"There’s a lot to be angry about on the antisocial social media. Keyboard warriors posting things they would never say to your face. I’ll be honest, In many ways I have had enough. If I had a dollar for every time I have written a comment and immediately deleted..." ✍️ www.patheos.com/blogs/theima...

🤔 As I’ve really pondered how I define “enduring to the end,” I realized that I’ve often felt it was a passive phrase. I was wrong. While studying the Doctrine and Covenants recently, “endure to the end” suddenly became much more active to me. ✍️ www.patheos.com/blogs/delisa...

"If you’re a preacher who’s addressed a contemporary social issue in a sermon, you may have received negative pushback. In a survey my team and I conducted this year about ministry, preaching, and social issues, clergy who experienced backlash to their sermons..." ✍️ www.patheos.com/blogs/ecopre...

🌿🐒 The world mourns the passing of Dr. Jane Goodall — scientist, conservationist, messenger of peace. Her life taught us that every creature matters and every choice makes a difference. #JaneGoodall #Legacy #primates #ecology #Patheos 🎥 Watch our tribute: youtu.be/7cl6CFz8tvI

“Once you recognize that church was never meant to be a spectator event, you’ll never be satisfied with less.” A blog post on @patheos.com. www.patheos.com/blogs/leadaq...

"Christians are hardly strangers to persecution. From the visit of the Wise Men to King Herod, down to modern times, people outside of the faith have perceived believers in Jesus as either a threat to “the establishment,” or as somehow “less than” because of their..." www.patheos.com/blogs/religi...

"Which Bible should you read?❓ What is the key to selecting a good Bible version? If you are new at Bible reading, you might be wondering such questions. As a Bible translator, here are my suggestions."📚 ✍️ www.patheos.com/blogs/inchri...

Trump sends troops to our cities and America becomes a military dictatorship. His excuse is that there is something called "Antifa," a supposed terrorist organization. Trump says this and MAGA believes is even though there is NO such organization as "Antifa." It does not exist. He made it up.

"Recently, influencer Carlos Whittaker posted on Instagram that rage is a drug, and your phone is the needle. If that’s so, what is the cure? Of course, Whittaker doesn’t mean just your phone, but whatever device you use to consume media, and especially social media." www.patheos.com/blogs/breath...

“We must all condemn political violence,” everyone said. And thus, because the verb “condemn” is a speech-act, a “performative utterance,” everyone did as they said. The deed was performed in utterance, and “political violence” was, in fact, condemned by everyone. ✍️ www.patheos.com/blogs/slackt...

👉"Clergy face challenges in an era of division and secularization. Clergy burnout is real, and many former clergy are NOT coming back.✝️ Some of my best friends are current or former clergy. Generally, they are compassionate and wise. They like to consider the..."👀 ✍️ www.patheos.com/blogs/youmig...

"From the day I started this blog, I have directed it to people who want to follow Christ. I’m going to broaden it to include the people who are confused by the lies being told about Jesus by political clergy. We have one Hope & that is the Cross and the Empty Tomb."✍️ www.patheos.com/blogs/public...

"When Jesus tells the story of Lazarus and the rich man, most people rush to make it about heaven and hell. That’s how it’s been preached for generations…as fear, as threat and as control. “Straighten your ass up or you’ll burn like the rich man.” But Jesus isn’t..."✍️ www.patheos.com/blogs/jeffho...

👉"How often are you alone? I mean truly alone, without your spouse or a companion, without your phone or a television set, with nothing to fill your time but you and your innermost thoughts? For some people, these moments of pure solitude are not periods to be..." ✍️ www.patheos.com/blogs/wakeup...

When we say we forgive someone, we must do more than say it, we must truly offer them mercy, we must walk the talk: www.patheos.com/blogs/henryk... #Catholic #Forgive #Mercy

A day of deep sorrow for Latter-day Saints. 💔 We mourn the loss of President Russell M. Nelson (1924–2025), a beloved prophet who centered the Church on Christ and the temple. Our prayers are also with those impacted by the tragic attack on an MI sacrament service.✍️ www.patheos.com/blogs/danpet...

In the wake of recent events, there has been much discussion on the relationship between forgiveness and justice. Specifically, does forgiveness preclude justice? In this essay, I will examine both of these qualities in the light of the Bible and Catholic philosophy. www.patheos.com/blogs/summac...

🕊️ We honor the life of President Russell M. Nelson (1924–2025) — a pioneering heart surgeon, Apostle, and 17th President of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. His legacy of faith, compassion, and service will continue to inspire millions worldwide.🎬 #LDS #Jesus 🎥 youtu.be/iDFKG88wKps

"Not long ago, journalism professors taught five simple questions: who, what, when, where, and how. The point was to tell the story, not to guide the reader with words that hinted at judgment. But today, when bad things happen, reporting and commentary often lean..."✍️ www.patheos.com/blogs/coalit...

"As I spent hours this week crafting a Rosh Hashanah cake, my mind wandered to the curious order of the High Holy Days. It has always struck me as a bit backwards. Shouldn’t we tackle the soul-searching work of Yom Kippur first—repenting, atoning, fasting—before..." ✍️ www.patheos.com/blogs/joyful...

In today’s world, where extreme poverty and wealth coexist, the Lazarus story remains deeply relevant. It calls on individuals and societies to recognize the humanity of the poor, act with compassion, and build systems that reduce inequality—not just out of charity... www.patheos.com/blogs/social...

"My wife and I recently watched on TV the memorial for Charlie Kirk, attended by over 90,000 people. There was a very moving moment when his widow, Erika, talked about how Charlie didn’t hate anyone, and wanted to share the gospel with them, so that their lives..." ✍️ www.patheos.com/blogs/davear...

👉The Ryder Cup starts tomorrow. Although different, this biennial, three-day team event between the U.S. and Europe is the premier tournament in professional golf worldwide. 🏌️‍♂️ In recent years, Europe has surprisingly won more times than the U.S. has.⛳ #RyderCup2025 ✍️ www.patheos.com/blogs/kermit...

👉 Another rapture date came and went. September 24, 2025, was circled by prophecy watchers—but we’re still here. 🚧 From trumpet memes to end-times timelines, the latest predictions missed the mark. ✝️ Jesus said, “No one knows the day or the hour.” Yet we keep trying. ✍️ youtu.be/OmALFmXo-YI

👉Somewhere along the way, we’ve lost the ability and even the willingness to love one another. And yet, at the very core of the Christian faith, Jesus gives us a command that sounds almost too simple: “You shall love your neighbor as yourself.” (Matthew 22:39).🌎 ✍️ www.patheos.com/blogs/living...

👉"Did you catch that comment that was said at the end about cats not going to Heaven? I have to shake my head at this often-repeated joke, because I’ve been in three different churches where the pastor said from the pulpit that he thinks all dogs go to Heaven..."🐈‍⬛🐕 ✍️ www.patheos.com/blogs/randya...

"From the dawn of human culture, psychoactive plants have mediated between the human and the sacred. Mircea Eliade (1907–1986) argued in his classic Shamanism: Archaic Techniques of Ecstasy that ecstatic journeys and altered states, often induced by plant allies..." ✍️ www.patheos.com/blogs/critic...

"As people projected that future, with its startling technology, they commonly predicted the growth of what we can call human superpowers, which were occult in nature as much as scientific. Through my research on that era, I keep encountering these themes." ✍️ www.patheos.com/blogs/anxiou...

🇺🇸 President Trump spoke before the United Nations this week and gave direct feedback on the organization. He was critical of the organization’s failure to solve global conflicts and its lack of enforcement in international issues. Let’s take a look.👀 #Faith4Today ✍️ www.patheos.com/blogs/faith4...

👉"Let’s talk about reincarnation for a minute. When most people hear the word, they either think of it as a beautiful idea of second chances or as some sort of spiritual recycling program. But, from a Quantum Theology perspective, the whole concept takes on a..." ✍️ www.patheos.com/blogs/keithg...

"The ink was scarcely dry on the newly released books lamenting young Americans’ inexorable rejection of religion before a new rash of survey data appeared proclaiming Gen-Zers’ new embrace of traditional Christianity. In fact, the Barna Group notes in a report..." ✍️ www.patheos.com/blogs/anxiou...

👉"U.S. President Donald Trump spoke at the UN General Assembly meeting in New York City yesterday for an hour, touting himself and chastising the UN and many member nations as heads of state looked in shock and silence. Perhaps his main attack was about climate..." ✍️ www.patheos.com/blogs/kermit...

"One of the ways the Nazis controlled the general populace was through propaganda. Sometimes, the propaganda was aimed at creating an emotional bond with the people so that the people not only agreed to what the regime wanted, but ending up fighting, and wanting..." ✍️ www.patheos.com/blogs/henryk...

✝️ Faith, Firearms, and the American Way 🩸 Political violence isn't new. From Lincoln to Charlie Kirk, America has a bloody tradition of turning differences into death. Some say, "This isn’t who we are." But history—and Christianity—say otherwise. #FaithAndPolitics ✍️ www.patheos.com/blogs/womant...

"Imagine a world where angels, demons, and other supernatural beings are walking among us. A world where weird things happen that can’t be explained by science or the rational mind. And while most of us never experience any of it, there are highly credible people..."✍️ www.patheos.com/blogs/wakeup...

With proper humility, we can look to ourselves, seek to change ourselves to the better through continual remembrance of God: www.patheos.com/blogs/henryk... #Catholic #Humility #God

I wish Pagans were the threat “Pagan Threat” says we are. I wish we had the power, the influence, and the organizational competency it says we have. Instead, this book tries to make Pagans the scapegoats for the internal failings of conservative religion. www.patheos.com/blogs/johnbe...

Ostia, Rome’s Port: Part Three www.patheos.com/blogs/biblea...

👉 "When you imagine a sinful person, do you usually picture a confident person in mind? 😱 Perhaps you saw them as villains who constantly laugh, those who always felt certain about how to accomplish their evil deeds.👺 Based from personal experience, however..." ✍️ www.patheos.com/blogs/belove...

My Monday was exceptionally long and very busy, and I had no time whatever, none at all, to do any writing today. ⏰ Not even on my blog. 👀 But I’ve made it a practice to post a daily entry on this blog, and I’m going to be traveling almost all of Tuesday. 😅 ✍️ www.patheos.com/blogs/danpet...

"This week, there has been a lot of big news about Russia and its pursuit of power. The superpower has been flexing its muscles by violating the airspace of multiple European nations, which caused NATO to launch planes of its own as a deterrent to President Putin..."✍️ www.patheos.com/blogs/walkhu...

"The phrase “family values” gets thrown around like a badge of honor by the religious right. It’s plastered across political speeches, church billboards, and campaign slogans. But let’s be honest: the way they use “family values” has little to do with actual..." ✍️ www.patheos.com/blogs/freedh...

👉 The Beat Zen movement was one of the more unlikely developments in all of Western cultural history. It began in the 🇺🇸 U.S. in the late 1940s and early 1950s. Americans were still recovering, physically and emotionally, from a long and brutal war with Japan.🇯🇵 #Nerd ✍️ www.patheos.com/blogs/therel...

👉"'RaptureTok' has been trending over the past week, buzzing with talk of a Tim LaHaye-style Rapture coming this week on or around Rosh Hashanah.🗓️ It’s hard to tell how widespread this belief in an imminent Rapture actually is, given that for every apparently..." ✍️ www.patheos.com/blogs/slackt...

👀"You’re like the meteorologists of America: If you get your job wrong, who cares? Nothing will happen to you, and you’ll still be employed in the morning. Sure, it rained all night when you promised sunny reasons of hope and justice, but nope. The country is in..." ✍️ www.patheos.com/blogs/closet...

👉"History is filled with predictions of the end of the world, or doomsday prophecies, that have come and gone without incident. These predictions have been based on religious texts, astrological events, numerology, and even scientific theories. Every year it is..." ✍️ www.patheos.com/blogs/ravens...

In 2003, during a period of change in myself and my life, I wrote and recorded a song called “Some Other Way.” Recently, a friend wrote to thank me for this song (and others on the same record), which sent me back for a listen. I hadn’t listened to or sang the song... www.patheos.com/blogs/religi...

The attempt to turn Charlie Kirk into a secular and religious hero, into a martyr who everyone must venerate, follows what the Nazis did with Horst Wessel: www.patheos.com/blogs/henryk... #Catholic #Kirk #Wessel

MY NEW PATHEOS ARTICLE HAS BEEN PUBLISHED, www.patheos.com/blogs/theswe... WHAT IS FAITH BY BIFFY CLYRO. #faith #christianity #christianmusic #alternative #alternativemusic #alternativerock #rockmusic #culture @openculture.bsky.social @biffyclyrofficial.bsky.social @rockmusicassoc.bsky.social

Joey Cochran writes, ‘Charlie Kirk’s memorial may be the beginning of a Christian Nationalistic revival of sorts, but it is also a palpable statement about the end of separation between Church and State.’