011

July 25, 2011

Irony in Advertising

I've gotten some comments here about the ads that seem out of place in my...

June 2011

June 21, 2011

Patheos’s Commenting Policy

Just an FYI to my long-time readers, Patheos has a technology in place that puts...

June 16, 2011

Moving to Patheos

Well, as you can see if you're reading this, I've already moved. And I'm thrilled...

April 2011

April 15, 2011

A Question for Bloggers (and Readers)

This is for those of you who blog, and those of you who read blogs...

April 11, 2011

Are You Reading This?

Then so are others like you -- smart, literate, theologically engaged people. That's who reads...