3/25/2009
The Origins of the Bible, Part XXIII: Job, the Icon of New Consciousness
3/18/2009
The Origins of the Bible, Part XXII: Malachi and the Dawn of Universalism
3/11/2009
New Jersey Will Be the Third State in America to Legalize Gay Marriage
3/4/2009
Titles, Paradigm Shifts and New Consciousness
2/25/2009
The Politics of Greed: A Response to a Theological Vacuum
2/18/2009
The Rhetoric of the Stimulus Package
2/11/2009
The Origins of the Bible, Part XXI: Jonah and the Prophetic Lesson Against Prejudice
2/4/2009
The Origins of the Bible, Part XX
I and II Zechariah, Primary Shapers of the Christian Story
1/28/2009
Eternal Life: Pious Dream or Realistic Hope?
1/21/2009
Lessons From the Obama Inauguration
1/14/2009
The Origins of the Bible, Part XIX: Micah, the Prophet Who Turned Liturgy Into Life
1/7/2009
A New Year Dawns for Our Nation and the World
12/31/2008
Looking at Christmas Through a Rear-View Window
12/24/2008
Christpower
12/17/2008
The Origins of the Bible, Part XVIII: Amos, The Prophet Who Transformed God Into Justice
12/10/2008
Splinter Episcopalians: Giving Gravitas to Trivia
12/3/2008
The Origins of the Bible, Part XVII: Hosea, The Prophet Who Changed God's Name to Love
11/26/2008
The Origins of the Bible, Part XVI: Daniel
11/19/2008
MSNBC's Joe Scarborough, Deepak Chopra and Biblical Illiteracy
11/12/2008
The Origins of the Bible, Part XV
Ezekiel
11/5/2008
George Will and the Episcopal Church: Ignorance Masquerading as Journalism
10/29/2008
Thoughts on the Election of 2008
10/22/2008
Origins of the Bible, Part XIV Jeremiah, the Prophet of Doom
10/15/2008
The Drama on Wall Street
10/8/2008
The Shadow in the Presidential Race
10/1/2008
The Origins of the Bible, Part XIII: II Isaiah — The Figure of the "Servant"
9/24/2008
The Origins of the Bible, Part XII Introducing the Prophet Isaiah
9/17/2008
The Origins of the Bible, Part 11 The Meaning of the Prophets
9/10/2008
Hurricane Gustav, Sarah Palin and the Republican Convention
9/3/2008
Impressions of the Denver Convention
8/27/2008
High Noon at Saddleback
8/20/2008
Questions and Answers
8/13/2008
Religion and a Crisis in Confidence at the Justice Department
8/6/2008
A Little Child Shall Lead Them The Meaning of the Eucharist
7/30/2008
The Origins of the Bible, Part X The Rise of the Prophetic Movement: Nathan – Prophecy's Father
7/23/2008
The Origins of the Bible, Part IX The Judges — Transition Between the Law and the Prophets
7/16/2008
Opportunity Time: The Memoirs of Governor Linwood Holton of Virginia
7/9/2008
The Lambeth Conference 2008: Expect Heat, Not Light
7/2/2008
New Mexico: Learning About a Minority Culture in a Majority World
6/25/2008
Beauty, Wonder and Excitement in New Mexico
6/18/2008
The Origin of the Bible, Part VIII The Priestly Revision of the Jewish Sacred Story (B)
6/11/2008
The Origin of the Bible, Part VIIIThe Final Strand of the Torah, The Priestly Document (A)
6/4/2008
Evolution and Homosexuality: The Twin Terrors of the Christian Church
5/28/2008
Evolution and Homosexuality: The Twin Terrors of the Christian Church
5/21/2008
Christian Art: Reinforcer of a Dying Literalism
5/14/2008
The Origins of the Bible, Part VI The Third Document in the Torah
5/7/2008
Jeremiah Wright – Racial and Tribal Politics
4/30/2008
The Universe, the Star of Bethlehem and Professor Alex Filippenko
4/23/2008
The Origins of the Bible, Part V The Elohist Document
4/16/2008
Who Are the People in Pennsylvania Who Will Choose the Democratic Nominee?
4/9/2008
The Origins of the Bible, Part IV The Story of the Yahwist Document
4/2/2008
The Origin of the Bible, Part III Breaking Open the Books of Moses The Torah
3/26/2008
The Jesus Seminar and the Future of Scholarship in Christian Churches
3/19/2008
The Origins of the Bible, Part II Biblical Contradictions, Discredited Attitudes and Horror Stories
3/12/2008
Sexism! Still a Force in American Politics
3/5/2008
The Origins of the Bible, Part 1: Examining the Aura Created Around the Bible
2/27/2008
Holy Cross Lutheran Church: A Jewel in the Frozen North
2/20/2008
Pope Benedict XVI and Captain Robert Fitzroy of The Beagle
2/13/2008
The Pope's Jesus and My Jesus
2/6/2008
Teaching at Drew Theological Seminary in 2008
1/30/2008
Heresy on the BBC
1/23/2008
Governor Huckabee: A Second Generation Evangelical Politician
1/16/2008
Reflections on our Final Days in South Africa
1/9/2008
Iowa's Vote - National and International Scandals
1/2/2008
South Africa's "New Reformation Network"
12/26/2007
My Return to South Africa
12/19/2007
Christpower
12/12/2007
Submission to the Church of England's Listening Exercise on Human Sexuality
12/5/2007
A Voice Within the Catholic Hierarchy Finally Speaks Out
11/28/2007
An Anglican Priest and an Anglican Church in New Zealand: Sources of a New Hope
11/21/2007
A Conversation on Death in New Zealand
11/14/2007
Lecturing in Central Otago, New Zealand
11/7/2007
The Five Fundamentals: A Conclusion
10/31/2007
The Fifth Fundamental The Second Coming
10/24/2007
The Fourth Fundamental:The Historicity and meaning of the Resurrection Experience, Part VI
10/17/2007
The Fourth Fundamental: Miracles and the Resurrection, Part V
10/10/2007
The Fourth Fundamental: Miracles and the Resurrection, Part V
10/3/2007
Unexpected Serendipities from Australia
9/26/2007
Pitt Street Uniting Church, Sydney, Australia The Face of Tomorrow's Congregation
9/19/2007
Common Dreams, Sydney, Australia, 2007
9/12/2007
If Christianity Cannot Change, It Will Die.
9/5/2007
A Public Letter to the Archbishop of Canterbury, the Most Reverend Rowan Williams
8/29/2007
Why Should People Pay Any Attention to the Christian Church on Sexual Matters?
8/22/2007
The Fourth Fundamental: Miracles and the Resurrection, Part IV
8/15/2007
The Fourth Fundamental: Miracles and the Resurrection, Part III
8/8/2007
Miracles and the Resurrection The Fourth Fundamental, Part II
8/1/2007
Miracles and the Resurrection The Fourth Fundamental, Part I
7/25/2007
Flavius Josephus, Judas Iscariot and Anti-Semitism
7/18/2007
On Spending Three Days with DignityUSA
7/11/2007
In Praise of the United Church of Christ
7/4/2007
Examining Politics in America on our 231st Birthday
6/27/2007
This is Not the Word of the Lord!
6/20/2007
The Lambeth Conference of 2008 and the Curious Behavior of the Archbishop of Canterbury
6/13/2007
The Third Fundamental:The Substitution by Death of Jesus on the Cross Brings Salvation, Part III
6/6/2007
The Third Fundamental:The Substitution by Death of Jesus on the Cross Brings Salvation, Part II
5/30/2007
The Substitutionary Death of Jesus on the Cross Alone Brings Salvation: Part One
5/23/2007
The Death of Jerry Falwell
5/16/2007
A Weekend in Minneapolis with the Twin Cities Gay Men's Chorus
5/9/2007
Special Question and Answers from Bishop Spong
5/2/2007
Discussing Biblical Theology on CBS Television
4/25/2007
The Second Fundamental: The Literal Accuracy of the Virgin Birth, Part Two
4/18/2007
Tragedy on a University Campus
4/11/2007
The Second Fundamental: The Literal Accuracy of the Virgin Birth
4/4/2007
A Second Look at the First of the Five Fundamentals: The Inerrant Bible
3/28/2007
The First of the Five "Fundamentals:" The Bible is the Inerrant Word of God!
3/21/2007
The Rise of Fundamentalism, Part III: The Five Fundamentals
3/14/2007
The Rise of Fundamentalism, Part II
3/7/2007
The Rise of Fundamentalism: Fundamentalism's Roots -- Part One
2/28/2007
Why Did You Write JESUS FOR THE NON-RELIGIOUS? The Perennial Question
2/21/2007
The Birth of the Book - Jesus for the Non-Religious
2/14/2007
An Audacious Institution
2/7/2007
There is a Time to Grieve: John Harvie Knight 1960-2006.
1/31/2007
The Raising of Lazarus
1/24/2007
Did Jesus Really Raise the Dead? Part II - The Widow's Son in the Village of Nain
1/17/2007
A Conversation in Grebenstein, Germany
1/10/2007
A Conversation in Grebenstein, Germany
1/3/2007
Watching Christianity Evolve in Scandinavia
12/27/2006
Facing 2007 with Grave Apprehension
12/20/2006
Watching Christmas being Celebrated in Europe
12/13/2006
Fred Kaan: Hymn Writer Par Excellence
12/6/2006
Miracles VI: Bartimaeus and the Healing of the Man Born Blind
11/29/2006
Miracles V: Did a Blind Man From Bethsaida Really Receive His Sight?
11/22/2006
Debating a Fundamentalist in Orlando
11/15/2006
The Dawn of a New Day
11/8/2006
Miracles IV - Interpreting the Healing Miracles
11/1/2006
Three Cheers for the New Jersey Supreme Court
10/25/2006
Sexual Hypocrisy in Church and State
10/18/2006
Dallas, Texas: A New Vision
10/11/2006
Questions and Answers
10/4/2006
The Study of New Testament Miracles, Part III
9/27/2006
Small Leaders in A New Dark Age
9/20/2006
Why Did They Do It? Crosswalk America Revisited
9/13/2006
Crosswalk America Arrives in Washington, DC
9/6/2006
Did Jesus Really Perform Miracles?
8/30/2006
Did Jesus Really Perform Miracles?
8/23/2006
Understanding Religious Anger
8/16/2006
Questions and Answers
8/9/2006
The Ambivalent Church
8/2/2006
Cowboy Diplomacy in a Frightening World
7/26/2006
Emily Jane Failla: A Special Life
7/19/2006
Free to Believe: A Voice from the United Reformed Church of England
7/12/2006
On Dating the New Testament
7/5/2006
Katharine Jefferts Schori - New Primate of the Episcopal Church
6/28/2006
A Living Watershed
6/21/2006
Mr. Bush: A Public Embarrassment
6/14/2006
A Life Well Lived
6/7/2006
The Columbus, Ohio, Episcopal Battlefield
5/31/2006
The California Episcopal Election
5/24/2006
On Viewing "The Da Vinci Code"
5/17/2006
Easter Imagined and Recreated
5/10/2006
Easter Explained
5/3/2006
Easter Revisited
4/26/2006
The Gospel of Judas - A Hyped Insignificance
4/19/2006
R.I.P. - William Sloane Coffin, Jr.
4/12/2006
The Final Days: Walking from Palm Sunday to Easter
4/5/2006
Oklahoma! A State in Transition
3/29/2006
The Lamb of God: Jesus for the Non-Religious, Part III
3/22/2006
CrossWalkAmerica: Are You Ready to March for a New Christianity?
3/15/2006
Dawning Hope: The Supreme Court and the Case of Lewis v. Harris
3/8/2006
The Rise of New Religious Voices to Counter the Religious Right
3/1/2006
Jesus for the Non-Religious, Part II
2/22/2006
Truth and the Present Administration
2/15/2006
Jesus for the Non-Religious, Part I
2/8/2006
The Church and the Flu
2/1/2006
Facing the Abortion Issue as Mature Religious People
1/25/2006
To Hell with Limbo / The Newest Act of an Irrelevant Christianity
1/18/2006
The Constant Quest for An Independent Judiciary
1/11/2006
A Post Christmas Look Back at the Stories of Jesus’ Birth
1/4/2006
The United Church of Canada Strikes Again
12/28/2005
A Meditation at the End of 2005
12/21/2005
The Virgin in the New Testament -- Part 2
12/14/2005
How Religion defined Women as the Source of Evil
12/7/2005
Was Jesus a Feminist in a Patriarchal World?
11/30/2005
How Religion defined Women as the Source of Evil
11/23/2005
The Bias Against Women in the Judeo-Christian Tradition
11/16/2005
Women: Religion's Traditional Victims
11/9/2005
Troy D. Perry - One of God's Original Saints
11/2/2005
2000 Deaths Later, the Time Has Come to Render to Caesar His Due!
10/26/2005
Surveying Fifty Years with the Class of 1955
10/19/2005
Surveying Fifty Years with the Class of 1955
10/12/2005
Is History Repeating Itself?
10/5/2005
The Christian Church in Sweden
9/28/2005
Born Gay!
9/21/2005
Jewish Fundamentalism
9/14/2005
Robert Walter Funk 1926-2005
9/7/2005
Hurricane Katrina and American Priorities
8/31/2005
The Dark Side of Evangelical Religion
8/24/2005
On Death With Dignity
8/17/2005
The Emerging Church
8/10/2005
Theology and Baseball
8/3/2005
Pre-Modern Theology in Public Life
7/27/2005
A New Dark Age Begins
7/20/2005
Political Fundamentalism
7/13/2005
Phyllis' Garden -- Finding Meaning in the Ordinary
7/6/2005
Guest Column from the Reverend Gretta Vosper
6/29/2005
Lessons Learned Walking 192 Miles Across England
6/22/2005
Debating with Evangelicals
6/15/2005
Can One Be Christian Without Being a Theist?
6/8/2005
Robert R. Merhige, Jr., Modern Hero
6/1/2005
Walking Coast to Coast in England
5/25/2005
NBC’s Dateline, Miracles and the Virgin
5/18/2005
Guest Column: Brokering the Israeli-Palestinian Conflict
5/11/2005
Seven Minutes With Bill O'Reilly
5/4/2005
Morality and the Social Security Debate
4/27/2005
Assessing the Pontificate of John Paul II
4/20/2005
Whose Money Is It? A Meditation on April 15th
4/13/2005
An Author's Postpartum
4/6/2005
The Anglican Communion's Orwellian Odyssey
3/30/2005
The Debate Rages: Do We Have a Right to Determine How We Die?
3/23/2005
A Time to Die?
3/16/2005
The Connection between the Crucifixion and the Passover, Part VII
3/9/2005
The Connection between the Crucifixion and the Passover, Part VI
3/2/2005
The Connection between the Crucifixion and the Passover, Part V
2/23/2005
The Connection between the Crucifixion and the Passover, Part IV
2/16/2005
The Influence of The Jewish Festival of Sukkoth on the Passion Narrative: Part III
2/9/2005
The Connection Between the Crucifixion and the Passover, Part II
2/2/2005
The Connection between the Crucifixion and the Passover, Part I
1/26/2005
Leading a Conference for Black, Pentecostal, Gay Clergy
1/19/2005
Re-Imaging God in a Post-Tsunami World
1/12/2005
Weeping Over The Grave of God
1/5/2005
The Theological Message in the Destructive Tsunami
12/29/2004
The Shadows over Iraq Darken the New Year
12/22/2004
The Meaning of the Christmas Myths
12/15/2004
Homophobia - No Compromise Possible
12/8/2004
International Anglicanism's Flirtation with Ignorance!
12/1/2004
Election 2004 Part 4 - An Analysis of the Rise of Evangelical Religion
11/24/2004
Election 2004 Part 3 - An Analysis of the Evangelical Vote in the 2004 Election
11/17/2004
Election 2004 Part 2 - An Analysis of the Evangelical Vote in the Campaign of 2004
11/10/2004
Election 2004 Part 1 - Understanding the Divided Electorate
11/3/2004
The Gospels and Punctuation
10/27/2004
It is Time to Vote!
10/20/2004
Making Much of What Cannot Matter Much to God
10/13/2004
Bishop Spong Answers Your Questions
10/6/2004
Do we have the moral right to choose to die?
9/29/2004
The Place of the Bible in the Right to Die Debate
9/22/2004
Were there twelve disciples? - Was Mary Magdalene one of them?
9/15/2004
Bishop V. Gene Robinson - One Year Later
9/8/2004
Understanding The Christian Roots of My Political Depression
9/1/2004
Republicans at Prayer in Madison Square Garden
8/25/2004
A View from Europe
8/18/2004
Christianity in Sweden - A Sign of Hope
8/11/2004
The Crisis in the Church of Denmark
8/4/2004
Impressions from the Democratic National Convention
7/28/2004
Senator Kerry on the Place of Religion in America
7/21/2004
The Bible, Corporal Punishment and Human Guilt - Part 6
7/14/2004
The Bible, Corporal Punishment and Human Guilt - Part 5
7/7/2004
The Bible, Corporal Punishment and Human Guilt - Part 4
6/30/2004
The Bible, Corporal Punishment and Human Guilt - Part 3
6/23/2004
The Bible, Corporal Punishment and Human Guilt - Part 2
6/16/2004
The Bible, Corporal Punishment and Human Guilt - Part 1
6/9/2004
The Ultimate Source of Anti-Semitism - The Circumstances That Brought Judas Into the Jesus Story
6/2/2004
Questions from the Readers: The War in Iraq
5/26/2004
Unmasking the Source of Christian Anti-Semitism - Part III
5/19/2004
The Yankees, Iraq and Patriotism
5/12/2004
Unmasking the Sources of Christian Anti-Semitism - Part 2
5/5/2004
The Disaster of Iraq - Enough is Enough!
4/28/2004
Unmasking the Sources of Christian Anti-Semitism - Part 1
4/21/2004
Questions from the Readers: Passion of the Christ, Christian Reformation
4/14/2004
The Bible and Homosexuality - The Church's Dance in the 21st Century - Part 3
4/7/2004
The Bible and Homosexuality - The Church's Dance in the 21st Century - Part 2
3/31/2004
The Bible and Homosexuality - The Church's Dance in the 21st Century - Part 1
3/24/2004
What Mel Gibson Does Not Understand About Biblical History
3/17/2004
"The Passion of the Christ" -- Mel Gibson's Film and Biblical Scholarship - Part 4
3/10/2004
"The Passion of the Christ" -- Mel Gibson's Film and Biblical Scholarship - Part 3
3/3/2004
"The Passion of the Christ" -- Mel Gibson's Film and Biblical Scholarship - Part 2
2/25/2004
"The Passion of the Christ" -- Mel Gibson's Film and Biblical Scholarship
2/18/2004
WILLIAM CONWELL SPONG: November 2, 1933 - February 4, 2004
2/11/2004
John Titaly - An Indonesian Hero
2/4/2004
The Terrible Texts: The Attitude of the Bible Toward Women Part VI
1/28/2004
Terrible Texts: The Attitude of the Bible Toward Women -- Part V
1/21/2004
Terrible Texts: The Attitude of the Bible Toward Women -- Part IV
1/14/2004
Terrible Texts: The Attitude of the Bible Toward Women -- Part III
1/7/2004
An Open Letter to Political Columnist George F. Will of the Washington Post
12/31/2003
The Terrible Texts: The Attitude of the Bible Toward Women - Part II
12/24/2003
A Christmas Meditation
12/17/2003
Luke's Christmas Story: It is Not How He Was Born, But Who He Was that Matters
12/10/2003
The Common Roots of Hanukkah and Christmas
12/3/2003
The Terrible Texts: The Attitude of the Bible Toward Women - Part I
11/26/2003
America viewed from a New Zealand Perspective
11/19/2003
Christianity in Australia 2003
11/12/2003
Adelaide
11/5/2003
The Miracle in Abingdon, U. K.
10/29/2003
The Church and the Homosexuality Debate
10/22/2003
The Church's Irrational Debate over Homosexuality
10/15/2003
Alabama's Roy Moore and the Ten Commandments - Part III
10/8/2003
Alabama's Roy Moore and the Ten Commandments - Part II
10/1/2003
Alabama's Roy Moore and the Ten Commandments - Part I
9/24/2003
The Terrible Texts: "Be Fruitful and Multiply and Subdue the Earth"
9/17/2003
Terrible Texts: Be Fruitful and Multiply and Subdue the World - Part IV
9/10/2003
Terrible Texts: Be Fruitful and Multiply and Subdue the World - Part III
9/3/2003
The Terrible Texts: "Be Fruitful and Multiply and Subdue the Earth" - Part II
8/27/2003
The Terrible Texts: "Be Fruitful and Multiply and Subdue the Earth"
8/20/2003
The Crisis Facing the United Methodist Church
8/13/2003
New Hampshire's Bishop Confirmed: Pride in my Church Reborn!
8/6/2003
Rethinking the Meaning of Prayer
7/30/2003
The Unity of the Church - A Pious Cliché to Enforce Conformity
7/23/2003
Tragedy in the Church of England Reveals The Incompetency of Its Hierarchy
7/16/2003
The Word of God?
7/9/2003
The Supreme Court, Gay Rights and the Scalia Dissent
7/2/2003
A Progressive Christianity Network Formed in the United Kingdom
6/25/2003
The Episcopal Church chooses a Gay Bishop
6/18/2003
If Christianity Relates to Life It Must Relate To Politics
6/11/2003
Insights from Finland
6/4/2003
YOUR QUESTIONS: Visions, Resurrection, Church Growth, Adoption and Artificial Insemination
5/28/2003
When Will We Ever Learn?
5/21/2003
Bill Bennett Et Al
5/14/2003
Paul Moore - Bishop of New York - 1919-2003
5/7/2003
The Sexual Code Word: Silence!
4/30/2003
A GATHERING OF FRIENDS PROCLAIMS THE VITALITY OF AGE
4/23/2003
Easter: In Need of Reinterpretation!
4/16/2003
My Suspicions about the Historicity of Judas Iscariot, Part II
4/9/2003
My Suspicions about the Historicity of Judas Iscariot, Part I
4/2/2003
Beyond the War: The Questions of My Readers
3/26/2003
The Future of Christianity as glimpsed through a Western University
3/19/2003
Bill O'Reilly, Congressman Charles Rangel and War
3/12/2003
The San Joaquin Valley Reveals A Rising Christian Consciousness
3/5/2003
The Jesus Seminar, Priestly Celibacy and The Holy Spirit
2/26/2003
The Cacophonous Noise of Solemn Assemblies
2/19/2003
No Longer Silent! The Phoenix Declaration
2/12/2003
Class Warfare: Old Words, New Meaning
2/5/2003
Assisted Suicide: A Christian Choice and a New Freedom
1/29/2003
Assisted Suicide as a Christian Option
1/22/2003
END OF PREJUDICE AGAINST HOMOSEXUAL PEOPLE
1/15/2003
IS THIS WAR NECESSARY? IS IT MORAL?
1/8/2003
A New Archbishop For Canterbury
1/1/2003
THE END OF RACIST POLITICS?
12/25/2002
The Truth Behind the Symbols of Christmas
12/18/2002
The Shady Ladies in Matthew's Story of Jesus' Birth
12/11/2002
Did the Star of Bethlehem Really Shine?
12/4/2002
Understanding Terrorism
11/27/2002
The Virgin Mary Is No Wonder Woman
11/20/2002
The Spectacle of Ecclesiastical Whining
11/13/2002
The Decade of Evangelism: A Lamentable Failure!
11/6/2002
Church Unity: Not an Idol to be Worshiped!
10/30/2002
God Is In Trouble!
10/23/2002
The Battle Is Over. The Victory is Assured!
10/16/2002
THE RELIGIOUS RIGHT AND ELECTION SEASON
10/9/2002
ENORMOUS RELIEF: THE ARCHBISHOP RETIRES
10/2/2002
A New Christianity For A New World
9/25/2002
The Vatican Just Doesn't Get It!
9/18/2002
Terrorism and the Democratization of War
