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Has Hollywood Become Our National Conscience?

Currently in the Public Square 

The Journey of Lent

Renewing Devotion and Returning to God

Lent has become an important season of the Christian calendar for believers of all kinds. Here we offer a variety of rich resources to inform and support your Lenten devotion.

Warren Throckmorton

The Behind the Scenes Mars Hill Global Maneuvers

Over a year after the last service was held at Mars Hill Church, there are still stories to be told.

Sticking the Corners

3 Ingredients for Parental Sanity in Kids' Competitive Sports

If watching your child play sports causes you to spew f-bombs, it's time for family counseling.

Glory Seed

Why We Need a Libertarian Study Bible

One of the things Revelation reveals is that there is something living in the entrails of human government — and it ain't pretty.

Dowsing for Divinity

The Devil Is In the Detail

Claiming that Satanism is "just an inversion of Christianity" is an inadequate explanation of what it actually is.

Margin of Error

Why the Iranian Elections Were a Victory for the Reformists

In a fairer election reformists would have won an absolute majority. These elections sent clear messages.

American Buddhist Perspectives

Mindfulness Dystopia: Pamela Anderson Gets "Connected"

Many of us have this problem of reliance on a — generally profit-driven — technology for personal transformation and well-being.

The French Revolution

Stacey Dash's Oscar Cameo and Hollywood's Diversity Problem

"That was awkward." That was the Twitter sentiment when Dash walked on as the new “Academy Director of Diversity Outreach.” This is what really happened.

Love Among the Ruins

How C.S. Lewis Used Aliens to Show Humanity's Failings

Would you baptize an extraterrestrial? Pope Francis answered this question. C.S. Lewis gives us a better answer.

Uncommon God, Common Good

Malala: Let Us Be Bold as Lions

Malala's story inspired and challenged me as a man, as a father, as a Christian, as an American, and as a human being.

Faith Forward

Voting: A Call to Action for Congregations

Voting is liturgical. Our votes are forms of tithes or offerings that deserve blessing or dedication in worship.

Anxious Bench

Secularization or Religious Pluralism?

For many decades, social scientists believed that modernization led ineluctably to secularization.

Love, Joy, Feminism

How I've Learned (and Unlearned) Parenting

I learned to view parenting from an obedience-focused punitive mindset. I left my evangelical upbringing behind and that meant I had to reinvent parenting.

Heartfelt

The Problem with "Boys Will Be Boys"

Our tendency in society has been to take a "boys will be boys" attitude, which has normalized violence against women and girls.

Raise the Horns

The Horned God Is Not As Old As You Think

The Devil has always been a complex piece of mythology, just as likely to serve as the mis-understood light-bringer as the root source of all evil.

Patheos Video Gallery

A Bridge to Better Health: the Work of Puentes de Salud in South Philadelphia
A Bridge to Better Health: the Work of Puentes de Salud in South Philadelphia
The ritual of tak bat—feeding Buddhist monks who are forbidden to feed themselves. More at 1 Minute Meal.
Faith communities are uniquely positioned to help military families and veterans.
1 Minute Meal: "Ganesha's Favorite Food"
We asked people what they thought about Pope Francis.
Europe is dealing with its worst humanitarian crisis since World War II.
5 Things You Didn't Know About Free Speech Around the World
We asked people about gender equality in today's society.
 
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