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February 2012

February 16, 2012

How I Got My Publishers to Drop the Price of My Books to $.99

Short answer: I asked. Longer answer: In November, I started thinking about Christmas. Not what...

February 14, 2012

Lauren Winner on Doubt, Prayer, and the Eucharist [VIDEO]

In part two of my interview with Lauren Winner about her book, Still: Notes on a Mid-Faith...

February 13, 2012

Lauren Winner on Writing and Regrets [VIDEO]

In part one of my interview with Lauren Winner about her book, Still: Notes on...

February 10, 2012

Lauren Winner’s Faith

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

February 08, 2012

Lauren Winner’s Anxiety

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

February 07, 2012

Christian Life in the Inventive Age

Doug Pagitt has completed his four-book cycle on the Christian faith in the "Inventive Age."...

February 07, 2012

Lauren Winner’s Loneliness

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

February 03, 2012

A Web of Books

A cool new tool uses info from Amazon to connect a book you like with...

February 01, 2012

Get “The New Christians” for Cheep!

Amazon has dropped the price of my book, The New Christians: Dispatches from the Emergent...

January 2012

January 23, 2012

The Silence of Jesus (on Homosexuality)

I've been thinking more about the post I wrote last week about Daniel Kirk's new book, Jesus...

January 19, 2012

False Dichotomies, True Love, and Homosexuality

This post is part of a blog tour for Daniel Kirk's new book, Jesus Have...

January 12, 2012

God in Creation – A Defense of Panentheism

I'm currently re-reading God in Creation, Jürgen Moltmann's ecological doctrine of creation. It's my third...

January 10, 2012

The Burner Piles on @PastorMark

At The Burner Blog, David Moore has concluded his 4-part series on Mark Driscoll's new...

January 07, 2012

Bestselling Books of 2011

According to Nielson Bookscan, here are the bestselling books of 2011, along with sales figures....

January 06, 2012

The Church Is Flat in the Patheos Book Club

My latest book, The Church Is Flat: The Relational Ecclesiology of the Emerging Church Movement, is...

January 05, 2012

A Complementarian Who Thinks Mark Driscoll Is a Misogynist

I won't be reviewing Mark and Grace Driscoll's new book. That's because I won't be...

January 02, 2012

Get *The Church Is Flat* for Free!

My latest book, The Church Is Flat: The Relational Ecclesiology of the Emerging Church Movement, is...

December 2011

December 31, 2011

Book Sale Ends at Midnight

Somehow, Doug and I convinced our publishers to drop the price on a number of...

December 29, 2011

How Did People in the Bible Pray?

That's the question I set out to answer in my book, Ask, Seek, Knock: Prayers...

December 28, 2011

Lectio Divina Might Save Your (Prayer) Life

I discovered lectio divina many years ago, during a very spiritually dry time in my...

December 27, 2011

My “Minor Classic” on Spiritual Disciplines (for 99¢!)

Of the books I've written, two seem to have the most staying power. One is...

December 27, 2011

Garrison Keillor Hasn’t Read Moby Dick

Garrison Keillor, whom I admire, in spite of his quirks. Last week, Courtney and I...

December 26, 2011

The Church Is Flat — Now $.99!!!

Wondering what to get with that Amazon gift card you received yesterday? For a limited...

December 25, 2011

Christmas Book Deals

Doug Pagitt and I have joined up with many of our publishers to reduce the...

December 21, 2011

Christian Philosopher Takes on the New Atheists

Last week, there was a nice write up on Alvin Plantinga in the New York...

December 19, 2011

Best Book of the Year

I read a lot of good books this year. But the best had to be...

December 17, 2011

Is This Amazon’s Big Year?

I had an interesting conversation with Bruce Reyes-Chow last night. His family is trying to...

December 15, 2011

Seriously, This Post Really IS about Rob Bell

David Opderbeck is the smartest kid in the room on any blog he frequents, including...

December 10, 2011

Coming Next Week

Over the next couple weeks, I'll be writing about the essays in the newest book...

December 09, 2011

The Bible Made Impossible: Part Three – The Fatal Flaw

This post is part of a three-part series on The Bible Made Impossible: Why Biblicism...