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May 2011

May 12, 2011

Join Lauren Winner, Phyllis Tickle, and Me on June 8 in Pasadena, CA

From Fuller Seminary's Burner Blog: Join authors Tony Jones, Lauren Winner and Phyllis Tickle as...

May 12, 2011

Adding Nuance to the Sojourners Kerfuffle

Some of my friends have weighed in the on the Sojo-BelieveOutLoud controversy, as have some...

May 10, 2011

What Jim Wallis Might Be Missing

So, it seems that Jim Wallis* has gotten into a bit of a kerfuffle for...

May 09, 2011

I Love this Ad

It's for Google Chrome, which I also love:

May 03, 2011

The Gospel According to Nadia

The good people of Denver put their spiritual lives at risk by asking Nadia Bolz-Weber...

May 02, 2011

Kentucky Church Won't Sign Marriage Licenses

This hopeful news comes from a church that will not sign marriage licenses anymore --...

May 02, 2011

Richard Flory Breaks the News: Gays and Lesbians Attend Christian Colleges!

If you don't know Richard Flory, you should. He's the author of several books that...

April 2011

April 22, 2011

Good Friday + Earth Day = ???

This year gives us a strange confluence of Good Friday and Earth Day, both occurring...

April 20, 2011

Peter Berger on Gynecologists and Biblical Scholars

Eminent sociologist of religion Peter Berger has penned a very interesting post at The American...

April 19, 2011

Open Source Church by Landon Whitsitt

Landon Whitsitt has a new book out, Open Source Church: Making Room for the Wisdom...

April 12, 2011

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April 11, 2011

My Interview with #RobBell

Here's my interview yesterday with Rob Bell on Doug Pagitt Radio. I'll post the rest...

April 10, 2011

Two Hours on #RobBell and #LoveWins

Today, from 12noon - 2pm CDT, I'm guest hosting Doug Pagitt Radio Doug Pagitt Radio,...

April 09, 2011

Becoming a Family of Plenty

Craig Goodwin, who's wonderful book I highly recommend, has written up some steps for Becoming...

March 2011

March 31, 2011

A Day Off

It's my birthday, so you'll have to do without my scintillating observational analysis of all...

March 30, 2011

Evangelicalism and Fuller Seminary

I spent a few days this week at my alma mater, Fuller Theological Seminary, promoting...

March 23, 2011

Frederick Schmidt on the Future of Seminary

Seminary faculty often lack any real affinity for the church and, that too, has colored...

March 18, 2011

Did Jesus Die on a Chocolate Cross?

I'm no pietist, as many readers will know. In fact, my local newspaper once ran...

March 16, 2011

If Al Franken and Rand Paul Can Be Friends, Why Can't We?

Today's StarTribune has an interesting story on the young and unlikely friendship between Senators Al...

March 15, 2011

#Theism4Lent

Last week, I challenged Peter Rollins, a notorious Christian a/thiest, to give up atheism for...

March 14, 2011

Housekeeping

Dear readers, thanks for your ongoing interest in my writing here on the blog. Today,...

March 08, 2011

Download the Chapter Deemed "Too Gay" for the Baptimergent Book

Homebrewed Christianity is making available a PDF of Brian Ammon's chapter on sexuality, a chapter...

March 02, 2011

Evangelical College Open to Gays

Last year, I asked which evangelical college would be the first to openly accept GLBT...

March 02, 2011

Rob Bell and HarperOne: Marketing that Works

Remember how I said that, on the one hand, the Calvinistas have been waiting for...

March 01, 2011

Presbyterians Try a Gay Man

Years ago, I was sitting on an airplane, reading the USA Today that had been...

March 01, 2011

RIP, Rev. Dr. Peter Gomes

Peter Gomes has died. Gomes was the minister at Memorial Church at Harvard University, known...

February 2011

February 28, 2011

What’s Up with Rob Bell?

It seems that everyone in the little corner of the Christo-Twitterverse that I inhabit was...

February 27, 2011

Mainline Churches Continue their Decline

File this under, "Same Ol' Same Ol'." The National Council of Churches released their annual...

February 26, 2011

Pomomusings Calls the Presbyterian Question

The long-expected divorce in the Presbyterian Church (USA) seems to be imminent, with a group...

February 25, 2011

Who Can Preach?

Apparently not just anyone, at least in the Catholic Church. But it's actually a...