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February 2011

February 24, 2011

Gaga and Obama Love the Gays

President Obama made big news yesterday, through Eric Holder, when the administration announced that they...

February 18, 2011

Iowa Pastor Believes that Boys Can Touch in a "Familiar Way"

Well, that's the only conclusion I can come to, since he doesn't believe that girls...

February 11, 2011

Patrol Mag: Let's Stop Making Pronouncements about Others' Sexuality

If you don't subscribe to the online mag Patrol, you should, because you'll get to...

January 2011

January 31, 2011

December 2010

December 20, 2010

Three Predictions for 2011

Yesterday I appeared on Doug Pagitt Radio to look back at my predictions for the...

December 20, 2010

The Baby Jesus in 3-D

Where else but Dallas and who else but Ed Young, Jr., would pass out 3-D...

December 18, 2010

Five Religious Predictions for 2011

I'll be on Doug Pagitt Radio tomorrow (Sunday, December 19), going over my predictions for...

December 15, 2010

Andrew Sullivan on Mormonism

Andrew Sullivan, in his never-ending attack on Christianists, attacks "American Exceptionalism," and recommends that Mormonism...

December 14, 2010

Do You Hate Mormons?

Jana Riess tips us off to an interesting finding in the much-discussed tome, American Grace. ...

December 09, 2010

Policing the Borders of Christianity

Brandy Daniels pens an intriguing piece at Religion Dispatches about the particular tradition in American...

December 08, 2010

There Is No War on Christmas

But don't tell that to the good people of First Baptist-Dallas. That megalith of a...

December 07, 2010

An xtranormal Test of Christian Orthodoxy

So, others are posting the pretty damn funny spoof of emergent on xtranormal, but I...

November 2010

November 30, 2010

Apple Pulls Manhattan Declaration App

I've had my own run-in with the Manhattan Declaration -- it was placed at the...

November 22, 2010

Younger Americans Disaffected by Conservative Church

Robert Putnam and David Campbell sum up the findings of their new book, American Grace:...

October 2010

October 26, 2010

How Would Jesus Farm?

An important question from Craig Goodwin: It's also possible that Christian perspectives will simply be...

October 26, 2010

Will Gay-Friendly Churches Pander to their Clientele?

Keith DeRose is a philosophy professor at Yale, and a friend of, reader of, and...

October 12, 2010

How Fast Is Public Opinion on Same Sex Marriage Changing?

Yesterday was both Columbus Day and National Coming Out Day, so I saw many tweets...

October 06, 2010

When Communion Is Political (Hint: It's Always Political)

Up here in the barren northland, there's been a dust-up in the ongoing struggle of...

September 2010

September 27, 2010

Star Wars and Evangelical Revisionist History

An interesting take on evangelical nostalgia for a past that never was, especially important during...

September 23, 2010

Message to Gay Teens: It Gets Better

Last week I blogged about a gay teenager in Minnesota who committed suicide in July. ...

September 14, 2010

Back to School (Amidst Homophobia and Bullying)

I'm not much of a reactionary. In fact, when it comes to public schooling, I...

September 13, 2010

In defense of Kosher

A funny, and telling, thought experiment at Reddit. What if kosher Jews used the same...

August 2010

August 31, 2010

Jana Riess Asks, "Can a Mormon Be an Emergent Christian?"

I'll admit, I don't know many Mormons. In fact, Jana is one of the few...

August 18, 2010

Ponderings on a Faith Journey: A Legal Analysis of the Recent Prop 8 Decision

Bob Cornwall, a consistently thoughtful, progressive voice, has a guest post from an attorney in...