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Theological Worlds

Theological Worlds

Psalm 82

The Enchanted/Disenchanted Divide in Our Churches

"Who Among Us Will Celebrate Christmas Correctly?"

Christmas Eve

The Colonialism of Disenchantment

Fourth Sunday of Advent

Psalm 81

The Marring

Breath of Fire

The Trap of Self-Esteem

On Mystery

Third Sunday of Advent

Psalm 80

On Mystery

On Mystery

On Mystery

On Mystery

Second Sunday of Advent

Psalm 79

On Mystery

Humility and Mental Health

Metaphysics Matters

"The Bright Field"

First Sunday of Advent

Psalm 78

Salvation as Sanity

The Parables of Matthew 13

The Parables of Matthew 13

The Parables of Matthew 13

Psalm 77

The Parables of Matthew 13

The Parables of Matthew 13

Trains, Jesus, and Murder

The Politicization of Enchantment

Psalm 76

Narratives Are Not Created Equally

Your Story Is a Gift

How We Lost Our Story

Forgetting the Lore

Psalm 75

Politics Is Our Superhero Complex

Planting Gardens in Babylon

The Virtues of Democracy

The Threshing Floor of Araunah

Psalm 74

Listening and Prejudice Reduction

Our Reactivity to Political Disclosures

Religious Experience in a Secular Age

Religious Experience in a Secular Age

Psalm 73

Religious Experience in a Secular Age

Religious Experience in a Secular Age

Religious Experience in a Secular Age

Nature, Grace, and Virtue

Psalm 72

Nature, Grace, and Virtue

Nature, Grace, and Virtue

The Shape of Joy

A Theology of Everything

Psalm 71

A Theology of Everything

A Theology of Everything

A Theology of Everything

A Theology of Everything

Psalm 70

A Theology of Everything

A Theology of Everything

A Theology of Everything

A Theology of Everything

Psalm 69

A Theology of Everything

A Theology of Everything

A Theology of Everything

A Theology of Everything

Psalm 68

The Dao and Orthopraxy

C.S. Lewis and the Tao

This Is the Way

The Psychology of Jesus

Psalm 67

The Psychology of Jesus

The Psychology of Jesus

The Psychology of Jesus

The Psychology of Jesus

Psalm 66

The Psychology of Jesus

The Psychology of Jesus

The Psychology of Jesus

Platonism and Enchantment

Psalm 65

Platonism and Enchantment

Platonism and Enchantment

Platonism and Enchantment

Platonism and Enchantment

Psalm 64

Platonism and Enchantment

Platonism and Enchantment

"St. Thomas Didymus"

Our Existential Exhaustion

Psalm 63

Theological Musings on Christian Discipleship

Theological Musings on Christian Discipleship

Theological Musings on Christian Discipleship

Theological Musings on Christian Discipleship

Psalm 62

Theological Musings on Christian Discipleship

Theological Musings on Christian Discipleship

Theological Musings on Christian Discipleship

Theological Musings on Christian Discipleship

Psalm 61

Theological Musings on Christian Discipleship

Freed of Our Subjectivities

The Sea Gave Up Its Dead

A Romantic Affair

Psalm 60

The Psychological Interpretation of Scripture

The Ethics of Jesus' Temple Action

Remembering Daniel Berrigan

How Does a Follower of Jesus Relate To...?

Psalm 59

Echos in Eternity

Echos in Eternity

If My Life Should End Today

Resurrection, Terror, and Fearlessness

Psalm 58

Breaking the Evil Enchantment

Transcendence and Salvation

Sing All the Songs

Re-Experiencing Jesus' Baptism

Psalm 57

The Sacrament of Affectivity

The Sacrament of Affectivity

The Sacrament of Affectivity

The Memory of Water

Psalm 56

The Memory of Water

A Theology of Petitionary Prayer

A Theology of Petitionary Prayer

A Theology of Petitionary Prayer

Psalm 55

A Theology of Petitionary Prayer

A Theology of Petitionary Prayer

A Theology of Petitionary Prayer

Grace Over Karma

Psalm 54

Grace Over Karma

Grace Over Karma

God Saves Us, Always

Killing Love

Psalm 53

St. Paul versus Nietzsche

St. Paul versus Nietzsche

St. Paul versus Nietzsche

The Exorcism of Money

Psalm 52

The Exorcism of Money

The Exorcism of Money

The Exorcism of Money

Attachment to God and Hermeneutics

Psalm 51

Attachment to God and Hermeneutics

Attachment to God and Hermeneutics

Atheism is Impossible

God Belongs to No Genus

Psalm 50

Our Impoverished Moral Dialogue

Faith, Meaning, and Experience

Faith, Meaning, and Experience

Finding Your Hobab

Psalm 49

Standing in the Right Place

Magical Systems and the Soft Enchantments of Christianity

Magical Systems and the Soft Enchantments of Christianity

Magical Systems and the Soft Enchantments of Christianity

Psalm 48

Magical Systems and the Soft Enchantments of Christianity

Magical Systems and the Soft Enchantments of Christianity

Reading Revelation

Reading Revelation

Psalm 47

Reading Revelation

Reading Revelation

Notes on 1 John

Notes on 1 John

Psalm 46

Notes on 1 John

Notes on 1 John

The Bleeding Stinking Mad Shadow of Jesus

The Great Campaign of Sabotage

Psalm 45

Jesus Has This Effect on Dead People

Teaching My Students to Pray

Be Alert!

Apocalyptic Mysticism

Psalm 44

Bonhoeffer's Religionless Christianity

Bonhoeffer's Religionless Christianity

Bonhoeffer's Religionless Christianity

Bonhoeffer's Religionless Christianity

"I Order You, O Sleeper, to Awake"

Psalm 43

Bonhoeffer's Religionless Christianity

Bonhoeffer's Religionless Christianity

Bonhoeffer's Religionless Christianity

The Faith of Demons

Psalm 42

Our Skittishness with the Gospel's Truth Claims

Unspoken Cosmological Assumptions

The Incoherence of Post-Christian Morality

Ultimate and Penultimate

Psalm 41

On Curses and Condemnation

Why the Emerging Church Movement Failed

Why the Emerging Church Movement Failed

Why the Emerging Church Movement Failed

Psalm 40

Why the Emerging Church Movement Failed

Why the Emerging Church Movement Failed

"God is..."

"God Is..."

Psalm 39

"God Is..."

Contemplative Elitism

Contemplative Elitism

Contemplative Elitism

Psalm 38

The Most Controversial Verse in the Bible

The Most Controversial Verse in the Bible

The Most Controversial Verse in the Bible

The Tensions Between Christianity, Capitalism, and Liberal Democracy

Psalm 37

The Tensions Between Christianity, Capitalism, and Liberal Democracy

The Tensions Between Christianity, Capitalism, and Liberal Democracy

Introduction to Christianity

Introduction to Christianity

Psalm 36

Introduction to Christianity

Slandering the Glorious Ones

Desire and Evangelism

Doubt, Meaning, and Depression

Psalm 35

On Doubt and Depression

The Grace of Disillusionment

A Peaceable Faith

A Peaceable Faith

Psalm 34

A Peaceable Faith

A Peaceable Faith

A Peaceable Faith

A Peaceable Faith

Psalm 33

Reclaiming Existential Theology

Reclaiming Existential Theology

Reclaiming Existential Theology

Reclaiming Existential Theology

Psalm 32

Reclaiming Existential Theology

Reclaiming Existential Theology

The New Edition of Hunting Magic Eels

The New Edition of Hunting Magic Eels

Psalm 31

The New Edition of Hunting Magic Eels

The New Edition of Hunting Magic Eels

The New Edition of Hunting Magic Eels

Signs and Faith in the Gospel of John