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January 02, 2023
Playing Fast and Loose With Scripture: The New Testament Writers
People often either love or hate the Bible. Those who love it sometimes love it...
December 2022
December 28, 2022
Reading the Bible, Looking for Love and Justice
Recently I’ve been exploring the question: When we read the Bible, what are we looking...
December 20, 2022
Reading the Bible, Avoiding Authoritarianism
Looking to the Bible for guidance, as I wrote about last week, is a little...
December 16, 2022
What Does It Mean to Read the Bible for Guidance?
These days, to me, the Bible is both holy and confusing. It’s inspired, and it’s...
December 12, 2022
How Do I Make Religious New Year’s Resolutions?
As 2022 comes to a close, many people start thinking about New Year’s resolutions for...
December 09, 2022
The Bible is Inspired…and Complex
I was in a church class, and we were discussing a controversial issue. Part of...
December 07, 2022
What Does It Mean to Take the Bible Seriously?
“The Bible is our middle name,” I told the group of college students seated around...
December 01, 2022
A Crisis of Authority (or, Life in the Mud)
Crises of authority can come in many different forms. But most people who seriously reexamine...
November 2022
November 29, 2022
When Clarity of Belief Is Important
This is a companion post to last week’s reflections on faith as more of a...
November 22, 2022
Faith Is a Practice, Not a Belief Statement
I often find religious organizations' statements of belief alienating. How does a living, breathing, growing...
November 18, 2022
What Are Theological Discussions Really About? (or, Why I Didn’t Have Friends in Seminary)
When I say I didn’t have friends in seminary, I’m exaggerating. I met many wonderful...
November 16, 2022
It’s Good to Change Our Minds
What Christianity means to me has changed dramatically over time. I’ve considered myself a Christian...
November 10, 2022
Forming and Re-forming: Words of Welcome, Words of Hope
Welcome to Always Re-forming. This is a column about faith that forms and re-forms, faith...
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