I received an email from a reader last week claiming that he is an ignostic, and he thinks I might be one, too. I’d never heard of ignosticism before, so I looked it up on Wikipedia and read, Ignosticism or igtheism is the theological position that every other theological position (including agnosticism and atheism) assumes too much about the concept of God and many other theological concepts. It can be defined as encompassing two related views about the existence of God: (more…) Read more
I’ve been wondering what the Enneagram numbers are of our two candidates and what they means about our choices in the election. Although you’re not supposed to pin a number on another person, when someone is as much in the public eye as a presidential nominee, it’s pretty clear to Enneagram experts what number they are. So I asked around in the Enneagram community and found out that they’re a consensus on Mitt Romney’s and Barack Obama’s numbers. Mitt Romney... Read more
This post is part of an ongoing series on Everyday Spirituality. Today’s post is by Christine Sine, author, blogger, and executive director of Mustard Seed Associates. Her other books include To Garden with God and GodSpace. Her new book, Return to Our Senses will be released November 20th but is now available for pre-order. All proceeds from the book will go toward the work of Mustard Seed Associates. A couple of years ago on my blog, I asked: What makes you feel close to... Read more
Before I dive in to this week’s response, I just want to say that this series — The Questions That Haunt Christianity — has gone even better than I’d hoped. Over 200 questions have come in, and they are extraordinarily challenging. But, even better, you, the readers of this blog, have been overwhelming in your responses in the comment section. This week, for instance, we’ve already got 90 comments, and most of them are brilliant. I’m not exaggerating when I say that... Read more
Bo has posted about his recent interview with Rob Bell: In the most recent episode of Homebrewed Christianity, I asked Rob Bell what he would do if he were starting from scratch again. I was particularly intrigued for three main reasons: 1) I actually am starting a new gathering so I wanted to pick his brain. 2) Bell is so creative and innovative – who better to ask? 3) His answer was somewhat surprising: (more…) Read more
A young author who liked letters red, So skinny he looked underfed, When his co-author called, and said he was bald, Well the young one did offer him dreds. Thanks to the people at Thomas Nelson, I’ve got ten copies to give away of the new book by Tony Campolo and Shane Claiborne, Red Letter Revolution: What If Jesus Really Meant What He Said?. Among the endorsements: “This book, by a young and an elderly Christian, will help you decide... Read more
When conversation on this blog turn to issues of sexuality, as it did this week with Brian McLaren’s View on Homosexuality, there are always some commenters who admit that their Christian faith has broken free of the Bible. For example, R. Jay comments, I’m a Christian for whom the Bible is not my foundation, not my law code, not my ladder, not my pedestal. I love it dearly, but I don’t need it to know God, and I don’t need... Read more
If you’ve not been following Bad Lip Reading on YouTube, you should. Here, for instance, is a hilarious send-up of the presidential debate. These things make me laugh until I cry. Well, now we’ve got the same treatment given to a congregation singing a hymn. It’s pretty great: HT: Ratchet Read more
From the editor: This post is a part of our Election Month at Patheos feature. Patheos was designed to present the world’s most compelling conservations 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. I’m going to vote for Obama, again. I’ll explain why in a future post. I’m not head-over-heels like I... Read more
This week, a twist for Questions That Haunt Christianity. Lee Pendarvis (follow him on Twitter!) is a recent convert from atheism to Christianity, but that hasn’t meant the end to his questions. It has only made them more acute: (more…) Read more
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