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September 2014

September 24, 2014

Weight-Watchers and Dietary Restrictions in Leviticus: A (Post)-Colonial (Sub)Liminal (Post)Postmodern Neopragmatic Reading of the 2014 Ikea Catalog(ue) [Five Questions for Peter Enns]

Peter Enns is a fellow Patheosian. Ooh, I like that. Patheosian. We also have the...

July 2014

July 29, 2014

Reassessing Marcus Borg

Fellow Patheos blogger Frederick Schmidt has penned an article for the Journal of Preaching about...

May 2014

May 05, 2014

Happy Birthday Patheos! (And My Top Ten Posts)

Patheos turns 5 years old today, and I say, Huzzah! As a blogger, I've been...

December 2013

December 31, 2013

Be It Resolved…

There seems to be some hand wringing and teeth gnashing and garment rending in the...

December 30, 2013

October 2013

October 22, 2013

Get Some Jay Bakker in your Face

Jay's got a new blog. Here, at Patheos. And I love the guy. And he's...

August 2013

August 09, 2013

When I Canceled Sunday School

When I started as the Minister to Youth & Young Adults at Colonial Church in...

August 06, 2013

Postmoderns Have Nothing To Teach Our Children (and other fables)

I just got back from a week at a dude ranch in Colorado. It was...

July 2013

July 05, 2013

Proper Doubt

This is the first of two excerpts from a book that I happily endorsed: Emerging...

June 2013

June 07, 2013

Marriage Advice from Divorcées

Since the dissolution of my first marriage, I have been reluctant to give anyone marriage...

April 2013

April 26, 2013

Housekeeping

-Disqus is now fully functional. Thanks to BlogOps at Patheos for getting it up and...

March 2013

March 29, 2013

He Died for You

Many Christians struggle to understand this day, Good Friday. We're told, "Jesus died for you,"...

March 26, 2013

Why Marriage Matters

As I sit down to write this, SCOTUSblog has just tweeted that they don't expect...

February 2013

February 18, 2013

Some Blog Housekeeping

Time to talk shop. Last August, my literary agent and I pitched a book proposal...

February 14, 2013

Frank Schaeffer Is Wrong about Progressive Christianity

I'm glad to call Frank Schaeffer a friend (and I'm glad that he's toned down...

February 13, 2013

Why a Crucifixion? A #progGOD Challenge (with Prizes!!!)

I conceived of the #progGOD challenges at Patheos because 1) I think that progressives have...

February 11, 2013

Am I a “Liberal Christian” (According to Roger Olson)?

Roger Olson recently posted a piece on why he's not a "liberal Christian." He said...

January 2013

January 09, 2013

Becoming an LGBT Ally

I'm guessing that most Theoblogy readers are supporters of GLBT persons in the church. But...

January 07, 2013

Andrew Sullivan and the Future of Blogging

Last night, Courtney and I watched Downton Abbey. I find it little more than a...

December 2012

December 31, 2012

More Year-End Blog Fun

Theoblogibles: You, dear readers, had these characteristics in 2012: Browsers 25% of you use Chrome...

December 24, 2012

Announcing Some Christmas Winners!

Happy Christmas Eve, everyone. We've got some Theoblogy housekeeping to do today, and give away...

December 20, 2012

James McGrath May Be Funnier than Me, But He’s Still Wronger

Background: James McGrath wrote that he's happy that the Massacre of the Innocents by Herod...

December 18, 2012

James McGrath Is Wrong: Herod Really Did Massacre the Innocents

Fellow #progGOD theoblogger James McGrath is glad that Matthew got the infancy narrative of Jesus...

December 15, 2012

A Humanist Feminist on Homeschooling

Of course, someone took yesterday's school shooting to comment on one of my homeschooling posts:...

December 05, 2012

Richard Mouw, Timothy Dalrymple, Same Sex Marriage, and the Common Good

It seems that I disagree with Tim Dalrymple on lots and lots of stuff. Nevertheless,...

November 2012

November 28, 2012

Where Are the Women?

I've noticed something over the past few days. Almost no women are commenting on this...

October 2012

October 30, 2012

Mark Driscoll and Rob Bell Embrace [Video]

This blog has just passed a milestone: 100,000 pageviews this month. I've been blogging since...

October 20, 2012

Astrology Is Malarkey

When it comes to astrology, I'm with Fred: it's hooey. When it comes to Patheos's...

October 18, 2012

Mitt’s Mormonism Matters: Considering a Candidate’s Faith

Editor's Note: This post is a part of our Election Month at Patheos feature. Patheos...