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December 2011

December 05, 2011
Whatever is foreseen in joy / Must be lived out from day to day. / Vision held...
December 01, 2011
I love that the Revised Common Lectionary includes the Magnificat as the alternative Psalm reading...

November 2011

November 30, 2011
The introductory post to this blog series is available here. The highlights from Bass’ three lectures...
November 29, 2011
Diana Butler Bass helped popularize the term "Great Command Christianity," and I'm on record as...
November 29, 2011
The introductory post to this blog series is available here. The highlights from Bass’ first two...
November 28, 2011
The introductory post to this blog series is available here. The highlights from Bass’ first two...
November 28, 2011
What would Christianity look like if the focus were Original Blessing, not Original Sin; Creation...
November 26, 2011
The introductory post to this blog series is available here. The highlights from Bass' first lecture...
November 23, 2011
The introductory post to this blog series is available here. The highlights from Diana Butler...
November 22, 2011
How should progressive Christians approach Advent in light of twenty-first century knowledge? The following are four meditations...
November 22, 2011
At the congregation where I served as associate pastor for seven years, there was an...
November 22, 2011
    The first entry in this blog post series is available here. My musings...
November 21, 2011
On Friday and Saturday, I had the opportunity to attend a lecture series on "Speaking...
November 21, 2011
Backing up a few verses to look at the preceding context for this week's Gospel...
November 18, 2011
  My fellow Patheos blogger Tony Jones is asking the important question "Why pray?" as...
November 17, 2011
(Renovaré, 25 Books Every Christian Should Read, 2011, 390 pages.) Renovaré is from the Latin...
November 16, 2011
(Jeffrey J. Kripal, Mutants and Mystics: Science Fiction, Superhero Comics, and the Paranormal, The University of...
November 14, 2011
The verdant heat of summer is my favorite season, but I am learning to love...
November 12, 2011
Naomi King (@revnaomi) tweeted a great question recently: "What are your favorite #inspirational quotes about...
November 11, 2011
Spiritual Practice I: Visio Divina To begin to reflect on this scripture, I invite you...
November 10, 2011
I recently attended a plenary session facilitated by Trevor Hudson, an author and retreat leader from Johannesburg, South...
November 09, 2011
I recently had the opportunity to visit The Martin Luther King, Jr. Memorial on the National...
November 08, 2011
“What is the character of your God?” At a certain point of spiritual development, deconstruction (saying what...
November 05, 2011
Before there was a New Testament, before the Gospels were written, before any of Paul’s...
November 05, 2011
(Robert J. Wicks, Streams of Contentment: Lessons I Learned on My Uncle's Farm, 2011, 214...

October 2011

October 31, 2011
A 'Happy Halloween' Homily: A Spooky-Scary, Empire-Critical Reading of the Parable of the Wedding Feast...
October 24, 2011
Andy Lester was one of the most important professors I had in seminary. I took...
October 21, 2011
(Note: At the end of last week, I posted a lectionary commentary for Sunday, October...
October 18, 2011
(This post is part of a Symposium at Patheos on The Future of Seminary Education.) After...
October 17, 2011
Jesus’ “Parable of the Generous Landowner and the Laborers in the Vineyard” could be profitably...
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