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What Kodak can teach the Church
Monday, January 9th, 2012Forced Family Fun
Monday, December 19th, 2011A prescription for a peace-filled celebration….
http://www.patheos.com/Resources/Additional-Resources/Forced-Family-Fun-Frederick-Schmidt-12-19-2011.html
Let all mortal flesh keep silence
Monday, December 12th, 2011Missing in Action
Friday, December 2nd, 2011Some thoughts on a subject that isn’t often discussed: Men and the Church.
And some interesting responses….
The Issue Driven Church
Monday, November 7th, 2011
Life in the church has become like life elsewhere in America: “Issues are us.” But isn’t God bigger than the issue of the moment?
Theology and White Noise
Tuesday, October 25th, 2011A New Symposium on Theological Education
Thursday, October 20th, 2011And my response to Barbara Wheeler’s criticisms of last spring’s column:
PROGRESSIVE CHRISTIAN PORTAL
Metaphor, Eulogy, or Malpractice?
If we don’t have a distinctively Christian perspective from which to engage the world graciously and critically, then there is — from my point of view — no reason to “do church” at all.
Doing God Doing Church
Thursday, October 20th, 2011A new column….
THE SPIRITUAL LANDSCAPE
Doing God and Doing Church
If the Emerging Church movement has a contribution to make to Christianity, it is in reconnecting the spiritual and religious dots.
Taking the Name of God in Vain
Monday, October 3rd, 2011We join the bandwagons left and right, we parrot the wisdom of our politicians, and then we offer up our God as a bonus.
Sing a New Song
Wednesday, September 28th, 2011For those who ask….what does music have to do with the spiritual life:
http://experts.patheos.com/expert/frederickwschmidt/2011/09/27/sing-a-new-song/