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May 2012

May 08, 2012

Brian McLaren, Nadia Bolz-Weber, Lauren Winner, Shane Hipps, Bruce Reyes-Chow, Lillian Daniel, and Mark Scandrette Walk Into a Bar…

I am extremely proud of this product for congregational study and adult faith formation. The...

April 2012

April 18, 2012

This May Become the First Truly Flat Church

The Christchurch Cathedral in New Zealand was destroyed by an earthquake. Since it will take...

April 12, 2012

There’s No Theology Like Reformed Theology

This amazing ad came in the "Dollars and Sense" mailer last week. Comments very welcome.

March 2012

March 26, 2012

Stop Praying In Church

Aloud, that is. That's my contribution to the Pomomusings series, "(Re)Imaging Chrisitianity: This post is...

March 15, 2012

English Evangelicals

They're shaking up the Church of England: A handful of big evangelically-minded parishes now exercise...

March 10, 2012

Women Who Oppose Women

Women who oppose women bishops, that is, in the Church of England: The Church of...

February 2012

February 09, 2012

Clergy Taxes Made Easier

Do you perform "sacerdotal functions"? If so, and if you're "ordained" -- yes, those are...

January 2012

January 22, 2012

A Flat Church in Action

If I had the chance to do my dissertation research today, instead of 2005, there...

January 16, 2012

Please Don’t Start another Non-Profit

Chris Heuertz, who has been faithfully running an anti-trafficking organization for two decades, has some...

December 2011

December 30, 2011

Should Churches Be Able to Build Anywhere?

According to a federal law passed in 2000, the answer is basically yes. To wit,...

December 24, 2011

A Christmas Song from Solomon’s Porch

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...

November 2011

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...

October 2011

October 28, 2011

St Paul’s Full for Noon Eucharist

If you've been following the ups and downs of Occupy London at St. Paul's Cathedral,...

October 24, 2011

Women Bishops Coming to Church of England?

Alternate headline: "Church of England Edges Closer to 20th Century": The Church of England cleared...

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 01, 2011

Working on Your Sermon?

If you're preaching tomorrow, you might be looking for a little inspiration. Well, let me...

September 2011

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 23, 2011

Spiritual But Not Religious – Defended

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

September 23, 2011

Who Is Shane Hipps?

Well, he's the guy who will be the lead teaching pastor at Mars Hill Bible...

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 12, 2011

Church Planters Academy = WOMEN!

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

August 2011

August 19, 2011

If Jürgen Moltmann Planted a Church – Part Two

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

July 2011

July 18, 2011

Leadership Lessons from Mumford and Sons

At Faith& Leadership, Jason Byassee was surprised to find leadership lessons at a Mumford and...

May 2011

May 11, 2011

Are You an Acts 2 Church?

If I've heard it once, I've heard it a thousand times: some erstwhile young church...

May 10, 2011

What Jim Wallis Might Be Missing

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

February 2011

February 08, 2011

How to Take Communion

My dissertation, like any, uses a lot of resources (390 footnotes, and counting) and tries...

November 2010

November 22, 2010

How Long Can We Keep Preaching Christ's Coming?

Over at The Hardest Question, a lectionary preaching blog curated by the mischievous, Russell Rathbun,...

November 15, 2010

Stir It Up this Sunday

Over at the lectionary blog that I help curate, TheHardestQuestion.org, I used the video response...

September 2010

September 17, 2010

Moltmann's Ecclesiology

I'm currently working on chapter four of my dissertation, in which I will use Jürgen...