Special Offers
Buddhist
Catholic
Contemplative
Evangelical
General Christian
Hindu
Jewish
Latter-day Saint
Muslim
New Visions
Progressive Christian
Beliefs
Buddhist
Catholic
Contemplative
Evangelical
General Christian
Hindu
Jewish
Latter-day Saint
More Voices
Muslim
New Visions
Pagan
Progressive Christian
Topics
Religion News
Food and Religion
Sports and Religion
Religious Art
Religious Music and Entertainment
Religious Events
History and Religion
Style and Religion
Politics and Religion
Women in Religion
Recreation Outdoors and Religion
Business Finance and Religion
Careers Workplace and Religion
Education and Religion
Family Parenting and Religion
Health Fitness and Religion
Home and Religion
Relationships and Religion
Technology and Religion
Travel and Religion
Columnists
Buddhist Columnists
Business Finance and Religion Columnists
Careers Workplace and Religion Columnists
Catholic Columnists
Contemplative Columnists
Education and Religion Columnists
Evangelists Columnists
Family Parenting and Religion Columnists
General Christian Columnists
Health Fitness and Religion Columnists
Hindu Columnists
History and Religion Columnists
Home and Religion Columnists
Jewish Columnists
More Voices Columnists
Latter Day Columnists
Muslim Columnists
New Visions Columnists
Nonreligious Columnists
Pagan Columnists
Politics and Religion Columnists
Progressive Columnists
Recreation Outdoors and Religion Columnists
Relationships and Religion Columnists
Religion News Columnists
Religious Art Columnists
Religious Events Columnists
Religious Music and Entertainment Columnists
Sports and Religion Columnists
Style and Religion Columnists
Technology and Religion Columnists
Travel and Religion Columnists
Women in Religion Columnists
Resource Library
Library of World Religions
The 100 Most Holy Places on Earth
Patheos Answers
Podcasts
Videos
Faith Leaders Database
Anglican Episcopalian
Bahai
Baptist
Buddhism
Christianity
Confucianism
Eastern Orthodoxy
Hinduism
Holiness and Pentecostal
ISKCON
Islam
Judaism
Lutheran
Methodist
The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints
New Age
Paganism
Presbytarian and Reformed
Protestantism
Religion Behind the Scenes
Roman Catholic
Scientology
Shia Islam
Sikhism
Sufism
Sunni Islam
Taoism
Zen
See all religions
Research Tools
Comparison Lens
Preacher Resources
Teacher Resources
Video
Podcasts
Thought Readers
E-Books and Other Special Offers
God's Cheat Sheet to Finances
Books of the Bible Study series
History of the Bible
7 Day Prayer Challenge for Spouses
A Different Kind of Christian
Jesus is Love
Prayer Devotional
The Saints We Love
FaithChatter Conversation Cards
Newsletters
Special Offers
Ad-Free & Subscriber Log-In
Subscription Support
Trending:
Forgiveness
|
Resurrection
|
Joy
|
Feminism
|
Afterlife
Emergent Village
Home
Contributors
Home
Progressive Christian
Archives
Select a Category
Addiction
Advent
Atheism
Authority
Bible
Cartoons
Christian Year
Christmas
church
church planting
Civil Rights
Community
Contemplative Spirituality
Culture
emerging church
Empire
Eschatology
Evangelism
Events
Gender
Healing
Humanism
Islam
Justice
Kingdom
Lent
Movement Building
Multi-Faith
Music
mysticism
New Wave Emergence
origins
Personal
Poetry
politics
Prayer
Preaching
Privilege
Racism
Religious naturalism
Resurrection
salvation
SKEPTIMERGENT
Theology
Trauma
Uncategorized
Select a Month
December 2017
November 2017
August 2017
July 2017
June 2017
May 2017
April 2017
March 2017
February 2017
January 2017
December 2016
November 2016
October 2016
September 2016
August 2016
July 2016
June 2016
May 2016
April 2016
March 2016
February 2016
January 2016
December 2015
November 2015
October 2015
September 2015
August 2015
July 2015
June 2015
May 2015
April 2015
March 2015
February 2015
January 2015
December 2014
November 2014
October 2014
September 2014
July 2014
June 2014
May 2014
April 2014
March 2014
February 2014
January 2014
December 2013
November 2013
October 2013
September 2013
August 2013
July 2013
June 2013
May 2013
April 2013
March 2013
February 2013
January 2013
December 2012
November 2012
October 2012
September 2012
August 2012
July 2012
June 2012
May 2012
April 2012
March 2012
February 2012
January 2012
December 2011
November 2011
February 2012
February 29, 2012
Moving Church Past Contracts
Many of you have likely read Seth Godin's most recent manifesto, "Stop Stealing Dreams" where...
February 28, 2012
Phantom Deity Disorder
The other day while having dinner with friends I subconsciously reached my hand toward the...
February 28, 2012
Conversation with John Shelby Spong on Re-Claiming the Bible for a Non-Religious World
Here is my conversation with Bishop John Shelby Spong on his book "Re-Claiming the Bible...
February 27, 2012
Wisdom From Kierkegaard
This Quote by Kierkegaard is rocking my world the last few weeks. The matter is...
February 26, 2012
Aids, homosexuality…confronting the terminal illness of judgement
Last night, working in the emergency department we had a woman maybe in her seventy's come...
February 25, 2012
A Tapestry of Belief and Experience
Diana Butler Bass’ Christianity after Religion explores the tension between spirituality and religion, and experience...
February 24, 2012
Evangelical 2.0: The Deception of Mark Driscoll’s Acts 29 Network
I've written quite a bit about churches like Mark Driscoll's Mars Hill and the concerns...
February 24, 2012
Physicality of Lent
In the third installment of my conversation with Phyllis Tickle about Lent we talk about...
February 23, 2012
Kickstarting the Emergent Conversation
For a long time, the emergent conversation has been labeled and criticized (to some degree,...
February 23, 2012
Is Lent Holding Us Back? Phyllis Tickle and Doug Pagitt Discussion
Patheos.com is hosting a lent conversation and Phyllis Tickle and I offered the first few...
February 22, 2012
The Kingdom of God
The Kingdom of God is ...a church where beauty is cherished. Where people are given...
February 22, 2012
I am topsoil + to topsoil I shall return*
There is something comforting to me in the idea that I am part of the...
February 22, 2012
Emergent Peeps on Lent – Doug Pagitt and Phyllis Tickle first
Patheos is launching a 40 day Lent Reflection Blog today. Phyllis Tickle and I are...
February 22, 2012
Strange Christianity Made in America: Part I by Randy Woodley
What has been particularly harmful about American Christianity has not necessarily been the beliefs professed...
February 21, 2012
Black History – White Woman
Thank you. I’m sorry. I need to say both. Thank you to everyone who has...
February 20, 2012
Talking with Father Richard Rohr
Yesterday on my radio show I talked with Father Richard Rohr about his book Falling...
February 20, 2012
Conversation As a Path to Transformation
We're getting ready to celebrate in April our 8-year anniversary of meeting as the "Emerging...
February 19, 2012
the boy who broke the law and lost his father…
if there is anything revolutionary within christianity, it is everything that lies outside of...
February 17, 2012
(continued ) a parable:the murder of the farm owner’s son
Continuing on from my recent post " a parable: the murder of the farm owner's son...
February 16, 2012
Peter Mayer Music Video: “Holy Now”
Here's another music video that I use in contemporary worship settings all the time. The...
February 16, 2012
What is an Evangelical?
The “E Word” in Christianity is a funny thing. In one respect, Evangelicals are self-identified,...
February 15, 2012
Thank God for DEATH: Could Anything be More Sacred? More Necessary? More Real?
I want address the question of death because most people, religious and non-religious folk alike,...
February 15, 2012
a parable: the murder of the owner’s son
What is the Kingdom? we get our first glimpse in the garden…harmony, the reality...
February 14, 2012
A Seat at The Table: Negative Space
For many years, I dreamed of attending a church where creativity was rampant, where artists...
February 12, 2012
Should We Teach Disgust As A Religious Value?
“Disgust is one of the six basic human emotions that any healthy adult can experience...
February 12, 2012
Evidence as Modern-Day Scripture: What’s Real and What’s Important TODAY
Few things dishonor and diminish God more severely than thinking of “scripture”, “God’s word”, or...
February 11, 2012
For those who know:
a modern parable
It may have occurred to you as strange my friend when the ravenous vultures began...
February 11, 2012
BEST EVOLUTION RESOURCES: Evolution as Inspiring, Meaningful Fact
Not long ago I was interviewed on radio by an intelligent design creationist who kept insisting,...
February 11, 2012
A parable:prodigal faith…returning home
For years she had cultivated her faith in her father's house. And for years she...
February 10, 2012
Sacred Science Music Video, by Peter Mayer: “My Soul”
I am thrilled to introduce the Emergent Village community to the work of singer-songwriter Peter...
1
2
»
Related posts from
Emergent Village
Progressive Christian
My Body and My Faith
Emergent Village
Progressive Christian
#Charlottesville - What Can I Do?
Emergent Village
Progressive Christian
What Should I Say When I Have Nothing...
Emergent Village
Progressive Christian
Parable of the Triangle: Blessed are those who...
Emergent Village