We Need Each Other
The Coca-Cola Super Bowl ad which featured “America the Beautiful” sung in various languages has struck many as a beautiful display of the wide diversity of this nation. A nation which has always...
View ArticleProgressive Christianity
A few characteristics of Progressive Christianity: * A spiritual vitality and expressiveness, including participatory, arts-infused, and lively worship as well as a variety of spiritual rituals and...
View ArticleA Palm Sunday Prayer for Peace
Holy Week begins this Sunday. It is a familiar week, beginning with Jesus' entry into Jerusalem. But maybe so familiar that we still aren't quite hearing the full story. Marcus Borg reminds us that...
View ArticleAnother Holy Week
It is Holy Week. The week we recall Jesus' entry into Jerusalem. His final week with his disciples. His actions in the temple. His perplexing parables. His final meal. His agonizing last hours. The...
View Article3 Barriers Hijacking Christians’ Ability to Love Our “Enemies”
Guest post by Jon Huckins In recent years, my family has navigated some rough patches; death, cancer treatments, open heart surgeries, chronic disease, etc. Now, I’m certain this isn’t everyone’s...
View ArticleAdvice to a Child
At some point, after a sip of a really good IPA, someone mentioned: “You know these things are all great, and we’d want to share them with our kids. But really, you have to demonstrate these ideas if...
View Article4 steps for talking about Jesus at the bar (or coffeehouse, or anywhere else)
If you're like me, you've been told once or twice that being a good Christian includes occasionally telling other people about Jesus. Your reaction might go something like: “Ewww. Yuck. I’m not that...
View ArticleGentle Soldiers? Yoga and Meditation in the Military
I live down the road from the old Walter Reed Army Medical Center in Washington DC, which served more than 150,000 active and retired personnel from all branches of the military before moving to its...
View ArticlePracticing Theology Without a Net: Theology Pubs, Spiritual Direction, and...
Guest post by Keith Anderson. Lately, I've been practicing a lot of what I have been thinking of as theology without a net. Theology without a net happens in public spaces. It does not involve a...
View ArticleCANA Initiative Recap
Had a great week this week joining other instigators at the CANA Initiative gathering, which happened here in Washington, DC. I'd say it was a few days of dreaming what might come out of a network...
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