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February 2012

February 13, 2012

Lauren Winner on Writing and Regrets [VIDEO]

In part one of my interview with Lauren Winner about her book, Still: Notes on...

January 2012

January 27, 2012

Eckhart and Apologetics

Meister Eckhart, the thirteenth-century Dominican speculative mystic, is one of my favorite writers. I have...

December 2011

December 29, 2011

How Did People in the Bible Pray?

That's the question I set out to answer in my book, Ask, Seek, Knock: Prayers...

December 28, 2011

Lectio Divina Might Save Your (Prayer) Life

I discovered lectio divina many years ago, during a very spiritually dry time in my...

December 27, 2011

My “Minor Classic” on Spiritual Disciplines (for 99¢!)

Of the books I've written, two seem to have the most staying power. One is...

November 2011

November 30, 2011

Slacktivist Takes a Spin on #WhyPray

Fred, the Slacktivist, has a take-off on my almost-meme #WhyPray. And, I must admit, he...

November 19, 2011

Carl Gregg on #WhyPray?

Carl Gregg weighs in on his blog about 10 Reasons to Pray: Singer-songwriter David Wilcox’...

November 17, 2011

Why Pray? [POLL RESULTS]

Yeah, yeah, yeah, I hate binaries, too. I've written whole chapters arguing against binaries. But...

November 17, 2011

25 Books Every Christian Should Read (and I Agree!)

This is a sponsored post and part of the Patheos Book Club. Check out the...

November 16, 2011

Why Do You Pray [POLL]

November 16, 2011

Storify Stream for “Why Pray?”

“ "This is the confidence we have, that if we ask anything according to God's...

November 16, 2011

Why Pray?

Today, I'm starting a new book. It's tentatively titled, Why Pray?, and it's going to...

October 2011

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 12, 2011

On Uniting Heart and Mind

This sponsored post is part of the Patheos Book Club on Richard Foster's new book, Sanctuary of...

August 2011

August 30, 2011

Why I’m Not…an Atheist

Following up on yesterday's post, I'm starting an occasional series called "Why I'm Not..." Here's...

July 2011

July 27, 2011

Writing a Book on Prayer

Due only in part to the results of my Facebook Question, I'm going to take...

July 03, 2011

Practicing the Way of Jesus

I just finished reading Practicing the Way of Jesus: Life Together in the Kingdom of...

June 2011

June 30, 2011

The Wild Goose Festival: My Talks

I actually didn't give any talks, per se, at the Goose. I was a speaker...

June 21, 2011

Teaching to Transgress — In Silence

I don't know if it's what bell hooks had in mind when she wrote Teaching...

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 09, 2011

Practice Precedes Doctrine

I'm in heavy prep mode for the first year of the Doctor of Ministry cohort...

March 2011

March 28, 2011

Streaming Live from Fuller

I'm going to livestream our morning panel discussion and my talk about the DMin cohort...

March 23, 2011

Why Pray?

The question, "Why do we pray?" is one that has vexed me theologically and philosophically...

March 08, 2011

I [Heart] Spirituality

As I've mentioned here before, I'm teaching a three-year Doctor of Ministry cohort at Fuller...

February 2011

February 14, 2011

A Doctor of Ministry from Fuller Theological Seminary

I'm pretty excited about the D.Min. at Fuller Seminary that I'll be teaching starting this...

February 04, 2011

I Don't Believe in Demons

As I've been writing the posts exploring the possibility of Christian universalism, it's become clear...

January 2011

January 13, 2011

A Doctor of Ministry?

See that cool ad in the right sidebar? Click on that and learn more about...

November 2010

November 11, 2010

Photo in Need of a Caption

I think that I look particularly badass in this ad that Fuller Seminary put together...

October 2010

October 29, 2010

Fuller Theological Seminary Doctor of Ministry Program

Why not join me for three years of exploration and learning about Christian spirituality, and...

October 27, 2010

Wordle Wednesday: The Sacred Way

Next up in the Wordle Wednesday series is my third book, The Sacred Way: Spiritual...