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Keep the Church Weird
I’ll be offline for most of the week in order to jump-start work on book #4. In the meantime, this lecture from the fall gives you a little glimpse of the heart behind book #3, Searching for Sunday,...
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Taking The Lead in Developing New Sexual Ethics (by Dianna E. Anderson)
If you’ve been reading the blog for long, you are likely already acquainted with Dianna E. Anderson. Over the past few years, Dianna has submitted guest posts and participated in several roundtable...
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Follow Friday: St. Lydia’s Dinner Church, Brooklyn
Today I want to introduce you to a pastor and a church that might be characterized by some as “nontraditional,” but that seem to me to be modeling a very ancient way of doing church. St. Lydia’s is a...
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See you in Nashville!
I’ll be in Nashville this week, on the campus of Trevecca Nazarene University, Thursday, February 19. I’ll be speaking about my “year of biblical womanhood” in chapel at 9:30 a.m. and reading/speaking...
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40 Ideas for Lent 2015
© 2009 peter castleton, Flickr | CC-BY | via WylioAs has become a tradition here on the blog, I’ve compiled a list of 40 ideas that I hope will help you make the most of this season of reflection,...
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Searching for Sunday Excerpt: "The Labyrinth"
© 2012 wplynn, Flickr | CC-BY-ND | via WylioOn Tuesdays, between now and April 14, I’ll be sharing excerpts from my new book, Searching for Sunday: Loving, Leaving, and Finding the Church. The book is...
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Join the ‘Searching for Sunday’ Launch Team!
Well, we’ve entered that season of the writing/publishing cycle when it’s time to do some publicity. Most authors struggle with this stage of the process, and I’m no different. Urging readers to pick...
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“Strength and Dignity Are Her Clothing”: Making Ethical Fashion Choices (by...
Nomads Peacock Dip Hem fair trade tunic via Style Wise. Today I’m thrilled to share a guest post on an important topic from a very smart and creative person. Leah Wise manages an Episcopal thrift shop...
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Searching for Sunday Excerpt: "Going First"
© 2010 Bs0u10e0, Flickr | CC-BY-SA | via Wylio On Tuesdays, between now and April 14, I’ll be sharing excerpts from my new book, Searching for Sunday: Loving, Leaving, and Finding the Church. The book...
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But it’s not about race…right?
Today the Justice Department released a report showing that between 2012 and 2014, police in Ferguson, Missouri used force almost exclusively on its black residents. But it’s not about race….right?...
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Searching for Sunday Excerpt: "Table"
On Tuesdays, between now and April 14, I’ll be sharing excerpts from my new book, Searching for Sunday: Loving, Leaving, and Finding the Church. The book is arranged around seven sacraments—baptism,...
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Strong Enough to Be Self-Critical: In America and the church
© 1999 The Library of Congress, Flickr | PD | via WylioI’m over at the CNN Belief Blog today with a post about how we don’t have to choose between loving the church and criticizing it: "You would have...
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Updated Spring Speaking Schedule (My Home Church + Lancaster)
Our home church is a beautiful place to worship! I’ve updated my spring speaking schedule to include my home church, St. Luke’s Episcopal Church in Cleveland, Tennessee, where I’ll be delivering the...
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Searching for Sunday Excerpt: "Scars"
On Tuesdays, between now and April 14, I’ll be sharing excerpts from my new book, Searching for Sunday: Loving, Leaving, and Finding the Church. The book is arranged around seven sacraments—baptism,...
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Follow Friday: Micky Jones
Tyler Andrews Photography Todays’ “Follow Friday” features one of the wisest and humblest Christian leaders I’ve ever met—my friend and fellow Tennessean, Micky Jones. Micky is an activist and student...
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What brought me back to church…
On Tuesdays, between now and April 14, I’ll be sharing excerpts from my new book, Searching for Sunday: Loving, Leaving, and Finding the Church. The book is arranged around seven sacraments—baptism,...
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On “Going Episcopal”
© 2007 Jerry Richardson, Flickr | CC-BY | via WylioAs you may have noticed, I’ve watched with some consternation as headlines about the (not-so-revelatory) disclosure that I attend an Episcopal church...
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My Parents
It’s far and away the most common question I get asked. You pose it in the comment section, at book signings, during the Q&A session after a talk, in emails and tweets and handwritten letters. What...
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Why Christians are Wrong about Joy (by Margaret Feinberg)
Today I am thrilled to share a guest post from a woman of valor I have long admired—Margaret Feinberg. Margaret is a popular Bible teacher and speaker whose books, including The Organic God,The Sacred...
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Sunday Superlatives 3/29/15
© 2009 Chris H, Flickr | CC-BY | via WylioOnline…Cutest:White House Science Fair Day Funniest:Trevor McMaken at Church of the Resurrection with “Holy Week Myers-Briggs”“INFJ: St Catherine (of Siena) -...
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