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June 2022

June 17, 2022
The summer of 1961 was undoubtedly one to remember. Between 1949 and 1961, 2.5 million...
June 17, 2022
Everyone knows the tragic story of the Titanic; it's the subject of numerous documentaries and...

March 2021

March 23, 2021
When it comes to religious texts, the context in which we encounter their words can...

October 2020

October 01, 2020
In Rob Bell's latest book, "Everything is Spiritual: Who We Are and What We're Doing...

August 2020

August 13, 2020
In his first book, The Power of Ritual (HarperOne), Casper ter Kuile makes a case...

February 2019

February 26, 2019
In November 2014, bestselling author Frank Viola was given a special task by Rick Warren....

November 2017

November 08, 2017
A woman in crisis, Lily Burana had tried everything to cope with the debilitating depression...

July 2017

July 21, 2017
I’m a lawyer and a novelist. In response to the events that occurred in Ferguson,...
July 19, 2017
Movies are Prayers is one of the best books that I’ve read this year, and...

June 2017

June 29, 2017
A chart featured in The Myth of Equality compares the amount of time that slavery...
June 28, 2017
 Movies have a transformative power that's perhaps unmatched by any other medium. But can movies...

May 2017

May 16, 2017
Tom Muzzio's story is one that rings all too familiar in the nonreligious community. But...
May 11, 2017
Scripture instructs us in Psalm 127:3 that Children are a gift from the Lord; they...
May 10, 2017
Whatever the current state of organized religion, most Americans still believe in angels—a full 72...
May 10, 2017
What does it mean to truly love someone? Is it possible to still love someone...
May 09, 2017
Is it more important to be happy or comfortable? Is comfort and happiness the same...
May 09, 2017
It's been said that you can never really know someone completely. But perhaps the person...
May 05, 2017
A symbol can sometimes convey an idea better than a thousand words of explication. This...
May 04, 2017
Life is abuzz with media input and our fast-paced lives are making us spin. Stepping...

March 2017

March 23, 2017
By Jake Raabe Children’s Bibles are a difficult sub-genre for publishers to work with. The...

February 2017

February 28, 2017
In our over-scheduled and over-stimulated society, addiction is everywhere. It’s the millennial who can’t put...
February 22, 2017
by Megan Schmidt If you pay attention to the work of astronomers, you might know...

January 2017

January 12, 2017
Author Erin Straza answers questions about her new book, Comfort Detox, featured in the Patheos Book...
January 10, 2017
Here's a question I pondered for years: Can I be a feminist and be pro-life?...
January 02, 2017
These are strange times for the apostle Paul. The contemporary resurgence of Calvinism and Reformed...

November 2016

November 29, 2016
Twenty-some years ago, Joan Wester Anderson was writing about any number of things for parents,...
November 23, 2016
Ten years ago, Fr. James Martin wrote a best-seller: My Life With the Saints. In it,...
November 22, 2016
Paul has often been a lightning rod for the church. Jesus may be called "meek and...
November 15, 2016
There are multiple analogies for living the Christian life, but one of the most ancient...
November 15, 2016
As the Christmas season approaches, some anticipate it with wonder and faith, and others dread...
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