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July 2009

July 21, 2009

Want to Dine with Phyllis Tickle?

Well, if you register for Christianity21 by midnight (CDT) on Friday, you'll be entered to...

July 17, 2009

Is Gay the New Orthodox?

"It's a clean sweep for the liberal agenda in the Episcopal Church," said David Virtue,...

June 2009

June 04, 2009

One Last Post on the Lectionary

More good comments under the second lectionary post (and here's the first). So here are...

June 02, 2009

May 2009

May 27, 2009

Unexpurgating the Lectionary (Bringing Judas Back)

In The New Christians, I wrote a section chastising liberals for censoring the Bible in...

May 25, 2009

Christianity21

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May 16, 2009

Why Christianity21?

Next fall, Doug and I are hosting a learning party in the Twin Cities for...

May 15, 2009

Is There Ordination in the Didache?

I'm going to close out this week's topic by looking back to the history of...

May 14, 2009

Ordination: Housekeeping

I've faithfully read your comments, and John's post, and here are my rejoinders-by-bullet-point:Ontological Shibboleth: I've...

May 13, 2009

My (Anti-) Ordination Sermon

In light of the recent ordination discussion here, I'm reposting an ordination sermon that I...

May 12, 2009

Reconsider Ordination. Now. (Continued)

John,Here's the continuation of my response to your blog post and my petition asking Adam...

May 10, 2009

Reconsider Ordination. Now.

I've got a bunch of people upset at me for encouraging my friend, Adam Walker-Cleaveland,...

May 08, 2009

Charting the "Nones"

Over at Internet Monk, Michael Bell has run the latest Pew data through his Batcomputer,...

May 08, 2009

Let's Ordain Adam

My friend, Adam Walker-Cleaveland, has once again been thwarted in his attempt to be ordained...

April 2009

April 29, 2009

Maybe Phyllis Tickle's Next Book Should Be about Politics

In Phyllis Tickle's latest book, The Great Emergence: How Christianity Is Changing and Why, she...

April 28, 2009

The Rise of the "Nones"

Yesterday, Pew released a follow-up to their much ballyhooed religion survey that showed a 10...

April 23, 2009

From Black Pentecostal to Word of Faith to Emergent Protestant to Orthodox to Catholic — The Journey of the Ragamuffin Diva

A couple weeks ago, I hypothesized that Rod's disdain for SSM has something to do...

April 22, 2009

Doug Kmiec Is Right: Clergy Should Not Perform (Legal) Marriages

Last week, Doug Kmiec went on Colbert and became the next in a long line...

April 21, 2009

Fuller Seminary Offers D.Min. Credit…

D.Min. Students Take Note:Both of the events listed below are being offered for credit at...

April 19, 2009

The New Christian on Wordle

I ran my book, The New Christians: Dispatches from the Emergent Frontier though Wordle. It's...

April 13, 2009

Got a Question for Bart Ehrman?

I'll be interviewing Bart Ehrman tomorrow for Bnet regarding his latest book, Jesus, Interrupted: Revealing...

April 09, 2009

In Dallas for Good Friday?

Then consider DART Stations of the Cross."Holy Railin'" in the Oak Cliff Advocate.

April 08, 2009

Listen Live at 1pm CDT

I'll be on Think with Krys Boyd on KERA in Dallas, and available online. You...

April 07, 2009

A Reader Writes about Orthodoxy

Claudia, AKA Ragamuffin Diva, read my post in which I proposed that Rod's opposition to...

April 03, 2009

Breaking News: Rod Will Debate Same Sex Marriage

It just turns out that he won't debate it with me.Last fall, Rod and I...

April 01, 2009

What Is Christianity21?

Christianity21 is an event that JoPa Productions is producing next October 9-11. And it's the...

March 2009

March 31, 2009

Rick Advises Pastors

I think that Rick Bennett is one of the most under-appreciated emergbloggers around. Today he's...

March 18, 2009

America's Next Top Theologian?

So, if theologians squared off on a reality show, would a brawl endue, like on...

March 15, 2009

Transforming Theology: Emergence for Emergents, Part One

Phillip Clayton and I sat down on Friday night for a conversation about emergence science...

March 14, 2009

Transforming Theology Wrap-Up: Everything You Think About Progressive Theology Is Wrong

Well, my time here at Claremont is just about up. I'm sitting in Mudd Auditorium,...