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May 2020

May 10, 2020

Mother God: What Are We Doing When We Call God “She”?

During the worship service I viewed this morning, a pastor referred to God as a...

December 2017

December 22, 2017

Was Jesus Intersex or Was Mary?

When I began researching the material for A Complicated Pregnancy: Whether Mary Was a Virgin...

September 2017

September 08, 2017

Should We Pray For God’s Protection From Hurricanes?

I'm going to shift gears for a while with my blogging. Instead of trying to...

October 2016

October 17, 2016

On the Origin of Modern Apologetics and the Loss of Mystery (via Charles Taylor)

Try this: Scan the Bible (in vain) for any sustained, intellectual interest in the so-called...

June 2016

June 17, 2016

God, the Motherly Father

"Our Father, who art in heaven..." This phrase is repeated countless times in countless churches...

June 03, 2016

Life is Brief, so Find the Beauty

I'm struck by the brevity of life today, as I wriggle today between two life-bookends....

May 2016

May 12, 2016

“When Will Your Theology Stop Changing?”

Several years ago I was asked that question: "When will your theology stop changing?" It...

April 2016

April 12, 2016

Is Your God as Friendly as Joel Osteen’s?

The third installment of Morgan Freeman's "The Story of God" (upcoming, 4/17) departs a bit...

March 2016

March 31, 2016

Why is God Waiting (So Long!) to Redeem the World?

When will the kingdom finally come? When will creation be healed? When will evil be...

January 2016

January 26, 2016

Do We Invent God or Do We Discover God?

Looking for a provocative and insightful way of putting an important question about God and...

December 2015

December 17, 2015

The Same God? On Socrates, Professor Hawkins, and the Wheaton Controversy

Still to this day, one of the more profound experiences of my education took place...

November 2015

November 17, 2015

God Couldn’t Stop the Terrorist Attacks in Paris, Tom Oord Says

It's become fashionable in academic theology circles to refuse to speculate on God's role in...

November 03, 2015

Tom Oord’s New Book is Coming: The Uncontrolling Love of God

I've been looking forward to Thomas Jay Oord's book, The Uncontrolling Love of God: An...

August 2015

August 18, 2015

A Progressive Christian View of the Trinity

Elizabeth Johnson's book, She Who Is: The Mystery of God in Feminist Theological Discourse, is one of...

August 14, 2015

Is “Our Father” Sexist or Subversive?

First, let's just acknowledge that God is not literally male. Or female, for that matter....

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