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December 2011

December 20, 2011

Gay Marriage Is Good for Your Health

So says the BBC: Legalising same-sex marriage may create a healthier environment for gay men,...

December 19, 2011

Top 10 Religion Stories of 2011

The Religion News Association, which is the religion beat writers, has voted on the top...

December 16, 2011

McEvangelism

I've written about some crazy evangelism techniques, like in The New Christians, wherein I highlighted the...

December 15, 2011

What Denominations Can Learn from “The Wire”

You can bet that I'm going to link to any post that uses The Wire...

December 14, 2011

The Cost of Clergy Pedophilia

  Yesterday, yet another news conference with yet another lawsuit accusing yet another Catholic clergyman...

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 13, 2011

When House Churches Are Illegal

In the Wall Street Journal, Sarah Pulliam Bailey reports on a Bible study in California...

December 13, 2011

Legalize Abortion…And the Rate Goes Down

Here in Minnesota, the Department of Health recently reported that in 2010, we had the...

December 12, 2011

Female Catholic Priests in Minnesota

  Interesting, based on my post Friday, that the StarTribune on Sunday had an article...

December 11, 2011

Charlie Brown’s War on Christmas

The StarTribune ran a fascinating OpEd this week on what happened when A Charlie Brown...

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...

December 08, 2011

A Year of Christian Eating

Craig and Nancy Goodwin's family is launching into another year of experimenting with food and...

December 08, 2011

Former Presiding Bishop of the ELCA Confronts His Catholic Peers about Gay Marriage

Herbert Chilstrom is the retired presiding bishop of the ELCA, and before that he was...

December 07, 2011

Welcome Emergent Village to Patheos

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

December 07, 2011

The Bible Made Impossible: Part One – The Ailment

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

December 06, 2011

What’s Wrong with this Picture?

Do me a favor and put aside all of your Adventy niceness for just this...

December 03, 2011

Coming Next Week: The Bible Made Impossible

I hope that some of you will join me in reading and talking through this...

December 03, 2011

I’m Glad We Have a Separation of Church and State

Because in the UK, where they do not, a debate is underway about whether churches...

December 02, 2011

The Best Book on Same Sex Marriage

I regularly get asked for reading recommendations on the issues of same sex marriage and...

December 01, 2011

Honest Scholarship May Not Be Possible at a Christian School

Mickey Maudlin, the capable and well-connected managing editor at HarperOne (think Rob Bell), has an...

November 2011

November 30, 2011

King Jesus Gospel: Part Three

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

November 29, 2011

Marine Commandant Says Gays Are A-OK

The Commandant of the US Marine Corps -- who in 2010 testified before Congress that...

November 29, 2011

Tom Arthur: Denominations Are Like Multi-Site Churches

Tom Arthur, pastor of a small UMC church, is "haunted" by the foreclosure of the...

November 28, 2011

Cyber Monday?

So, we all had a #HipsterHoliday and a #BuyNothingFriday. But does that extend to Cyber...

November 26, 2011

Look Who’s a Methodist Poster Child!

Here's the current homepage at UMC.org: I'm ready for my close-up, Mr. DeMille: I have...

November 24, 2011

Thanksgiving Memories

Happy Thanksgiving, friends. Today, I offer you two posts I wrote several years ago. In...

November 23, 2011

Is the Mega-Church Bubble Bound to Burst?

Some think so: The past three decades have been boom times for big churches like...

November 22, 2011

A Thought About the National Youth Workers Convention (#NYWC)

I attended the National Youth Workers Convention over the weekend in Atlanta.  I've been going...

November 22, 2011

Need Another Reason To Be NOT Thankful for Evangelical Leaders This Week?

Well, Tony Perkins is happy to oblige.  Last week on James Dobson's radio show, Perkins...

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