2025-03-31
2025-03-31
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- Do You Want to See 'Creation'?
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- Inspirational Words
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- Highlight the Talents of Your Teen
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- Discussion today in the forums
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- Pray with the Beliefnet Community
- New Question of the Day Feature
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- Verse of the Day: 'the Spirit helps us in our weakness'
- Voice of the Day: Henri J.M. Nouwen
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- "I Am Charlie Hebdo"
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- The Year of the Crockpot and the Hairy Armpits
- David Brooks and "The Big Me"—A Critique
- "The Power of Introductions," Via Bruce Strom and Gospel Justice
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- Insights from Donna Tartt's The Goldfinch
- Are You Lenting?
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- Words for a Dying Friend
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- What's Wrong With This Picture?
- "Imperfection," a.k.a. "Perpetual Progress"?
- Freedom of a Christian
- 5 Ways to Stay Spiritually Grounded When Fantasy Calls
- Field Notes on Grace
- Laughter and Humility, Via Nature's Call at the Blue Heron Preserve
- Surprise! Grace Sticks Now Available for Purchase on Amazon
- Favorite Hauerwasisms On The Cross, Church Growth, Etc...
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- Check Out My New Website—Your Writing Referrals Get Free Copy of Grace Sticks
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- The Oklahoma Tornadoes: A Continuation in Our Christian Meterology Series
- Mental Health Break- "Jeffrey"
- Mental Health Break—Official Video for "Hopeless Wanderer"
- Holy Space 2: Desert Wanderings
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- The Gift of Child's Play
- The Dog Days of Summer—A Lesson in the Limits of Redemption
- Writers' Retreat
- Good Friday Humor, Part 2: Monty Python's Dead Parrot Skit
- "There's Power In the Pen": An Interview with Author Amy Julia Becker, Part 1
- The Mystery of the Miralax Deviled Eggs, a.k.a. Telling Our Secrets
- 6 Tips for Letting Go in Loss
- Sermon on the Mount Family Planning
- "One Today"
- Pinocchio's Nose and The Truth That Frees
- "This Isn't The Way It Was Supposed To Be"
- The Power of Memory and Commitment
- Prayer and Redemption as Body Language
- Beach Blather and Admiral General Aladeen Returns
- Divine Child Abuse Atonement- Why It Can't Hold Muster
- Resurrection at Wendy's
- Spiritual Dissonances: Ground Zero and the W Hotel Bar
- Make Love Not War: A Christmas Story
- "Exorcise Wall Street"
- The Freedom Riders
- Underwear God: The Scandal of The Incarnation
- James Bond Does Theology, Too?
- Grace at the Farmer's Market
- Joel Osteen as Stand-Up Comedian?
- Christian Meteorology: A New Series
- The Skimp on Recent Developments
- "Ask Sister Gramick Anything: How Would You Reform the Church?"
- "Flirt to Convert": The Promise and Peril of Missionary Dating
- A Riot in the Cathedral
- A Toddler Meets the White Witch
- Independence Week
- The Meaning of Tradition and Why Church Families Do Such Weird Stuff
- The Poetics of Faith
- U.S. Foreign Policy Versus the Great Commission (by Tony Campolo)
- Verse of the Day: Treasures on Earth
- Optical Illusions and the Evolution of Sight
- Finding Harmony
- God's Sovereignty and Nature's Freedom
- Helping the Teachers
- Sense, Reason and Intellect
- Some Cold Weather Reading
- Science and an Incarnational Approach to the Bible
- Real Science. Real Faith.
- Verse of the Day: A Garland of Glory
- The Works of Your Hands
- What is evolution?
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- In The Bones
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- BioLoguration
- The Missing Link?
- The Evolution of the Immune System
- Francis Collins on the Goals of BioLogos
- Word Games
- God's Answer
- Snapshots
- An Obituary for the "Warfare" View of Science and Religion
- Different Types of Origins Stories
- Verse of the Day: 'I will be with you'
- "The Will to Matter"
- Voice of the Day: 'To pray is to change.'
- Voice of the Day: My Soul's House
- Defaced
- Paul Harvey's Prayer
- SBL Lecture--- Wise and Sagacious Vistas on Matthew
- Star-Studded Wise Men: Rethinking the Christmas Story
- The ABCs of Adultery
- The James Ossuary--- More Patina Evidence that supports the Authenticity of the Inscription
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- The Summer of Classic Rock
- What if Worship were Treated like a Sporting Event?
- Deeper Connections (Part Two)-- The Life of Jesus
- By George, He Got my Goat--'The Men who Stare at Goats'
- Dear Mr. Asbury--- Part I
- Capitalism: A Love-Hate Relationship
- Of Time and Eternity
- The Formula that Explains the Trinity
- The Gospel of Jesus--Part One
- The Gospel of Jesus--Part Eight
- The Story of Sin--- A Dark Tale Part Eight
- The Gospel of Jesus--Part Twenty Six
- 'Crazy Heart'--- Bad Blake, Tiger Woods, and Others
- A BROWNIE INFILTRATES LIBERTY-- WITH JUSTICE FOR ALL
- All That Jazz--- in Daytona Beach
- The Gospel of Jesus---Part Thirty
- Rock N' Roll Quiz-- the Analysis of the First Ten
- RESTORING HOPE IN A CRASHING ECONOMY
- Jesus' Narrative Thought World and Message
- THE SAD STATE OF CHRISTIAN WORSHIP--Spirit-Filled Singing
- Sister Act for Real--- Real Nuns Teaching Theology
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- A COOL DEAL FOR YOU-- SACRED AND MUNDANE
- ROMAN NUMERALS-- THE SECOND ART WEST ADVENTURE COMING SOON!
- Oh Those Pesky 'Angels and Demons'
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- Ancient Readers and Manuscripts--- William A. Johnson's Take
- The John Wesley Fellows Meeting at Candler---- The Senior Fellows
- Has Mr. Fix Visited You? The Things Men Do to Avoid Real Work
- Stargazer (The Faith of One of the Magi)
- Revival 2011--- At My Home Church in Charlotte
- Signs of the Second Coming----in North Carolina
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- Why Jesus? A Review in Several Parts
- The World's Largest Jesus, Muslim Handshakes, and Martha Stewart!
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- 'Two Turtle Doves'.... err Three Turtle Doves....err.........
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- UNSTOPPABLE IS INEXORABLE-- WASHINGTON'S WILD RIDE
- Pastor to church leaders: Thou shalt not Facebook
- John Grisham's The Confession
- Jesus and Women--- an Interview
- A Normal Christian Life---- Part Five
- A Normal Christian Life---- Part Nine
- A Normal Christian Life---- Part Two
- Joke of the Day--- Jesus is Nobody's Pawn
- RANDIAN LIBERTARIANISM---- AN ANTI-CHRISTIAN CREDO
- 'The American'--- Clooney the Assassin
- The Charles Wesley of the Sudan
- Tony Bennett-- Crooner Extraordinaire
- Filming the Jesus Quest for the BBC
- Good Hobbits are Hard to Find--- Filming 'The Hobbit'
- The Garden of the Gods
- The Duke Convocation 2010-- Andy Crouch
- Our New Thriller--- Papias and the Mysterious Menorah
- Me and Orson Welles-- a Classy Period Piece
- The Art of Motion--Andy McKee
- Theological Books Down Under
- The Grocery Store at Corinth
- Jesus and Money--- the Convocation Address
- Never Give Up
- Lands of the Bible 2010-- Sagalassos
- Lands of the Bible 2010--The Cave Church of Paul and Thecla
- The Gospel of Jesus--Part Thirty Two
- The Gospel of Jesus--Part Thirty Three
- The Gospel of Jesus--Part Thirty Four
- Lands of the Bible 2010--Miletus
- Lands of the Bible 2010--Delphi
- Inception--- a Trailer
- LET THE READER UNDERSTAND....'THE READER'
- FLOAT LIKE A BUTTERFLY, BE LIKE A STING
- COLBERT TAKES ON ANTI-GUN LOBBY
- UNCOVERING A CHRISTIAN EMPIRE-- THE YENIKAPI DIG
- HUMAN BEHAVIOR FINALLY EXPLAINED
- GUITAR HERO 'RIFF OFFS'-- YOU GET TO VOTE
- THE VARIETIES OF RELIGIOUS EXPERIENCEâTHE ISSUE OF CONVERSION AND EMOTION PART ONE
- A QUANTUM OF SOLACE-- A QUOTIENT OF PAIN
- THE REBIRTH OF WONDER
- Toby Keith Fights Back against 'The War on Christmas'
- THE VIRGINAL CONCEPTION-- MIRACLE ON NAZARETH STREET
- ON LOVING YOUR CELL PHONE TO DEATH
- The Problem with Evangelical Theology
- Animal Tales Part I: Aslan and the Narnia Chronicles
- Animal Tales Part II: King Kong
- End of the Innocence
- Godcasting by Podcasting
- The Lazarus Effect-- Part Six
- THE JESUS TOMB SHOW--BIBLICAL ARCHAEOLOGISTS REJECT DISCOVERY CHANNEL SHOW'S CLAIMS
- The Lazarus Effect--- Part Five
- Accessorizing for Jesus
- 300-- The Battle of Thermopylae Pass
- Lamb UMC loses Turkey of a Member
- British Radio Interview on the Jesus Tomb
- Harran so Far Away
- God of the Gaps-- or Parking Spaces?
- Spidey 3-- A Sight to See
- CHRISTIANS AND GUN CONTROL: AN IDEA WHOSE TIME HAS COME?
- 'The Project'---A Christmas Sermon worth Pondering
- Timber!--- More Christmas trees felled
- Angry Apostles of Atheism Attack
- Evangelicals in a Post-Haggard, Post-Rumsfeld World
- The Bridge to Terabithia-- The Loss of Innocence
- Rob Bell hits Lexington and a Packed-Out House
- Here Come the Pentecostals
- The Guy's Rules
- Humor for Tired Parents and their Offspring
- BRAIN FOOD
- "Cars"-- Auto Eroticism in America
- Riding the 'Trane
- The 4% Doctrine-- Where Are our Evangelical Youth Going?
- Thoroughly Post-Modern Biblical Interpretation
- Justification by Doubt
- God and Gambling-- the Latest Scourge
- "Goodnight and Good Luck"--- a Timely Film
- Misanalyzing Text Criticism--Bart Ehrman's 'Misquoting Jesus'
- Compassion Fatique on the Gulf Coast?
- Joy in the Morning
- Da Vinci Code Movie Falls Flat-- the Early Returns
- Omar's Story-- The Tale of a Shiite Christian
- Ice Age-- the Melt Down
- Incandescence-- Light Shed through the Word
- The Sad Truth about Judas
- Is there A Christian View of Politics?
- NEW WRITE IN CANDIDATE FOR PRESIDENT!
- EPILOGUE TO A FRANK DISCUSSION
- AN EVANGELICAL VOTERS GUIDE-SIX WEEKS OUT
- The Leadership Structure of Earliest Christianity-- Was it Hierarchial?
- Visiting the Land Down Under=Oz
- The Pilgrimage to the Nerl
- Obama a Muslim? Not a Chance
- Historic Nicea (Iznik)
- Mission to Jakarta
- Pew Forum's Revelations-- Do even a Majority of Evangelicals Believe Jesus is the Only Way of Salvation?
- Pagan Christianity?-- Ask St. Nick
- Relating the OT and NT Thought Worlds
- RETHINKING ELECTION, IN AN ELECTION YEAR :)
- Should Christians Meet on Sunday and Who Should Do the Teaching?
- The Dark Knight's Dark Night of the Soul
- A CARPENTER'S CONFESSION
- Southern Baptists Turn Green (or at least Go Green)
- Celtics return to Glory-- the 2008 NBA Champs
- Bishop Wright visits Stephen Colbert
- You're ALL Wet
- Christmas in Europe
- 'Atonement'-- Is it Humanly Possible?
- Bart Ehrman's New Book-- God's Problem
- The Jesus Tomb Redux--the Jerusalem Conference
- SACRED TEXTS IN AN ORAL CULTUREâHow Did They Function?
- No Reincarnation without Legal Permission in China
- Michael Clayton-- The Truth can Be Adjusted
- What our Stories Tell Us-- Part II- 2007 Holiness Lectures
- When You Haven't Got a Prayer
- The Gospel according to Foxworthy
- 'The Sorrow of God'-- G. Studdert-Kennedy
- THE SAD TRUTH ABOUT SORROW (for Joni)
- Did Christ Come to Please Himself?
- ANGER MANAGEMENT
- Christmas Poems
- 'Across the Universe' and 'Into the Wild'
- The Mouments of Arsemea
- 'Roman Bridges Standing Up'
- Deeper Connections-- Resources for Sunday School, Bible Studies, Youth Groups
- Kid's Say the Darndest Things
- Pastor approves Cursing your Enemies
- 'Talk to Me'-- Can we talk?
- Good Friday at Lockheed Martin (by Shane Claiborne)
- Remember where you are going
- Remember--a Christian discipline
- Saying what you mean
- Wearing a sweater and other distractions
- Where am I?
- Living bad
- The value of repetition
- Take your time--God does
- Teaching a Bible study--Part 1
- Making the simple hard
- The power of our words
- Waiting for her day
- The Arc at Wahiawa, Hawaii
- Stirring our thoughts
- Misunderstandings and Misstatements
- The Enabler
- The Blank Page
- The Tabasco Factory
- Ten tips to finding solutions
- The party's over
- People you would like--Toni
- Joseph chooses to obey God
- Friendship Ministry Leadership team in Orlando
- The Houston Chronicles
- Salvation brings changes
- God saves us from ourselves
- A Thanksgiving value: Respect for the people we love
- Time away
- And God speaks
- Jesus, God's perfect gift
- The importance of fun
- Reaching from the dark
- The Benefit of Simplicity
- 12 Survival Essentials
- That's the Wrong Answer
- Power Point
- Right vs left
- Prayer of the Saints
- Being a survivor
- Chicken or the egg
- From exhilaration to dead tired
- Walking in love
- Strength for Prayer
- God made tears. Why?
- Leadership--Sense of humor? Get One
- The 100th Psalm quoted by a small child
- Picnic with a bunch of wimps
- Inspiring little boy's video will break your heart
- Hard times? You are in good company
- Murder, She Wrote
- Finding Freedom
- Walking the best exercise
- There's a Person in There
- Green apples, the acorn and the tree
- Goodbye, Grandpa
- Amazing litte boy with no arms
- After-camp Coma
- Take time to pray
- Waiting and other distractions
- 'He May or May Not Have Been the Bomb-maker' (by Marianne Kehoe)
- Self-love to Happier Life!
- Surround Yourself with HAPPIER people
- Buddhism and Addiction: What would Sid say about alcoholism?
- What will hitting the magic number 60 mean for global warming?
- Money Magazine: Best Places To Live - HERE is #1
- Do You Meditate? Who's your Favorite Buddhist Meditation Teacher?
- Michael Jackson Dies After Possible Heart Attack
- Dharma Drunx
- Dharma Poetry: Gary Synder's "Riprap"
- George Tiller, Abortion, and Compassion
- What I Did For Love - The 2009 Tony Awards
- The Search for David Carradine's Death Photo
- Rick Astley Dead? No, We've Been Rick-Rolled
- Sonia Sotomayor Confirmation Hearings July 13 & Buddha of the Week
- Health Care, Blue Dogs, Town Hall, Obama - Haiku Contest!
- Reincarnation Lie? On the Empowerment of a Young Spaniard and the Tulku System of Tibet
- Ego-Check: Kanye West Out of Control at 2009 MTV Video Music Awards
- Music and Meditation
- Meditation at war
- Monday Night Heartcore Dharma: Bodhisattvas Have More Fun
- Buddhist Quote of the Day: What Kind of Karma Do You Drive?
- Why We Meditate: It's Cheaper Than Adderall
- Buddhism and Alcohol: What would Sid drink?
- What would Sid do about my party-hardy neighbor?
- Adventures in learning how we buy less - Part 1: The start of my journey
- Constant Immigrant: District 9 Review and The Lazarus Project
- The Sickest Buddhist (Video Removed), Lululemon and Spiritual Materialism: So Overrated
- Medical Marijuana and Tantra
- Going on Retreat, Leaving the iPhone
- Patriotic Veteran's Day Quotes: The Buddha on War
- A Journey into Right Livelihood with Etsy
- Would Sid eat meat?
- Buddhism in Hospital Care
- Can Meditation Solve the Tragedy of the Commons?
- Sit Down Rise Up: Come Say Hello!
- The Buddha at Work - "Ethics, Shmethics, So Long as I Get Paid."
- The Power of Coincidence
- The Buddha at Work - The Joy of Effort!
- It's Business Time
- Thich Nhat Hanh: A Day of Mindfulness
- October Quotes: (A Buddhist?) Walt Whitman on a Spiritual America
- What would Sid advise an ex-con?
- What would Sid say about my mooch of a girlfriend?
- The Buddha at Work - "My New iPhone 4: An Object of Mindfulness?"
- Krishnamurti & Chogyam Trungpa
- Dharma Poetry: Han-shan
- The Buddha at Work - "Impact"
- Love and Auspicious Coincidence
- What would Sid do: I'm stuck in a rut
- Hipsters are like...so 2000's, I'm totally a Buddhist now
- What would Sid do on a snow day like today?
- Dharma Poetry: T.S. Eliot and Compassion
- Buddhism and Sexuality: What would Sid say about my coming out of the closet?
- The Buddha at Work - Lessons in Noticing from a Magical Six Year Old
- The Weather Outside is Frightful
- Diamonds in the birch
- A Handful of Leaves (is free)
- Sometimes You Find Enlightenment by Punching People in the Face
- The Buddha at Work - "All we are is dust in the wind, dude."
- Brit Hume, Tiger Woods, and...Me: A Buddhist Response in Mainstream Media
- Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.: President Obama Weighs in
- Oh I'm Still The Top, Alright
- Quote of the Day: Civil Disobedience
- Podcast "Wisdom of No Exit" with Jessica Rasp
- Interdependence and Waste Management; or, the Destroilet
- Who Needs a Horizon?
- Worst Comparison Ever? Or, The Stereotyping of Smart
- What would Sid do? I cheated on my spouse...
- Striving for Pure Appropriateness
- "Upside down" world
- The Interdependent President...Or Just Like Bush?
- The Heart Sutra
- The Hipster Chute
- Did You See The Cheney Speech? Watching The Bizarro-Buddha in Action
- Aung San Suu Kyi Needs Your Help
- Can we prevent global warming by meditating?
- NY Times Causes IDP Blogger's Eyes to Explode
- just another point of view
- Death to the Magazines! Or, Why Blog-Writing is the Best Writing Ever...
- (un)Mindful Friday Silliness
- Wideos! The Quantum Apocalypse
- The Interdependence of Illicit Trade
- Interdependence Gets Weird
- Friday Afternoon Wrap-Up
- Book clubs and community
- Hey plastic bag monster: What about trash bags?
- New Will.i.am Obama Video
- Practical Revelation: Fritjof Capra and "The Corporation"
