Theology

Stations of the Cross

Bruce [i] Onobrakpeya (b. 1936) is a celebrated Nigerian painter and printmaker. Onobrakpeya pioneered bronzed lino relief and metal...

Norman Viss

Apr 61 min read

When Life Gets Tough, We Get Tougher

How will we as communities and individuals respond to the deconstruction or collapse of our environment and perhaps our civilization? How...

Norman Viss

Mar 143 min read

It Only Takes Two or Three

“We live in a time of stunning and contagious collective stupidity [i] . Anti-Nazi German theologian Dietrich Bonhoeffer wrote in Letters...

Norman Viss

Mar 73 min read

I Am a Candle

“In 1973, anthropologist Ernest Becker published the Pulitzer Prize-winning book The Denial of Death . The book explains how our species...

Norman Viss

Feb 285 min read

Maybe It's Good, Maybe It's Not

We left you last chapter with a question: you may wonder if McLaren is too negative about Western civilization. Is there nothing that...

Norman Viss

Feb 263 min read

Don't Read the Bible (in the Same Old Way)

Brian McLaren has tried to show us that it is hard if not impossible for us to remove the rose-colored glasses through which we view our...

Norman Viss

Feb 214 min read

Seek Indigenous Wisdom

At the end of the last chapter we concluded that we would need some help removing our rose-colored glasses that only allow us to see...

Norman Viss

Feb 183 min read

Conservative Evangelical Denomination Repents for Providing Basic Human Rights Information to Immigrants

On January 9 the Presbyterian Church in America (PCA) through their North American church planting arm (Mission to North America) posted...

Norman Viss

Feb 153 min read

A Conversation About Rock & Roll

So which is the better band - the Stones or the Beatles? The answer is, of course, Led Zeppelin. That's how this conversation about the...

Norman Viss

Jan 141 min read

Intimacy with God and Borderless Love

Theologian Sallie McFague (1933–2019) centers compassionate change in a passionate love for God: At the center of Jesus’ message as...

Norman Viss

Jan 92 min read

Hope is Complicated

Given the reality of a likely doomsday scenario, what role does hope play? It’s complicated, says McLaren. Hope as we tend to think of...

Norman Viss

Jan 73 min read

When It Does Harm, Step Away

Brian McLaren grew up in the Plymouth Brethren community, a very conservative Christian group. From his childhood, he was taught that the...

Norman Viss

Jan 73 min read

We Are on This Earth to Love

On this New Year's Day, 2025, a reminder from The Many that we are here to love. Everything and everyone. Drawing on indie pop and gospel...

Norman Viss

Jan 12 min read