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October 2011

October 14, 2011
I was reminded today of a quote from author and public theologian Brian McLaren that...
October 14, 2011
Prop 8: The Musical Progressive Christians are sometimes accused of “picking and choosing” Bible verses...
October 14, 2011
(Richard Foster, Sanctuary of the Soul: Journey into Meditative Prayer (InterVarsity Press, 2011), 164 pages. Richard...
October 12, 2011
What would Jesus say to a Wall Street financier who declared his desire to follow...
October 07, 2011
Today marks ten years since the U.S. invaded Afghanistan. To reflect on the meaning of...
October 03, 2011
Two pictures have been independently circulating on Facebook. Presented together they serve as both an...
October 02, 2011
The New York Times reports that, This weekend, hundreds of pastors, including some of the...

September 2011

September 30, 2011
Thomas H. Groome, Will There Be Faith? A New Vision for Educating and Growing Disciples (HarperOne...
September 29, 2011
Lee Camp, Who Is My Enemy? Questions American Christians Must Face about Islam -- and Themselves...
September 27, 2011
The ACLU reports that: A public school in South Carolina flagrantly violated the Constitution recently...
September 26, 2011
There have been quite a few letters to the editor in response my letter a...
September 22, 2011
Many news outlets have reported in recent days about a group of atheists who have...
September 20, 2011
John W. Kiser, Commander of the Faithful: The Life and Times of Emir Abd el-Kader...
September 09, 2011
Bradley Wright, Upside: Surprising Good News About the State of Our World (Bloomington, MN: Bethany...
September 08, 2011
CNN reports that, "Progressive Christians Join Controversy over Excluding Clergy at 9/11 Event." In contrast,...
September 08, 2011
(Matthew Levering, The Betrayal of Charity: The Sins that Sabotage Divine Love, 2011, 219 pages.) As...
September 07, 2011
(Alisa Harris, Raised Right: How I Untangled My Faith from Politics, 2011, 230 pages.) In the 2007...

August 2011

August 25, 2011
(The following letter to the editor was published on Wednesday, August 24, 2011 in the...
August 24, 2011
I. Anne Taylor’s Saint Maybe, part one Christian ethicist Stanley Hauerwas has made the important...
August 24, 2011
(Read Part 1 of my post, "There Was No Historical Adam and Eve" here. See...
August 23, 2011
(R. Kirby Godsey, Is God a Christian? Creating a Community of Conversation, Mercer University Press, 2011,...
August 17, 2011
NPR's Barbara Bradley Hagerty ran a report recently titled, "Evangelicals Question The Existence Of Adam...
August 17, 2011
(David Platt, Radical Together: Unleashing the People of God for the Purpose of God, 2011, 165...
August 16, 2011
(Christine Valters Paintner, The Artist's Rule: Nurturing Your Creative Soul with Monastic Wisdom, 2001, 173 pages.)...

July 2011

July 29, 2011
Whenever I hear commentators blaming natural disasters on God’s punishment for human sin (most typically...
July 27, 2011
“The same night” as what? This week’s scripture begins by saying, “The same night [Jacob]...
July 18, 2011
(David Platt, Radical: Taking Back Your Faith from the American Dream, 2010, 231 pages.) David Platt,...
July 14, 2011
Paul writes to the church in Rome that, “The whole creation has been groaning in...
July 14, 2011
When you think back on the life of Mother Teresa, the first words that come...

June 2011

June 30, 2011
I invite you to consider viewing Jesus’ “Parable of the Sower” — about a farmer...
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