Articles on religion, spirituality, and the big picture

• “The prophetic challenge: ‘Few are guilty, but all are responsible,’” posted on TomPaine.com, August 6, 2008.

• “Technological fundamentalism in media and culture,” Media Development (journal of the World Association for Christian Communication), No. 3, Summer 2008, pp. 8-12.

• “Fear and hope on the runaway train: A review of Eliza Gilkyson’s ‘Beautiful World,’” posted on Campaign for America’s Future and Media with Conscience, June 19, 2008.

• "The selling and shaping of our souls," posted on Counterpunch and Media with Conscience, May 5, 2008.

• “We are all prophets now: Responsibilities and risks in the prophetic voice,” posted on Monthly Review Zine, Atlantic Free Press, and MWC News, August 6, 2007.

• "The Last Last Sunday? Austin organizing project contemplating its future," Austin Chronicle, June 22, 2007.
• "Last Sunday: Anti-capitalism in five minutes or less," posted on Common Dreams and Counterpunch, April 30, 2007. Click here for a PDF file or a Word file with all five of the "Last Sunday" talks.

• "Last Sunday: Liberal icons and the problem of bipartisan empire-building," posted on TomPaine.com, February 27, 2007. Click here for a PDF file or a Word file with all five of the "Last Sunday" talks.
• "Last Sunday: What to do with/about white folks," posted on Dissident Voice, Atlantic Free Press, and OpEdNews, January 29, 2007. Click here for a PDF file or a Word file with all five of the "Last Sunday" talks.

• "Last Sunday: The problem with solutions," posted on Common Dreams and Atlantic Free Press, January, 2, 2007.Click here for a PDF file or a Word file with all five of the "Last Sunday" talks.

• “Last Sunday: Digging in and digging deep,” posted on Counterpunch, ZNet, and Dissident Voice, November 27, 2006. Click here for a PDF file or a Word file with all five of the "Last Sunday" talks.

• “The 2006 elections and the coming train wreck: Does it matter if we slow down the train?” posted on OutlookIndia, ZNet, Counterpunch, and Alternative Press Review, November 9, 2006.

• "The consequences of the death of empathy," posted on Common Dreams and Counterpunch, October 30, 2006. Also distributed as ZNet Commentary.

• "What does it mean to identify as Christian?"

• “Finding my way back to church -- and getting kicked out: The struggle over what it means to be Christian today,” posted on Counterpunch, September 28, 2006.

• Audio interview, "I don't believe in God or Jesus so I joined a church," August 13, 2006.

• "The four fundamentalisms and the threat to sustainable democracy," posted on Counterpunch, May 30, 2006. Also distributed as ZNet Commentary.

• "Why this atheist is a Christian (sort of)," Houston Chronicle, March 12, 2006, pp. E-1, 4. Also posted on Alternet, Counterpunch and Dissident Voice, March 7, 2006. The Rev. Jim Rigby's follow-up to that essay, "Why we let an atheist join our church."