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June 2016

June 06, 2016
Becoming divine. It sounds like new age drivel one might hear from a spiritual guru...
June 05, 2016
Today when I went to walk at the labyrinth in Audubon Park, a man was...
June 04, 2016
I've been reading Emily Heath's excellent new book Glorify: Reclaiming the Heart of Progressive Christianity. One...
June 02, 2016
Dear Dr. Abraham, This week, I read your essay "The Birth Pangs of United Methodism...

May 2016

May 31, 2016
What does it mean to be orthodox? It depends on which definition of the Greek...
May 30, 2016
I was 32 years old before I had a personal relationship with an active duty...
May 27, 2016
A recent survey shows that Christians today prefer making fun of people to sharing the...
May 26, 2016
Love wins. Ever since Rob Bell wrote the book in 2011, it's been the battle...
May 24, 2016
Dear Dr. Tennent, Thank you for your open letter and your follow-up post. Three years...
May 20, 2016
My fellow Patheos blogger Eric Smith has a provocative blog post pairing the May 29th...
May 19, 2016
I came across an article by a woman named Carolyn Moore that puts forward "three non-negotiables for...
May 18, 2016
Moderate United Methodists are having a tough time right now. People on both the left...
May 17, 2016
As expected, the conservative evangelicals at General Conference have a solid majority. It is likely that...
May 16, 2016
  Order. That’s not what it’s about. It’s about Pentecost, the infinite harmony of the...
May 13, 2016
I became United Methodist because of Central Avenue United Methodist Church in Toledo, Ohio. I...
May 12, 2016
A recent commenter brought up an important point that provides a different angle for understanding...
May 11, 2016
It's odd that a movement founded when John Wesley "felt [his] heart strangely warmed" has...
May 10, 2016
With the rise of Donald Trump as the Republican presidential candidate, many conservative evangelical leaders...
May 07, 2016
The book of Acts is supposed to model for us how the early church engaged...
May 06, 2016
Romans 1:18-32 is one of the most important passages in scripture, because it describes the...
May 05, 2016
No Not to be blunt, but it's up to you what happens with this book....
May 05, 2016
I was going to write a nanny-nanny boo-boo post about Donald Trump becoming the Republican...
May 03, 2016
The culture wars have reached a new low. At a Horry County school board meeting...
May 02, 2016
Conservative United Methodist scholar Ben Witherington's recent rant in the United Methodist Clergy group was...

April 2016

April 30, 2016
I just finished breakfast with a man who has been one of my most important...
April 29, 2016
Drew McIntyre is not a bad person. I got to know him on a mission...
April 28, 2016
Last night, I went to a screening of the film "Act of Love" about the trial of...
April 27, 2016
One of my favorite parishioners at my last church was a Tea Party Republican. He...
April 26, 2016
Here are my May book tour dates. Please reach out to me in the comments...
April 24, 2016
For several years, Diana Trautwein has been a wise aunt to many of us in...
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