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March 2012

March 15, 2012
(Jon Sweeney, The Pope Who Quit: A True Medieval Tale of Mystery, Death, and Salvation, Image...
March 14, 2012
(Arthur Boers, Living Into Focus: Choosing What Matters in an Age of Distractions, Brazos Press, 2012,...
March 14, 2012
During Ordinary Time in 2010, we studied The Gospel According to Mark. The following are the sermon...
March 12, 2012
During Ordinary Time in 2011, we studied The Gospel According to Matthew. The following are the...
March 12, 2012
For Lent 2011, we studied Bruce Epperly's book Holy Adventure: 41 Days of Audacious Living. The...
March 11, 2012
For Epiphany 2011, we studied The Prayer of Jesus (also known as "The Lord's Prayer")...
March 11, 2012
Note: This sermon is part of a Lenten study of Joyce Rockwood Hudson's book Natural...
March 09, 2012
Adam Kotsko, professor, author, and blogger, has an provocative Twitter conversation going (@adamkotsko) in which...
March 08, 2012
Note: I previously posted this lectionary commentary in 2011, when this same passage was the...
March 07, 2012
Our county's bi-weekly newspaper published my latest Letter to the Editor this morning (Friday, March 16)....
March 06, 2012
Note: This post is the first part in a Lenten series on Joyce Rockwood Hudson's...
March 05, 2012
(Rajiv Malhotra, Being Different: An Indian Challenge to Western Universalism, HarperCollins, 2011, 474 pages) Rajiv...
March 02, 2012
Naomi Wilson, over at The Public Queue, has written an important critique of TOMS Shoes...
March 02, 2012
William Hamilton, a theologian made (in)famous in the April 8, 1966 “Is God Dead?” Time...
March 02, 2012
Andy Lester was one of the most important professors I had in seminary. I took...

February 2012

February 29, 2012
In Chris Hedges’ most recent column, he reports Ralph Nader’s recommendation to the Occupy movement:...
February 29, 2012
Lent is not only the season of giving up bad habits or taking on new...
February 27, 2012
Jesus does not echo Peter’s title “Messiah,” but instead refers to himself as “the Son...
February 27, 2012
Many Christians have become accustomed to the realization that Jesus lived and died as a...
February 21, 2012
For Advent, I preached through the four parts of Matthew Fox's landmark book Original Blessing: A Primer...
February 20, 2012
During the season of Epiphany, I preached a six-part sermon series on the Didache (usually pronounced...
February 20, 2012
Note: This post is the final installment in our six-part study of the ancient Christian...
February 18, 2012
9 In those days Jesus came from Nazareth of Galilee and was baptized by John...
February 18, 2012
12 For just as the body is one and has many members, and all the...
February 17, 2012
Many commentators have noted the ironic, misogynistic, and audacious scene of yesterday's Congressional Committee hearing in which only...
February 15, 2012
The latest book from my fellow Patheos blogger Diana Butler Bass arrived on my doorstep last...
February 13, 2012
Note: This post is the fifth in a six-part series on the ancient Christian document...
February 13, 2012
I've been experimenting with various ways of ordering my schedule and prioritizing my workload. In...
February 07, 2012
Last week I had the opportunity to attend the annual Emergent Village Theological Conversation. Emergent...
February 07, 2012
9:1 Concerning the Eucharist, give thanks this way. 2 First, concerning the cup: We thank...
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