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December 2023

December 28, 2023
Well, this is about as un-seasonal a theme as I can presently muster, but I...
December 27, 2023
2023 was a great year for books. Admittedly the book I spent the most time...
December 26, 2023
2023 was a year of violence. In addition to the ongoing war between Russia and...
December 25, 2023
Christmas is a holiday that celebrates family. This is true for Christians who celebrate Christmas...
December 23, 2023
Iowa state House Representative Jon Dunwell (R) has been on a hero’s journey for the...
December 22, 2023
For my post this month, I wanted to revisit my Christmas post from last December....
December 21, 2023
Over the Christmas season, our churches will be reading the magnificent Prologue to John’s Gospel,...
December 20, 2023
In my historical research I try to find a balance between the beautiful and the...
December 19, 2023
Devotional literature is everywhere. It might be found on your grandma’s bookshelf, the catalogue of...
December 18, 2023
Hi! I am a sociologist on a tour of Texas Megachurches. Check out my first...
December 15, 2023
I have been struggling lately. Grief that generally rests quietly in my heart has been...
December 14, 2023
Well, this is not the kind of subject matter that people normally address when planning...
December 13, 2023
This has been a year of very big changes for the Williams family, as my...
December 12, 2023
I shouldn’t be surprised by now but I still am. As both a pastor and...
December 11, 2023
They say confession is good for the soul, so I am going to confess that...
December 08, 2023
I’m 50 my next birthday, and it seems a time for taking stock and for...
December 07, 2023
Today we have a guest post on an important historical topic, to which I will...
December 06, 2023
[Article Updated, December 19, 2023: Some words have been added/altered to recognize that Stackhouse disputes...
December 05, 2023
Tinsel halos and cardboard wings, bathrobes and blankets and staffs, giggles, somewhat out-of-tune singing, and...
December 04, 2023
With all that’s happening: war(s), strife, homelessness, inequality, even still, even here, a moment for...
December 01, 2023
I recently posted on the sizable literature on the scientific explanations for religious behavior. As...

November 2023

November 30, 2023
In my previous post, I discussed the very active field of scientific studies of religious...
November 29, 2023
It's the most wonderful time of the year: the time to buy all your friends...
November 28, 2023
Twenty-one percent of white mainline Protestants do not believe in the virgin birth of Jesus,...
November 27, 2023
  Of all the holiday-themed romantic comedies that I consume in abundance this time of...
November 26, 2023
This is the second post in a two-part series on the history Southern Baptist perceptions...
November 23, 2023
Janine Giordano Drake We’ve all heard the story: Abe Lincoln created the national holiday we...
November 22, 2023
Marking the fiftieth anniversary of a evangelical road less traveled
November 21, 2023
As I walked through the book room at the Society of Biblical Literature conference this...
November 17, 2023
Early on the first Friday of October, as whispers of mist drifted over the mountains...
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