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October 2011

October 18, 2011

The Evangelical Rejection of Reason – NYTimes.com

This is getting all the buzz this morning: THE Republican presidential field has become a...

October 17, 2011

The Future of Seminary Education – Intro Questions

This week, Patheos will kick off an online symposium on the future of seminary education....

October 15, 2011

Steve Jobs and Innovative Church

Sociologist Gerardo Marti, who has studied the emerging church movement, weighs in on the influence...

October 15, 2011

Frederica Mathewes-Green Doesn’t Quite Bash the Emerging Church

Frederica Mathewes-Green has been very, very kind to me. She's read and endorsed a couple...

October 14, 2011

Why Mainline Christians Don’t Care about Rob Bell

In case you've been living under a rock, Rob Bell is leaving Mars Hill Bible...

October 13, 2011

Soularize and Social Phonics

I've got my kids much of next week, so I can't make it, but on...

October 12, 2011

Evangelicals Being Robbed

Some evangelicals are fighting back. While some in that camp (e.g., Al Mohler and Robert...

October 10, 2011

More Bad News for the (Mainline) Church

I spent some time last week with a group of mainline clergy. They were truly...

October 08, 2011

Beard-on-Beard Violence

I'm currently growing out my beard, in a Minnesota-lumberjack-Bon-Iver kind of way. So you can...

October 07, 2011

The Supreme Court to Rule on the “Ministerial Exception”

From the Christian Science Monitor: America’s religious institutions have long been able to stand apart...

October 07, 2011

We’re All Evangelical Now

When I first signed on to blog at Patheos, I expressed my hesitation at being...

October 05, 2011

Jana Riess Interviews…Me!

Jana has posted part one of her interview with me. This part is about my...

October 04, 2011

Is God Hospitable? The Amalekites Didn’t Think So

Hospitality is a key virtue in the emerging and missional church movements, as I've even...

October 01, 2011

Gay Marriage Meme

This has been making the rounds:

September 2011

September 29, 2011

But How Do We Know He Didn’t Pray?

Facing a lawsuit, teachers at a couple Tennessee high schools joined with students for singing...

September 29, 2011

Will Church Plants Be Banned from Public Schools?

It has been common practice among church planters to start their churches in public schools:...

September 28, 2011

Fooling Evangelicals with Pseudoscience

Albert Mohler antagonist, Karl Giberson, has some excellent thoughts on why evangelicals so warmly embrace...

September 23, 2011

Spiritual But Not Religious – Defended

Kate Blanchard, a religious studies professor, pushes back on Lillian Daniel, whose post about spiritual...

September 22, 2011

Report: Clergy Are the Happiest about their Job

We clergy sometimes complain about our jobs, to be sure. But my experience bears out...

September 21, 2011

Biggest Problems: Medicare

Part of a series on the Five Biggest Problems Facing America: Introduction 5. Unnecessary wars 4. Inequalities in...

September 21, 2011

A Sexologist Weighs in on Pat Robertson and Alzheimer’s

Becky Knight has some thoughtful words about the kerfuffle with Pat Robertson's recent comments regarding...

September 20, 2011

Rachel Held Evans: Ask a Gay Christian

Rachel continues her excellent series, "Ask a..." with this post in which Justin Lee responds...

September 17, 2011

Growing Up in Christian Patriarchy

At AlterNet, "Libby Anne" has written an expose about growing up in the homeschooling Christian...

September 16, 2011

I’m an Evangelical Pastor?

In her column on my marriage views, "Separation of church and state in marriage?", Lisa...

September 14, 2011

There Are Two Marriages – Conclusion and Video Chat

This brings me to the end of my series, "There Are Two Marriages." Before my...

September 13, 2011

There Are Two Marriages – Part Five

The Problem for Clergy Whether one has a high view of ordained clergy, as many...

September 12, 2011

Church Planters Academy = WOMEN!

This November, I'll be helping Doug Pagitt host the first-ever Church Planters Academy. We're holding...

September 10, 2011

Preaching Forgiveness on 9/11

The Gospel text in this week's lectionary is -- also the 10th anniversary of the...

September 09, 2011

If Jürgen Moltmann Planted a Church – Part Five

This is part of a series based on chapters four and five of my new...

September 07, 2011

Will the REAL Francis Schaeffer Please Stand Up?

I didn't grow up reading Francis Schaeffer, as so many of my evangelical friends did....