I love Franz Bibfeldt. I’m not talking eros or philios. I’m talking agape. That’s how much I love him. Who is Franz Bibfeldt?, you ask. Only the most important theologian you’ve never heard of. Here, for example, is the story of Bibfeldt’s birth: (more…) Read more
Editor’s Note: This post is a part of our Election Month at Patheos feature. Patheos was designed to present the world’s most compelling conversations on life’s most important questions. Please join the Facebook following for our new News and Politics Channel — and check back throughout the month for more commentary on Election 2012. Please use hashtag #PatheosElection on Twitter. Let me note, I write this post not telling you for whom to vote. Nor do I think that you... Read more
We all know that you can’t print the word “Threepeat” on a t-shirt without paying Pat Riley. Well, now you cannot drop to a knee, put your fist to your forehead, and pray, without potentially being sued by Tim Tebow. How they will enforce, this, I have no idea: Dropping to a knee like Tim Tebow might cost you now. The New York Jets backup quarterback has officially trademarked “Tebowing,” the move in which he goes down on one knee... Read more
I am not on a witch hunt. I am not anti-Romney. I am anti-secrecy. I think there is some historical consensus as to what is considered Christianity, and this ceremony does not accord with that consensus. Some of my friends say, “If a group says they are Christian, then they are Christian. That’s good enough for me.” Well, that’s not good enough for me. See also, Andrew Sullivan. Read more
Tonight, the esteemed philosopher-theologian Peter Rollins will be at our house, and he’ll be answering the door and giving out candy to trick-or-treaters in our nice, suburban neighborhood. But, what do you think that Pete will say to those impressionable children? Best caption wins a book. Read more
Time for another episode in our ongoing series, Questions That Haunt Christianity. This week, Shelly asks, (more…) Read more
This blog has just passed a milestone: 100,000 pageviews this month. I’ve been blogging since 2004, and that is a first. Many thanks to longtime readers and new readers. Glad to have you all. Some bloggers are loathe to publicize their traffic numbers, but a couple of my favorite bloggers (Andrew Sullivan and Rachel Held Evans) routinely disclose their traffic. Like them, I want to be forthcoming with you. And I also want to say thank you. I hope that... Read more
Later this week, I will be posting about whom I’m supporting at the federal, state, and local elections. In the meantime, I’ve revisited my reasons for supporting Barack Obama four years ago. Here’s the money quote from that post: I am supporting Barack Obama for president. Why? Because Obama has so many of the qualities that we need in a president. He is committed to uniting the country around a vision for the future, he is committed to foreign diplomacy... Read more
Time to announce the winners of the Limerick Challenge to win a copy of Rachel Held Evans’s new book, A Year of Biblical Womanhood. You can see all of the entries here. There are some great ones that didn’t make the Top Ten. Basically, I picked the ones that made me laugh out loud. Beware of salty language — but, we’re all adults. And hey, we are talking about vaginas here. (Also, you can see the last contest, where winners got the new... Read more
Ladies (and gentlemen), it seems that the bling on your jeans is defacing the pews of Conception Catholic Church in Moville, Iowa. Recently, this announcement was published in their Sunday bulletin: “HELP SAVE OUR PEWS: The latest jean fashion of rhinestone/bling stones on the pockets act like rough sandpaper and razors on the pews. Please refrain from wearing these as our pews have already received damage from these stones.” The Sioux City Journal reports, (more…) Read more
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