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September 2013

September 13, 2013

Slavoj Žižek and the Illusion of Religion

I'm getting audited, which I can tell you completely sucks. And I'm getting audited for...

September 09, 2013

10 Tips for Working with a Literary Agent (Manuscript Monday)

As I wrote last Monday, I've had an agent, Kathy Helmers, for quite a while...

September 05, 2013

Initial Thoughts on René Girard

In the past couple years, I read a lot about René Girard, I've listened to...

September 03, 2013

Teaching of the Twelve on Super Sale

Paraclete Press has put the Kindle ebook version of my book, The Teaching of the...

September 02, 2013

Manuscript Monday: Working with an Agent

Manuscript Monday is a series I'll be writing as I work on my forthcoming book....

August 2013

August 27, 2013

The Book You’re Going To Be Talking about This Fall

My bedside reading this week is an advanced copy of Nadia Bolz-Weber's theological memoir, Pastrix:...

August 19, 2013

Manuscript Mondays: Finding a Writing Rhythm

Mark Twain said, "Write what you know." So, since I'm neck-deep in a book project,...

August 16, 2013

The Emergent Dave Ramsey

I've know Mark Scandrette for a long time. In fact, in 2008, he and Doug...

August 10, 2013

Phyllis Tickle May Kill You

I've taken a week off from writing my own book on the atonement to edit...

July 2013

July 12, 2013

Book Sale

Dear readers, for the next week, An Emergent Manifesto of Hope is on sale in...

July 06, 2013

Kierkegaard Wants a New Church

This is the second of two excerpts from a book that I happily endorsed: Emerging...

June 2013

June 27, 2013

Richard Beck’s Progressive Vision

Richard Beck is one of my favorite theologians of the moment. Maybe it's just because...

June 19, 2013

Sacred Texts After the Apocalypse

Today, I've finished teaching the third in a three-year cycle of classes for a Doctor...

June 04, 2013

The Act of Photography as Spirituality

This post is part of the Patheos Book Club on the book Eyes of the...

May 2013

May 29, 2013

Fiction, Film, and Christian Spirituality

That's the topic of our gathering next month, when I meet with nine of my...

May 13, 2013

Marriage Equality and a Day of Celebration

Last night, Courtney and I were on hand to help our dear friend, Jay...

April 2013

April 24, 2013

Whaddya Say We Get Honest about Labels?

This morning on Marketplace Morning Report, Krissy Clark filed a story entitled, "What Does 'Welfare'...

April 15, 2013

Something’s Gotta Give

Today I started writing a new book. A big book: hard cover, 250 pages, 85,000...

April 09, 2013

Can Jay Bakker Redeem Minnesota?

A month ago, my friend Jay Bakker and his wife, Karin, arrived in Minnesota. They...

April 03, 2013

The Ongoing Witness of the Emerging Church

Emergent is dead. Long live Emergent. Like me, you may occasionally hear comments like this:...

April 01, 2013

Of Baseball Mitts, Resurrections, Announcements, and New Beginnings

I received the baseball mitt on the left in second grade. It was way too...

March 2013

March 27, 2013

I TOLD You Mere Christianity Is Overrated

Thanks to you all, I bested Clive yesterday. Seriously, thanks for your continued support of...

March 26, 2013

Questions That Haunt – The Book

Happy Holy Week and Passover, everyone. I have collected the first six months of the...

March 06, 2013

Destroy the God-Product [Peter Rollins]

I'm away from the blog this week, so I've asked my friends to fill in....

February 2013

February 14, 2013

It’s Time for You and Jay Bakker to Get Together

Jay Bakker has become one of my dearest friends. He's a wonderful human being, and...

February 13, 2013

A Better Atonement — FREE TODAY ONLY

In honor of Ash Wednesday, I have discounted the cost of my book, A Better...

February 11, 2013

The Last Pope Who Quit

Pope Celestine V, aka Peter Morrone, quit in 1294. He was the only pope, prior...

February 09, 2013

At Least God’s Not Dead

Jonathan Fitzgerald is one of my favorite bloggers. When you read his posts at Patrol,...

January 2013

January 17, 2013

Get to Know the Nones

Elizabeth Drescher has a list of five books that we should read if we want...

January 16, 2013

Gigliogate and Evangelical Identity

Fred makes the salient point that Gigliogate and the Chik-fil-A fustercluck are basically the same....