When Religious Liberty Was Heretical

All the recent talk about ‘religious liberty’ in the contraception debate has really opened the floodgates of information on the Catholic Church and their positions on most, if not all, issues. The USCCB is defending their opposition to government mandating contraceptives, the pill in particular, be covered under employer’s health insurance plans. Once upon a time, though, not so long ago, the...

The Week In Review: Catholics, Ice Cream, and LOL Cats

Spreading a little link love for those things you might have missed this week. Theology Liberal Christians=Deists? Evangeical Economics Bob Hayton gets taken to task for his poor understanding of Catholic Theology by Jim, Joel, Rod, and Jeremy. John Chrysostom on Loving Your Wife, even if she doesn’t read your blog. Joy gives her take on Big Tent Christianity Bo at Everyday Theology takes a look at Black...

Big Tent Reflection #1 – A Modern Day Pentecost

Perhaps one of my favorite talks at Big Tent Christianity was the conversation between Anthony Smith and Tripp Fuller regarding Pentecost.  It started out with Tripp reading the following passage from Acts 2: On the day of Pentecost all the believers were meeting together in one place.  Suddenly, there was a sound from heaven like the roaring of a mighty windstorm, and it filled the house where they were...

Political Jesus – Blogging Through Black History Month

I’d like to take this moment and bring a pretty incredible blog series to your attention. As I’m sure most of you are aware, February is Black History Month here in the US.  As a way of commemorating this month, my good friend Rod over at Political Jesus is doing a month-long series called “Blogging Through Black History Month“.  Personally, I enjoy Rod’s writings….alot.  One...

Schedule For Big Tent Christianity – Phoenix

We’re only 10 days away from the second Big Tent Christianity conference, hosted by the Arizona Foundation for Contemporary Theology, held here in beautiful Phoenix, Arizona.  Personally, as the day gets closer, I find myself getting more and more excited. The schedule, which can be downloaded here, is as follows: Thursday 9:00—10:30 Keynote: Carol Howard Merritt, Whole—Healing the Wounds of...