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Single Post Archives:

• 22: Going on vacation until August 9
• 21: The Dark Knight
• 18: Friday Video: the McGurk effect
• 17: House
• 16: The Born Again Church Tour
• 14: Finding Our Way Again by Brian McLaren
• 11: Friday Video: Western Spaghetti
• 10: The Church of England endorses women bishops
• 09: Conservative Christians and permission
• 08: Thomas Jefferson’s Bible
• 07: Wimbledon Final
• 04: Friday Video: Stars and Stripes (Muppets’ version)
• 03: Ordinary people who make a difference
• 02: “James Dobson doesn’t speak for me”
• 01: WALL-E

• 30: The Humble Majority who think many religions lead to heaven
• 28: Christian festival through the eyes of a Buddhist
• 27: Friday Video: John McCain is “aware of the Internet”
• 25: The Way: Making a difference in someone’s life
• 24: Update on Lakshmi
• 23: In honor of George Carlin
• 20: Friday Video: Windows errors
• 19: DSF instead of BSF
• 18: What I’m happy about today
• 17: Dealing with discouragement
• 16: Study finds girls’ math ability influenced by culture
• 13: Friday Video: Come on down to the farm
• 12: The Lord’s Gym
• 11: The uses of a fake bus stop
• 09: Review of The Fall of the Evangelical Nation by Christine Wicker
• 06: Friday Video: young Hillary Clinton
• 05: Three is Enough goes live
• 04: Cat turns into woman when hit by motorcycle
• 01: a little less Billy G / a little more MLK

• 30: Friday Video: inept criminals
• 29: Interview with Rainn Wilson about his Baha’i faith
• 29: Karen’s deconversion story
• 28: Presuppositions about Mexico City
• 27: Blogging–It’s Good for You
• 26: War, round by round
• 23: Friday Video: seeing sound waves
• 22: Mistakes interviewees made
• 21: ACT 3 Lunch about God and Movies
• 21: Elizabeth and Amy’s conversation
• 20: May 19 up/rooted meeting about Everything Must Change
• 19: Prince Caspian
• 16: Friday Video: Facebook in real life
• 15: The Neural Buddhists
• 14: Letter clarifies Einstein’s views on religion
• 13: Becoming creatures of new habits
• 12: Rose Madrid-Swetman featured on Jesus Creed
• 11: Happy Mother’s Day
• 09: Friday Video: Chief Cook Robot
• 08: The Wright/Ehrman and Jones/Hansen blogalogues
• 07: An Evangelical Manifesto
• 07: Blog carnival on resistance
• 04: The Fall of the Evangelical Nation
• 03: Resistance and Spiritual Engagement
• 02: Friday Video: Air Jelly
• 01: Biologic therapy

• 30: Faith and Technology Conversation: how it went
• 29: Alban Institute Technology and Faith Conversation
• 28: Indian Taxi Fund
• 26: Ten Reasons Why Men Should Not Be Ordained For Ministry
• 25: Friday Video: An engineer’s guide to cats
• 24: Christians, Compassion and Interfaith Meetings
• 23: My newspaper article about Brian McLaren’s tour
• 22: How Ricky Gervais became an atheist
• 21: The Shack by William Young
• 20: My first earthquake
• 18: Tuesday afternoon and evening
• 18: Friday video: expelled from Expelled
• 17: Panel discussion with the Dalai Lama and Desmond Tutu
• 17: Christianity Today’s review of Christine’s new book
• 17: Prayer breakfast with the Dalai Lama and Desmond Tutu
• 15: Yesterday and today
• 14: Seattle and the Dalai Lama
• 13: Explaining “almost an atheist”
• 11: Friday Video: Dawkins rap
• 10: Willpower
• 09: Biblical Violence and Aggression
• 08: Evangelical pastor tells his story of clinical depression
• 06: Brian McLaren’s Everything Must Change tour
• 04: Friday Video: cat wake up
• 03: God of my dreams
• 02: A modern kind of prayer

• 30: Spirituality and Everyday Life
• 28: Friday Video: Awareness Test
• 27: The Science of Religion
• 26: Health update
• 25: World’s tallest man
• 24: Protest methods
• 21: Friday Video(s): Easter
• 20: Self-abuse for Easter
• 19: Fifth anniversary of the Iraq war
• 18: Christians wrong about heaven, NT Wright says
• 17: Family music update
• 14: Friday Video: Instant conversion
• 13: The fall of Eliot Spitzer
• 12: Living Generously
• 11: Bart Ehrman’s departure from Christianity
• 09: Sharing our Spiritual Journey by Ken Trainor
• 07: Friday Video: choosing a religion
• 06: Stuff white people like
• 06: Dinner March 14 to help end human slavery
• 05: Engaged spirituality blog carnival
• 02: The Power of an Ordinary Life

• 29: Friday video: Subliminal messaging
• 28: Antidepressants hardly help
• 27: Biologists discuss moral thinking
• 26: Happy Birthday Eliza!
• 25: Holding people accountable
• 22: Friday Video: A History of Evil
• 21: Total Lunar Eclipse
• 20: A Texas Baptist who sounds like Jim
• 19: Jim Wallis: The Great Awakening
• 18: Insurance for churchgoers
• 15: Friday Video: Shadow Puppet Show
• 14: Engaging the spirituality of everyday life
• 13: Response to being evangelized
• 13: Update on friendly not-Christian conversation partners
• 12: International Husband of the Year awards
• 11: Ex-Christians
• 09: Understanding the gospel according to Huckabee
• 08: Friday Video: Frozen Grand Central
• 07: 16 tips to survive brutal criticism
• 06: Interesting Super Tuesday results
• 05: Bill’s response to my podcast
• 03: When People Like Each Other The Rules Change
• 01: Friday Video: Pancake Day

• 31: Deep Shift: Everything Must Change Tour
• 30: 1/28/08 city up/rooted meeting
• 29: Request for friendly not-Christian conversation partners
• 28: Movie stereotypes
• 25: Friday Video: the piano player
• 24: How does God speak through the Bible (and other books)?
• 23: Why it’s hard for women to talk about their abortions
• 22: Online interview with Amy
• 21: I have a dream
• 18: Friday Video: How to act
• 17: Tom Cruise on Scientology
• 16: Update on my newspaper dialog with Dean
• 15: What Motivates Non-Believers?
• 14: Surrogate mothers
• 11: Friday Video: Bill Gates’ last day
• 10: The value of many voices
• 09: New Hampshire results and women leaders
• 08: Beth and Traci go to Church
• 06: Free Jesus
• 06: The Nick and Josh Podcast
• 04: Friday video: front fell off
• 03: Making a Change
• 02: Cream Crackers

• 31: Happy New Year
• 28: Friday Video: backwards song
• 27: Accepted
• 24: Merry Christmas/Happy Holidays
• 21: Friday Video: What I want for Christmas
• 20: Holiday plans
• 19: Diet restriction update
• 18: 12/17/07 Up/rooted city meeting
• 17: Fear
• 14: Friday Video: 12 days of Christmas
• 13: The year of living Biblically
• 12: Colorado shootings
• 11: Letting children lead
• 10: The Golden Compass
• 07: Friday Video: Huckabee attributes poll results to God
• 06: Moments of Silence
• 05: Christianity for the Rest of Us by Diana Butler Bass
• 04: Food allergies and sensitivity
• 02: Interview with Rabbi David Rosen
• 01: The Case for Lee Strobel

• 30: Friday Video: question 25
• 29: How to read the Bible
• 28: Simple faith
• 27: Silent Reflection and Student Prayer Act
• 26: Giant scorpion fossil found
• 23: Friday Video: I’m a Christ-follower, part 6
• 21: Happy Thanksgiving
• 20: Chicago Up/rooted meeting
• 19: We Dare to Say by Ken Trainor
• 18: Happy Birthday Jim
• 16: Another Jim and Casperesque adventure
• 16: Friday Video: Mattress skit
• 15: Lying with Impunity
• 14: Help Kerry Mackey
• 14: Lunch with Lainie
• 13: Discover The Power Of Like
• 11: Sarah’s idea
• 09: Friday Video: Bad day at the office
• 08: The way, the truth and the following
• 07: Operation on conjoined twin Lakshmi successful
• 06: Interview with Rabbi David Rosen
• 05: More about Off The Map Live
• 04: My workshop about dialog
• 02: Thursday at Off The Map Live
• 02: Friday video: Bill Bailey
• 01: Live blogging at Off The Map Live
• 01: Flying to Seattle this morning
• 01: The Way is important, not who owns it

• 31: Good review is bad for Brian McLaren
• 30: Quote about motivating people
• 29: The Evangelical Crackup
• 29: Does belief in God make suffering harder to accept?
• 27: Help John Smulo get to Off The Map Live
• 26: Friday Video: a vision of students today
• 25: Urgent vs important
• 24: 25 Tips to Become More Productive and Happy at Work
• 23: The 10-20-30 virus
• 22: J.K. Rowling’s revelation about Dumbledore
• 19: Friday Video: Immaculate Misconceptions
• 18: Interview with a Pharisee and a Christian
• 17: Brian McLaren: Truth-telling about Globalization, Poverty and the Environment
• 17: My evening at the Brian McLaren lecture
• 16: Benjamin’s recent church experience
• 15: Everything Must Change by Brian McLaren
• 13: God’s Service Quality Questionnaire
• 12: Friday Video: Paint ad
• 11: Blogger’s Dinner at Off The Map Live
• 11: Strangest church story I’ve heard lately
• 10: Should Christians favor Christian services?
• 09: School bans hugging
• 07: Christians and atheists can be special friends
• 05: Friday Video: Dove onslaught
• 04: New offthemap.com site
• 03: Citizen Jesus
• 02: A Community Called Atonement
• 01: Good news about prisons and books

• 28: Up/rooted meeting with Spencer Burke, Neil Cole and Alan Hirsch
• 28: Friday Video: the Mom Overture
• 27: Unchristian
• 26: An atheist at a Christian college
• 25: Across the Universe
• 24: The Journey
• 21: Friday Video: Barry and Stuart
• 20: The Bourne Ultimatum
• 19: How did Christianity become an excuse to be mean?
• 18: Forgiveness or foolishness?
• 17: Monday Joke
• 14: Friday Video: Is yoga ok for Christians?
• 13: Catholic-Evangelical Dialogue: worthwhile or not?
• 12: Prisons Purging Books on Faith From Libraries
• 11: Words don’t mean what they mean
• 09: It’s Time To Remove Christian Symbols On Cars
• 07: Friday Video:Pavarotti
• 06: Luciano Pavarotti
• 06: Protestants and Catholics in dialog
• 05: Democratic dialogue
• 04: Off The Map Live updates

• 31: Friday Video: Gmail behind the scenes
• 30: Two years after Katrina
• 29: Answer to Phil Johnson
• 28: Might need it someday
• 27: Money and effort
• 24: Faith
• 24: Friday Video: Eddie Izzard on church
• 23: Five things every school should teach
• 22: Why do we see things differently?
• 21: Is the scientific method overrated?
• 21: Utah mine collapse
• 20: God’s Warriors
• 17: Friday Video: Ban dihydrogen monoxide from lakes and reservoirs
• 16: Albert Ellis and REBT
• 15: Which Christianity is right?
• 14: Scot McKnight responds to an atheist agnostic
• 14: Books, time and silence
• 13: The downside of diversity
• 11: