According to a 2013 study by the Public Religion Research Institute and the Brookings Institute, 23 percent of 18- to…
The Thing Is…..
What About The Bible… ? (Chapter 1) I have been spending quite a bit of time lately thinking about the…
Being Called a Heretic…..
If you blog long enough, someone will eventually call you a heretic. Self-appointed orthodoxy watchdogs plague the internet almost as…
‘Evangelicals and Catholicism…
On December 5th, The Diversity Chronicle posted a blog with the clever title ‘Pope Francis Condemns Racism and declares that…
“I’m Sorry”?
Christians mistakenly believe that apologizing discredits everything they’ve ever said. As if saying “we’re sorry” will somehow negate the fact…
The Sit Back And Wait Syndrome….
Sometimes I take a peak at the website I put up for the church I was once a member. I…
The Image of God….
When St. Augustine wrote On the Trinity, he tried to work out a conundrum. He wanted to figure out how…
Reflections…
There are some folks who would say they are Christian, but they are looking less and less like Jesus. And…
Fear Your Fellow Man….
Jesus clearly told us again and again to love your fellow-man. As a matter of fact he said all the…
Theological Certainty…..
Jesus Avoided Theological Certainty Within the New Testament, the people Jesus seemingly condemns the strongest — and most frequently —…
Christianity, Empire, and a USS Mother Teresa?
Since the First Century, if not before, the choice of people of faith has been between empire approved institutions or…
The Greatest Heresy…
Many pastors fear that if they were honest with their congregations about their doubts they would be fired, and the…
Is Evangelism A Dirty Word???
Evangelism is a term very similar to “Jihad” in terms of public relations. It is a term cherished by those…
An Emergent Witness for Friends?
But there is also something else happening. A growing number of Americans (nearly a third, according to one Gallop poll)…
The ‘Other Gospel’ was easier
I admit that I find the gospel of partnering with God for the healing of the world much, much harder…
Studying The Bible….
Despite his having written an entire biography of Paul in Acts, Luke seems to be curiously unaware of Paul’s life…
His Own Version Of Jesus….
Mark Driscoll, the attention grabbing minister of the Mars Hill megachurch, is at it again. He’s pushing his badass Jesus…
A Quakerish Pope?
Worth reading is a recent interview with Pope Francis conducted by Eugenio Scalfari of La Repubblica. Scalfari, an atheist, had…
Robotic Christianity.
A robot is a useful piece of technology typically used for complicated or dangerous tasks. Robots, often mass-produced, make no…
Willing To Change….
Be Willing to Change: I don’t expect to fully understand God by the time I’m done with middle school, high school,…
Faith, Doubt and the Idol of Certainty: An Interview with Greg Boyd
“The quest to feel certain becomes an idol when a person’s sense of significance to God and security before God…
An Emergent Witness for Friends…..
1. As we often proclaim, Friends are, for the most part, non-creedal and non-hierarchical. When we are at our best…
Hating the Poor but Loving Jesus?
“Americans react to the poor with disgust,” said Susan Fiske, professor of psychology and public affairs at Princeton University and…
How The Other Side Sees It….
“Religion has convinced people that there’s an invisible man … living in the sky. Who watches everything you do every…
Shane Claiborne’s Statement on Syria – Red Letter Christians
Right after 9/11, I asked a kid in my neighborhood what we should do in response. His answer: “Those people…
It Moves Beyond….
I like to think of the Great Emergence as reported in the book by Phyllis Tickle as “Post-Religion”. It moves…
8 Good Reasons to Change Modern Church Service
There is no “right way” to have church, but there is a wrong way. Scripture gives us very little instruction…
Feeding Homeless Apparently Illegal in Raleigh, NC
On the morning of Saturday, August, 24, Love Wins showed up at Moore Square at 9:00 a.m., just like we have done…
Troubles with the Bible…
When you consider that the Bible was written by over 40 separate authors and compiled from thousands of manuscripts, in…
So, Why Don’t We???
Everyone in America knows the catchy slogan: What Would Jesus Do (WWJD)? Of all the Christian memorabilia donned by the…
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