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About Religion, Doubt and Why They Matter
by Tricia Gates Brown
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'God is in the Obstacle': Hope in struggle

When I moved in 2019, I came across a 4x6” piece of paper on which I’d written in large letters,...
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Activist Theology: Translating Theology to Action
by Dr. Robyn
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Lamenting The Tyranny of the Now

A few weeks ago, I wrote about our present moment being what I’m calling “The Tyranny of the Now.”...
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The Addict Pastor
by Chris Rollman
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From Dysfunction to Dysfunction

“What caused you to drink?” This was a question that was asked at a recovery meeting that I...
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All Set Free
by Matthew J. Distefano
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Soul Boom By Rainn Wilson: Book Review

Remember that scene from Seinfeld? Where George’s worlds collide? His then fiancé — the woman...
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Allegories – Here and Now
by James Werning
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Teleport Tourism #3: Yemen

How does our materialism impact “the least of these” in forgotten places? You and three friends...
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Always Re-forming
by Liz Cooledge Jenkins
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It's Okay That We're Different

It’s okay that we’re thinking about things differently. It’s okay that we come from different...
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Becoming Faithful Questioners and Social Poets
by Andrew Lang
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Feeling Defensive? Here are 3 Approaches to Shift from Reactive to Responsive

Defensiveness is our way of maneuvering around our personal shadows. It's an escape mechanism that...
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The Bite in the Apple
by Nancy Rockwell
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The Words of Angels

Nothing Is Impossible with God Angels. They appear throughout biblical stories, always...
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Breathing Space
by Greg Smith
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What if the Church Valued Doubt as Much as Faith?

"Don't question God," my Sunday school teacher told me. What they meant was, “You'd be a better...
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Brian McLaren
by Brian McLaren
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When Patriarchy Is the Problem (Not the Solution)

We human beings have a lot of problems, and one of our biggest is men. Male humans often become...
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Buddhist-Christian-Quaker
by Danny Coleman
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Presence and Process

“After a long and gradual arc of creeping disillusionment with the form of evangelical church I...
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Capitol & Cathedral
by Jacob Lupfer
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Mistake in yesterday's Billy Graham post

I erred in trying to impute Reagan-era and subsequent evangelical disdain for mainline...
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Caryn Riswold
by Caryn Riswold
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What I Won’t Write About Mary Daly for the Encyclopedia

I’m writing an article on Mary Daly for the forthcoming Encyclopedia of Philosophy of Religion,...
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Christian Piatt
by Christian Piatt
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More Than Jezebel (Third Week Advent Devotional)

Throughout Advent I will be posting sections from my weekly devotions in SURVIVING THE BIBLE: A...
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Christianity For the SBNR
by Sam Alexander
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Reading to Catch Lies: Marc Gafni’s Refutation of the Chaya Lester Attacks

So how does a public figure respond to an angry ex- partner’s internet smear campaign? It’s a...
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Christianity is Changing
by Michael Hardin
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God breaks mirrors.

This is a guest post by Jonathan Sauder. God Breaks Mirrors We live in a world where narcissists...
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Coming Out Christian
by Coming Out Christian
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Why my civil rights should NOT be on your ballot today

I am grateful for the lawmakers in states around this beautiful and broken country who have the...
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A Convergence of Thought
by J. Cody Nielsen
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A return to A Convergence of Thought

I’ve been away from this column for a little more than six months. For the few of you who...
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Cooperative Baptist Fellowship
by Cooperative Baptist Fellowship
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Repent, and Believe the Good News: Black Lives Matter!

Recently, a sitting United States Senator from Mississippi “joked” about being on the front row of...
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Danielle Kingstrom
by Danielle Kingstrom
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What is an Accountable Woman? A Look at Proverbs 31

A wife of noble character who can find? She is worth far more than rubies. Her husband has full...
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Divergence
by Darrell Lackey
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Pluralism For Me but Not For Thee

The next bogeyman the leaders of the white fundamentalist-evangelical world are ready to foist...
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EcoPreacher
by Leah D. Schade
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Palm Sunday and Countering the Violence of Christian Nationalism

A Palm Sunday sermon countering the violence of Christian Nationalism calls for trust in God and...
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Edges of Faith
by David Henson
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The Songs We Sing After Charlottesville (The Feast of Mary, Mother of Our Lord)

Homily for the Feast of St. Mary the Virgin, Mother of Our Lord Luke 1:46-55 Not too long ago, I...
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The Empty Pew
by Josh Lawson
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About that photo op in front of St. John's church

President Trump went to a lot of trouble to give a photo op in front of St. John's church. What...
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Eric Todd
by Eric Todd
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5 Revolutionary Concepts to Transfigure Faith for the 21st Century

As church attendance falls out of fashion with new generations and for good reason, more people...
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Everyday Black Matters
by Grace Sandra
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In Which Peacemaking Looks Like Confrontation

Lately, I’ve been asking the question about the role of confrontation in peacemaking. How do we...
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Faith Forward
by Faith Forward
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"Psalms For Black Lives" Hopes to Inspire Those In the Pursuit of Justice and Equity For All

Rev. Dr. Gabby Cudjoe Wilkes and Rev. Andrew Wilkes hope that the words of the Psalms calm the...
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Faith on the Fringe
by Jim Meisner Jr.
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America's Pastime is Just Weeks Away

Here in the United States, America’s pastime is warming up again. Baseball’s ageless boys of...
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Faith With Wisdom
by Paul Peter Jesep
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Religious liberty threatened, Trump promotes pop-religion

Trump executive order promotes pop-religion, not religious liberty. Order will secularize, not...
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Faithful Peacemaking
by Lindsey Paris-Lopez
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Subversive Blessings: The Beatitudes As Guidance For Unconditional Love

The Beatitudes are subversive blessings that comfort us in despair and call us to heal a...
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Femmevangelical
by Femmevangelical
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Watch ‘The Armor of Light’ on PBS May 10

‘The Armor of Light’, a documentary film by Abigail Disney, follows Evangelical pastor Rob Schenck...
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The Following of Jesus and His Good News
by Joris
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What you Are.

The Good News for the Day, Sunday, February 5, 2023 Fifth Sunday in Ordinary Time (73) The...
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FreedHearts
by Susan Cottrell
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10 Reasons NOT to "Feel Sorry" for Parents of LGBTQ+ Children

“I sometimes wonder just how many people know about my son but think we (my husband and I) don’t...
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Freelance Christianity
by Vance Morgan
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To Truly Live, We Have to Die

The message of the story of Lazarus is “Don’t be afraid to die”—especially to those things we...
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Glorious Life
by C. Don Jones
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Seminaries Are Not The Problem

Seminaries get blame for not training clergy appropriately. The blame comes from a certain segment...
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The God Article with Mark Sandlin
by The God Article with Mark Sandlin
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Following Jesus in the Age of Trump: Resistance as a Spiritual Practice

The actions that this new administration have already taken should be a call to arms for...
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Good and Truth
by Coleman Glenn
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Palm Sunday as Honeymoon

The events of Palm Sunday reflect a motif that is found both in the stories of Scripture and in...
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Grace-Colored Glasses
by Kathyrn Shihadah
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Terror attack on Church of Gethsemane, Jerusalem

The Church of Gethsemane, site of the Tomb of the Virgin Mary (Greek Orthodox) in Jerusalem was...
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Grey Matters
by Meg Vallee
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When No One Is There to Accept Your Amends

The best apology is changed behavior. At least that’s what I tell my kids. I know it’s trite...
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Hellbound
by Kevin Miller
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You go ahead and keep feeling; I'll do the thinking for both of us

It seems to me that when it comes to controversial topics like gun control, we tend to believe the...
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Here’s the Thing
by George M. Benson
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Epiphany week.

Sermon from January 10, 2021: “He proclaimed, ‘The one who is more powerful than I is coming after...
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The Holy Kiss
by Roger Wolsey
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Sensing the Sacred - Lectio Divina - a Spiritual Experience of Scripture

One can employ a Lectio approach to most anything, not just “holy scriptures.” One can do it with...
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Honest to God
by Jayson D. Bradley
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When Opinions Are Facts: the Dumbing Down of American Christianity

I was seventeen in 1988, and Scorsese’s The Last Temptation of Christ had just landed in theaters....
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Jeff Hood
by Jeff Hood
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Angellos Ioannis Malefakis : This is the Consequence of Sending Me Death Threats

3/26/23 Over the years, I have received hundreds of death threats (from all over the world...
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John Shore
by John Shore
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Call me when it's National Grab Some Nuts Day

Yesterday all Patheos bloggers received an email from Patheos suggesting “trending topics relating...
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Jonathan Wilson-Hartgrove
by Jonathan Wilson Hartgrove
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Arrests Resume As Moral Movement Continues

Two years ago this week, seventeen people were arrested on the first “Moral Monday,” sparking a...
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Karen Ruth Shock
by Karen Ruth Shock
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Living in Fear is Exhausting

Living in fear is exhausting. I’ve spent too much of my life being afraid. Driven by it. Paralyzed...
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Keith Giles
by Keith Giles
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INNER CIRCLE: If Two Make Peace

Saying 48: Jesus said, “If two make peace with one another within a single house they will say to...
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Late last year, Benjamin Netanyahu became Prime Minister of Israel for the third time. Recently,...
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Christmas can be a time full of disappointment -- be stubborn with your joy.
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Mercy Not Sacrifice
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I got so much great feedback about the Sunday Sermon two weeks ago that I decided to turn it into...
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New Generations Explore Faith
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In our churches we should be looking at aspects of the spiritual such as spiritual growth,...
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On Scripture - The Bible
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Wounded Resurrection: The Body of Christ for the Body of Earth (John 20:19-31)

By William P. Brown The gap continues to widen between liberals and conservatives regarding the...
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Option C Church
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Six Reasons We’re Going Virtual on Christmas Sunday

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Paperback Theology
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The Asbury revival will likely be a release valve dissipating the tension created by the BLM, Met...
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Absorption into the mystical infinite.
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Grateful to have time to reflect on 2022 and the lessons this year has given me. Especially that...
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Reflections of a Recovering Evangelical
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What is it about this quote and thought that resonates with people when they read it? I suspect it...
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It was a snowy Saturday afternoon in Denver, Colorado, when I showed up to lead a workshop at the...
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Darkest hour

Recently, I’ve been enjoying several musicals. I watched Hamilton on Disney+ about a year ago, and...
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Cakes and ale (and drag queens)

It seems odd to suggest that community theaters and high school theater programs now have a moral...
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Saint Paddy’s Day is here! Let’s grab some Guinness and have a cheer, oh my dear! Hot damn this is...
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The Road to Emmaus shows us that the Bible and the Story it tells might both hold surprises.
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If the oppression of women is what Allah demands, then that conception of Allah deserves nothing...
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by John D. Gee
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Holism, as it relates to these tenets is the idea that the sacred God, is present in all times and...
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Kavanaugh’s defenders are asking if people’s lives should be ruined by actions they took when they...
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My version of Penal Substitutionary Atonement is probably much different than you have heard...
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A new baby brings us such hope. They are so pure, their slate so clean, and for those of us who...
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“We insist that “diversity” is a great strength, but for most (white) Americans this is mere lip...
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6 years ago RAWtools, Inc. didn’t exist. And then tragedy struck in Newtown, CT at Sandy Hook...
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In a recent article, Anglican theologian, Ben Crosby says something I've said elsewhere about the...
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Amanda and Harley Mathews are the creative geniuses behind what has now become one the MUST...
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...millions of Methodists and other Christians celebrate Easter with a high-spirited greeting --...
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The only Twitter profiles Blockchain uses to communicate with users are: @blockchain &...
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