<p><a href="http://blog.sojo.net/tag/my-advent-calendar"></a></p> <p>When I opened the sixth window on the Advent calendar, a very traditional Christian picture greeted ...

<p><a href="http://blog.sojo.net/tag/my-advent-calendar"></a></p> <p>I'm on the road this morning. So I called my husband and asked him to open the fifth window on ...

<p><a href="http://blog.sojo.net/tag/my-advent-calendar"></a></p> <p>The fourth window of my Advent calendar opened to reveal a deer in the snow, a nostalgic vision of w ...

A few years ago, as I and the rest of the audience waited patiently for a passion play to begin, a homeless man burst into the church and began running up the aisle, screaming. A ...

<p><a href="http://blog.sojo.net/tag/my-advent-calendar"></a></p> I love Advent. I love lighting the candles on the Advent wreath, si ...

<p>As we reflect on the history, meaning, and mythologies surrounding the season of Thanksgiving, indigenous theologians Richard Twiss, Raymond Aldred, and Terry LeBlanc offer their perspectives on the i ...

[<a href="http://www.sojo.net/blog/godspolitics/?p=4064">continued from part 3</a>] [<a href="http://blog.sojo.net/tag/romal-tune-joel-sermon">read all four parts</a> ...

[<a href="http://www.sojo.net/blog/godspolitics/?p=3975">continued from part 1</a>] [<a href="http://blog.sojo.net/tag/romal-tune-joel-sermon">read all four parts</a> ...

Do you often find comfort and insight, even direction for your life, through a careful study of scripture? Do you believe that God's truth is found in the pages of the Bible? ...

In the months leading up to the election, the topic of immigration reform has disappeared from the presidential candidates' conversations. In the months leading up to the ele ...

About 20 years ago, Stanley Hauerwas and William Willimon wrote a book provocatively titled <em>Resident Aliens</em>. About 20 years ago, Stanley Hauerwas and William ...

<p><a href="http://blog.sojo.net/tag/economy-special-focus/"></a></p> Editor's Note: I've been enjoying The Sanc ...

<p><a href="http://blog.sojo.net/tag/economy-special-focus/"></a></p> <p>[<a href="http://www.sojo.net/blog/godspolitics/?p=2457">Continued from part 1&l ...

<p><a href="http://blog.sojo.net/tag/summer-sundays"></a></p> <p>Once upon a time there was a house...</p> Once upon a time t ...

<p><a href="http://blog.sojo.net/tag/summer-sundays"></a></p> There's a great deal of conversation these days about the nature ...

<p><a href="http://blog.sojo.net/tag/summer-sundays"></a></p> One of the great recent joys of my life has been a thing called "Beer ...

<p><a href="http://blog.sojo.net/tag/summer-sundays"></a></p> Next Wednesday is the Feast of the Transfiguration. What that means is ...

<p><a href="http://blog.sojo.net/tag/summer-sundays"></a></p> Folks in my line of work ... i.e., writers in the field of religion ... ...

<p><a href="http://blog.sojo.net/tag/summer-sundays"></a></p> Folks in my line of work ... i.e., writers in the field of religion ... do a ...

<p><a href="http://blog.sojo.net/tag/summer-sundays"></a></p> A Sunday or two ago, I made mention of -- more to the truth, wrote a w ...

As a convert to Orthodox Christianity, I have come to appreciate the strong connection in our tradition between spirituality and creation. As a convert to Orthodox Christianity, I ...

<em>Beliefnet invited Jim Wallis to participate in a </em><a href="http://blog.beliefnet.com/blogalogue/"><em>"blogalogue"</em></a><em> with David ...

<P>One of Jesus' most in-your-face stories, and a personal favorite of mine, is the Parable of the Dishonest Manager in <A title=http://bible.oremus.org/?ql=76525043 href="http://bible.oremu ...

<P>[Continued from <A href="http://blog.beliefnet.com/godspolitics/2008/05/nt-wright-and-bart-ehrman-new.html">part 1</A>]<BR><BR>I pondered what I might offer to spotli ...

<P>As did <A href="http://blog.beliefnet.com/godspolitics/2008/05/nt-wright-and-bart-ehrman-disc.html">Brian McLaren</A>, I recently read the <A href="http://blog.beliefnet.co ...

<P>It's true that the blogosphere has created space for some truly <em>un</em>remarkable interchanges to take place. It's true that the blogosphere has ...

Marva J. Dawn A biblical framework for understanding money's grip on us -- and how to break free. Why doe ...

Jim Wallis, in his book <em>The Great Awakening</em> said,</p> Jim Wallis, in his book The Great Awakening said, Imagine something called Justice Reviv ...

<p><P>Following the publication of <A href="http://www.powells.com/partner/29218/biblio/084991972x">The New Atheist Crusaders and Their Unholy Grail</A> I received hordes of b ...

<p><P>Following the publication of <A href="http://www.powells.com/partner/29218/biblio/084991972x">The New Atheist Crusaders and Their Unholy Grail</A> I received hordes of b ...

My dear friend, Ken Wilson, who pastors the Ann Arbor Vineyard, showed me a chart that I found very helpful:</p> <table cellpadding="10" border=1> <tr> <td width="120"& ...

<p><P>In church one day, my pastor asked us to raise our hands if we believed in what the Bible said. The right answer seemed pretty obvious, and the whole congregation and I raised our hands. Then ...

<p>Let me give you an illustration of the difference between the narrow focus of contemporary American evangelicalism and the big focus of the Bible. <p> D.L. Moody, the great 19th-century evangeli ...

Social justice is not a distraction from our commitment; it is part and parcel of the gospel of the kingdom. We read in Mark 1:15:</p> Social justice is not a distraction fr ...

I've always wanted to be part of a church that seeks to be and to do everything the New Testament calls the church to be and to do. I've always wanted to be part of a church ...

<p>Yesterday <a href="http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=89231818">NPR ran a story</a> about the on going Senate investigation of the so-called Grassley Six; Creff ...

Judy Coode More than seven years ago, James Carroll, award-winning novelist and Boston Globe columnist, wrote Constantine’s Sword, which ...

<p><P><a href="http://www.powells.com/partner/29218/biblio/0787987425"></a>When I interviewed <A href="http://www.phyllistickle.com">Phyllis Tickle</A> f ...

<P>On a Sunday when Americans flooded houses of worship seeking words of comfort, hope, and healing, Rev. On a Sunday when Americans flooded houses of worship seeking wo ...

<p><P>When I got an invite to attend a screening of the documentary, <A href="http://www.purplestateofmind.com">Purple State of Mind</A>, I went in expecting to see a blue sta ...

<P>While working on my upcoming book for Seabury Press - <I>Salvation on the Small Screen? While working on my upcoming book for Seabury Press - Salvation on the Smal ...

<P>Last Friday I was in Santa Barbara, California, to speak at Westmont College - where even on a Friday evening, the gymnasium was packed with students. Last Friday I w ...

<P><A href="http://blog.beliefnet.com/godspolitics/2008/02/the-new-conspirators-by-tom-si.html">Last week</A> I shared a snapshot of the new monastics. This week I will look at the ...

<P>A comment thread from <a href="http://blog.beliefnet.com/godspolitics/2008/01/video-the-moral-state-of-the-u.html">Jim's "Moral State of the Union" post</a> frustr ...

<p><P>Discover what God is doing through a new generation of risk-takers, innovators, and prophets at <A href="http://thenewconspirators.wordpress.com">The New Conspirators</A> ...

<P>Everyday there seems to be some new outrageous charge leveled at Barack Obama. One of the most pernicious is that he is a Muslim who is dishonestly masquerading as a Christian. ...

<P>Everyday there seems to be some new outrageous charge leveled at Barack Obama. One of the most pernicious is that he is a Muslim who is dishonestly masquerading as a Christian. ...

<P>When I asked a leading progressive biblical scholar who was doing the very best bible work on images of God and gender theology, she didn't hesitate in her answer: Elizabeth Johnson, she said. ...

<P>During the South Carolina Republican debate, Mike Huckabee garnered greatest applause when defending his views of wifely submission as part of his evangelical faith. ...

Kimberly Burge Reflecting Theologically on AIDS: A Global Challenge The worldwide body of Christ is finally ge ...