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May 2014

May 29, 2014
Adam and Suzanne discuss Ascension Day. Why do we ignore the ascension of Jesus? Adam...
May 29, 2014
The horror of last Friday’s murders at UCSB has us asking the all-important question: Why...
May 28, 2014
We need to stop celebrating Memorial Day. I had lunch with my dad on Memorial...
May 28, 2014
Matthew Vines has done us an incredible service by writing his book God and the...
May 27, 2014
In this video Suzanne and Adam discuss Pope Francis's prayer over the weekend on the...
May 22, 2014
How is technology changing contemporary spirituality? That’s the question Patheos asked in its recent Public...
May 20, 2014
No topic is more important today than how to deal with violence, and Cesáreo Bandera's...
May 16, 2014
How do you defeat Satan? That was the question the University of Harvard had to...
May 15, 2014
Adam is heading off to his new home in Eugene today. I have been in...
May 14, 2014
There are two related misconceptions about what mimetic theory says about being human: that (1)...
May 12, 2014
What’s Emerging? A New Story Dave Csinos, the founder and president of the Faith Forward...
May 08, 2014
On April 15, terrorists from Boko Haram abducted 276 Nigerian girls sleeping in their high...
May 05, 2014
What’s Emerging? A New Theology of Atonement Why do violence and religion appear to be...
May 05, 2014
Happy 5th Anniversary Patheos! In just five short years, Patheos has become the go to...
May 02, 2014
I have long been aware of mimetic theory’s critique of philosophy’s inability to tell the...
May 01, 2014
Dear White People, We need to take a long, painful look in the mirror. The...

April 2014

April 30, 2014
Parenting is hard. It happened to me again on Sunday morning. We just moved to...
April 28, 2014
What’s Emerging? A New Perspective on Victims Something new is happening in Christianity today. The...
April 25, 2014
Part 1:  Just what is emerging?  There’s a lot of talk about “emergent church” these...
April 23, 2014
Have you ever wondered how mimetic theory changes lives? ME TOO! So, I decided to...
April 23, 2014
At the center of Christianity is a weird claim: that we have been saved by...
April 22, 2014
Subscribers to Teaching Nonviolent Atonement will have the opportunity to talk with the Rev. Paul...
April 21, 2014
Today, 9/11/2012, marks the release of Brian McLaren’s book Why Did Jesus, Moses, the Buddha,...
April 20, 2014
Reza Aslan begins of his book, Zealot: The Life and Times of Jesus of Nazareth, with...
April 19, 2014
Are you feeling a bit smug about the way historian and author Reza Aslan out-debated Lauren Green...

March 2014

March 19, 2014
“Once a person begins to desire what the model desires, he learns very quickly that...

January 2014

January 23, 2014
On January 30 we talked with Professor Andrew McKenna and theologian and blogger Benjamin Corey...

December 2013

December 14, 2013
(Sermon text: Isaiah 11:1-10 and Matthew 3:1-12) How many of you in your life time...
December 03, 2013
Year A, Advent 1 December 1st, 2013 Isaiah 2:1-5 and Matthew 24:36-44 Riding Out the...

September 2013

September 04, 2013
As I began my morning devotions on Tuesday this week, Syria was on my mind....
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