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November 04, 2013
Rob Bell is the Real Deal
I wrote a book on Rob Bell, and for many reasons, its been a blessing...
October 2013
October 28, 2013
A Tribute to My Wife
"Oh... it's gonna to be hard to say goodbye." My wife quoted to me Dorothy's...
October 16, 2013
Defeated: How Evangelicals Feel
It’s a fascinating time in American history, religion and politics. I recently wrote that it’s...
October 09, 2013
Producers NOT Consumers: Teaching Religion
Every class is different. You only realize this from experience. Every classroom has its own...
October 01, 2013
Time to Get Hard
To my liberal friends, and I'm not even sure I'm a liberal or a progressive....
September 2013
September 24, 2013
Atheism and Teaching Religion
Recently, a student, who has taken multiple courses from me, told me that when evangelical...
September 11, 2013
Deconstructing American Exceptionalism
The other night the President argued: "America is not the world’s policeman. Terrible things happen...
September 07, 2013
“America has no business in the Middle East”
Andrew Bacevich, Professor of International Studies and graduate of West Point, whose son died serving...
August 2013
August 28, 2013
R2P: The Insanity of the White Man’s Burden
In a question about whether there was any situation in which a bombing campaign would...
August 22, 2013
Antoinette’s Babies: Radical Empathy, Radical Grace
Religion in practice is always more beautiful than religion in words. In fact, from my...
August 20, 2013
‘Don’t steal my blessing…’ or Understanding the South
As some of you know I play Peter Pan part time, serving our church youth...
August 12, 2013
Ten Ways Meaning Helps Us
I received a lot of interest in my last post on “How Hedonism Harms Us.”...
August 06, 2013
How Hedonism Harms Us
Before the last presidential election a group of liberal clergy came to me and asked...
July 2013
July 31, 2013
Bullish Times for Religious Progressives?
“Lies, damned lies, and statistics…” is sometimes used to dismiss statistical analysis, but in fact,...
July 26, 2013
Mainline Resurgent: Is it TRUE?
It’s nice to hear that books on mainline Protestantism are resurgent, as reported in The New...
July 17, 2013
Calling for Moral Judgement: A Student’s Veiw
In a second round of guest blogging, I’ve invited Bill Harper’s son, Blake Harper, to...
July 09, 2013
Moving From Transaction to Transformation: A Pastor’s Take
Bill Harper is guest blogging for me this week. He is a long time good...
July 03, 2013
Selfish Spirituality, Selfish Religion
In a recent New York Times editorial, Simon Critchley and Jamieson Webster made a bold...
June 2013
June 27, 2013
Coming Out: The Great Unlearning
The U.S. Supreme Court rejection of the Defense of Marriage Act is an occasion for...
June 21, 2013
Trust Issues and American Evangelicals
In preparing for a talk to a group of Pentecostal ministers in our Seattle region,...
June 14, 2013
Victims, Syria and the Contagion of Violence
Many of us had high hopes in President Barack Obama that he would lead our...
June 04, 2013
Rob Bell, Pharisees and Sacrifice
The recent scrum between Rob Bell and Andrew Wilson is educational. (Check it out on...
May 2013
May 30, 2013
Drones, Just War, Obama and Pacifism
On Memorial Day I took our youth group to help feed the hungry in downtown...
May 24, 2013
Drones, Mr. Niebuhr, and President Obama
A friend of mine recently advised me that only 11 percent of Stanford University undergraduates...
May 20, 2013
Monsters and the End of Evangelicalism, Part 2
In my 2008 study of Evangelicals vs. Liberals: The Clash of Christian Cultures in the...
May 10, 2013
Mapping the End of Evangelicalism: Part 1
I have to say it’s been a surprise to hear so consistently about the end...
April 2013
April 22, 2013
I Am Looking Forward to Exploring Questions in American Religion with You
Thank you for visiting my new Patheos blog on American Religion. I will be posting...
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