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Patheos Articles and Essays

Articles And Essays

Tips For When Reading To Your Church

By Matthew Allen

Elevate worship through passionate public reading of Scripture in your congregation.

How AI Is Becoming Part-And-Parcel To How We Practice...

By Ken Chitwood

Debates about the best ethical approach — including whether an AI religion can save or doom us all — will intensify.

Is There Such a Thing as Christian Parenting?

Parenting, in general, is a Christ-like duty.

Finding Hope Amidst Suffering

By Tom Sugimura

Do you ever feel like you have lost all hope—like you’re stuck at the bottom of an empty cistern? In your darkest days, are you tempted to blame the...

Shepherd for Life: Psalm 23

By Sharon Black and Brad Wilcox

Explore how Psalm 23 guides us from serene pastures to life's inevitable shadows, promising the enduring presence of the Good Shepherd.

Is Religion a Factor in Ireland's Political Drama?

By Matthew Allen

It’s a healthy thing for the Church to give its take on political issues, provided it do so generously. There has to be space within the churches, also,...

Music, Nature and Creation

By Matthew Allen

Music-making is a deep-rooted, even primordial, part of our nature: as old as man, crucial to the human experience at all times and in all places.

A Cross in the Barbed Wire: Reflections on Faith &...

By Ken Chitwood

In the months to come, and as debates intensify, it is imperative to not forget the religion angles related to the subject of migrants and immigration

Overcoming Ego - Embracing the Unvarnished Truth

The foundation for self-acceptance is the loving nature of God. If God is judgemental and his love conditional, self-regard won’t get us very far.

The Essential Vine

By Sharon Black and Brad Wilcox

Christ assured His apostles and those who follow that, as the essential vine, he would nourish them and provide everything needed for their growth.

How Relevant, in 2024, Is Religion to the Politics of...

By Matthew Allen

All told, religion still plays a sizeable part in the politics of Northern Ireland albeit a much smaller one than in the past.

Evangelism = Normalizing Christianity?

By Matthew Allen

Discover how Ash Wednesday's symbolic act of wearing ashes ignites conversations about faith in our secular age. A reflection on evangelism's new...

Food's Role in Religion: Feasting, Fasting, and Faith

By Ken Chitwood

While food and foodways are diverse, the basic processes of collection, cultivation, consumption, and other related practices around them are commonly...

Rethinking Holiness - A Reconstruction of...

We have been exalted in Christ, but true worshippers still cast their crowns before him. To become self-focussed, turning our eyes from Jesus and...

A Father's Love: Prodigal at Peace

The parable of the prodigal son is one of the greatest redemption stories ever told—a story filled with mercy and grace. It is a parable of how God views...

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