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My latest Flatland column -- about the growth of Downtown KC churches in recent years -- now is online here: bit.ly/3M6FUoA
Downtown KC Renaissance Seeds Congregations
As civic, commercial and residential life has blossomed in Kansas City’s Downtown in recent years, religious life has grown there, too.
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November 30, 2025 at 2:20 PM
My latest Flatland column -- about the growth of Downtown KC churches in recent years -- now is online here: bit.ly/3M6FUoA
Do you know about liberation theology and its roots in Latin America? The man called the theology's founder is gone but still worth listening to: bit.ly/3M87e5N
Why the dead 'father of liberation theology' still matters
Gustavo Gutiérrez continues to speak to Christians today
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November 29, 2025 at 9:54 PM
Do you know about liberation theology and its roots in Latin America? The man called the theology's founder is gone but still worth listening to: bit.ly/3M87e5N
What can now-gone theologians still teach us? Oh, plenty. And we'd do well to listen: bit.ly/3M87e5N
Why the dead 'father of liberation theology' still matters
Gustavo Gutiérrez continues to speak to Christians today
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November 29, 2025 at 1:54 PM
What can now-gone theologians still teach us? Oh, plenty. And we'd do well to listen: bit.ly/3M87e5N
Allow me to introduce you to a theologian who says Christianity needs to return to one of its first virtues — patience: bit.ly/49CkmKc
What if Christians recovered the religion's early virtue -- patience?
Such a move first would require, well, confession
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November 26, 2025 at 6:51 PM
Allow me to introduce you to a theologian who says Christianity needs to return to one of its first virtues — patience: bit.ly/49CkmKc
Suppose the reason that American Christianity has been in decline for decades is its lack of patience. Here's the case for just that argument: bit.ly/49CkmKc
What if Christians recovered the religion's early virtue -- patience?
Such a move first would require, well, confession
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November 26, 2025 at 11:57 AM
Suppose the reason that American Christianity has been in decline for decades is its lack of patience. Here's the case for just that argument: bit.ly/49CkmKc
Rabbis in the U.S. look a lot different than they used to. And a new study suggests there's more change to come: bit.ly/4igvdvG
What does the rabbinate look like in the U.S.?
A new survey offers some intriguing answers
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November 23, 2025 at 1:30 PM
Rabbis in the U.S. look a lot different than they used to. And a new study suggests there's more change to come: bit.ly/4igvdvG
Rabbis in the U.S. make up a changing group, a new study/survey shows. It's not yet clear what this means for Judaism here, but it's unlikely to look the way it did 100 -- or even 20 -- years ago: bit.ly/4igvdvG
What does the rabbinate look like in the U.S.?
A new survey offers some intriguing answers
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November 22, 2025 at 6:21 PM
Rabbis in the U.S. make up a changing group, a new study/survey shows. It's not yet clear what this means for Judaism here, but it's unlikely to look the way it did 100 -- or even 20 -- years ago: bit.ly/4igvdvG
As religion changes in the U.S. in many ways, so, too, does the picture of members of the clergy. Here's a surprising new report about American rabbis: bit.ly/4igvdvG
What does the rabbinate look like in the U.S.?
A new survey offers some intriguing answers
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November 22, 2025 at 1:37 PM
As religion changes in the U.S. in many ways, so, too, does the picture of members of the clergy. Here's a surprising new report about American rabbis: bit.ly/4igvdvG
It can be difficult to know all the theological details of one’s own faith community, but shouldn’t most members know and understand the most central things? bit.ly/49xDZ6h
Do Catholics really understand what the church says happens in the Eucharist?
Bishops find plenty of ignorance among parishioners
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November 19, 2025 at 6:31 PM
It can be difficult to know all the theological details of one’s own faith community, but shouldn’t most members know and understand the most central things? bit.ly/49xDZ6h
It turns out that many people of faith don't really understand their faith tradition very well -- and that includes Catholics, a Catholic publication reports: bit.ly/49xDZ6h
Do Catholics really understand what the church says happens in the Eucharist?
Bishops find plenty of ignorance among parishioners
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November 19, 2025 at 11:57 AM
It turns out that many people of faith don't really understand their faith tradition very well -- and that includes Catholics, a Catholic publication reports: bit.ly/49xDZ6h
In his recently released "Apostolic Exhortation," Pope Leo XIV speaks to all people about why the need for empathy for the overlooked or ignored is at the heart of faith: bit.ly/4i5i7kM
Pope Leo XIV calls Christians back to what faith requires of them
His latest encyclical -- co-written with the late Pope Francis -- focuses on the poor
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November 16, 2025 at 1:31 PM
In his recently released "Apostolic Exhortation," Pope Leo XIV speaks to all people about why the need for empathy for the overlooked or ignored is at the heart of faith: bit.ly/4i5i7kM
In his half-year report card, Pope Leo XIV is showing many signs of his theological/pastoral connections to the late Pope Francis. On the whole, that's good for the Catholic Church in particular and for Christianity in general: bit.ly/4i5i7kM
Pope Leo XIV calls Christians back to what faith requires of them
His latest encyclical -- co-written with the late Pope Francis -- focuses on the poor
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November 15, 2025 at 7:23 PM
In his half-year report card, Pope Leo XIV is showing many signs of his theological/pastoral connections to the late Pope Francis. On the whole, that's good for the Catholic Church in particular and for Christianity in general: bit.ly/4i5i7kM
Some six months after being elected, what can we say about Pope Leo XIV and his priorities for his church? bit.ly/4i5i7kM
Pope Leo XIV calls Christians back to what faith requires of them
His latest encyclical -- co-written with the late Pope Francis -- focuses on the poor
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November 15, 2025 at 12:57 PM
Some six months after being elected, what can we say about Pope Leo XIV and his priorities for his church? bit.ly/4i5i7kM
A Catholic priest who tried to change church teaching about sexuality issues finally gave up. Now his wife -- yes, wife, now his widow -- tells his painful story: bit.ly/3JWbe8M
He learned what happens when strict religious authorities get challenged
But he challenged them anyway.
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November 12, 2025 at 9:41 PM
A Catholic priest who tried to change church teaching about sexuality issues finally gave up. Now his wife -- yes, wife, now his widow -- tells his painful story: bit.ly/3JWbe8M
This Catholic priest challenged his church about matters of sexuality -- but then paid the price: bit.ly/3JWbe8M
He learned what happens when strict religious authorities get challenged
But he challenged them anyway.
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November 12, 2025 at 12:00 PM
This Catholic priest challenged his church about matters of sexuality -- but then paid the price: bit.ly/3JWbe8M
Almost everything about the "War on Terror" that George W. Bush declared turned out to be the wrong approach. Now what? Good question: bit.ly/47NadHY
A 9/11 title will go here
We supported that vile, cruel war to our detriment
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November 9, 2025 at 1:24 PM
Almost everything about the "War on Terror" that George W. Bush declared turned out to be the wrong approach. Now what? Good question: bit.ly/47NadHY
Do you remember how you wanted the U.S. to react to the 9/11 terrorist attacks? Like most Americans, I got that wrong, as a new book shows me: bit.ly/47NadHY
A 9/11 title will go here
We supported that vile, cruel war to our detriment
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November 8, 2025 at 7:32 PM
Do you remember how you wanted the U.S. to react to the 9/11 terrorist attacks? Like most Americans, I got that wrong, as a new book shows me: bit.ly/47NadHY
There's a lot on my blog today, including thoughts about a new book that eviscerates George W. Bush's "War on Terror." billtammeus429970.substack.com/p/a-911-titl...
A 9/11 title will go here
We supported that vile, cruel war to our detriment
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November 8, 2025 at 1:38 PM
There's a lot on my blog today, including thoughts about a new book that eviscerates George W. Bush's "War on Terror." billtammeus429970.substack.com/p/a-911-titl...
A primary story about religion in the U.S. in recent decades has had to do with decline. But there are churches that are growing? How are they doing it? bit.ly/4qJPj56
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Blogger Ryan Burge can help provide some answers
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November 5, 2025 at 7:52 PM
A primary story about religion in the U.S. in recent decades has had to do with decline. But there are churches that are growing? How are they doing it? bit.ly/4qJPj56
In a time when church attendance and membership has been sliding for decades, why do some churches grow? Good question: bit.ly/4qJPj56
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Blogger Ryan Burge can help provide some answers
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November 5, 2025 at 12:00 PM
In a time when church attendance and membership has been sliding for decades, why do some churches grow? Good question: bit.ly/4qJPj56
The parts of our cities that were redlined to prevent Black families from buying homes there are continuing to pay a high price for that racist decision: bit.ly/4omMs0D
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Decades later, negative results are almost everywhere
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November 2, 2025 at 1:53 PM
The parts of our cities that were redlined to prevent Black families from buying homes there are continuing to pay a high price for that racist decision: bit.ly/4omMs0D
For many years, racist housing/mortgage policies created redlined neighborhoods in cities across the country, including KC. Those destructive chickens have come home to roost: bit.ly/4omMs0D
A title will go here eventually
Decades later, negative results are almost everywhere
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November 1, 2025 at 6:04 PM
For many years, racist housing/mortgage policies created redlined neighborhoods in cities across the country, including KC. Those destructive chickens have come home to roost: bit.ly/4omMs0D
Did you think that "redlining" neighborhoods was a long-ago problem? It may be illegal now but the problems it left behind still plague cities, including KC: bit.ly/4omMs0D
A title will go here eventually
Decades later, negative results are almost everywhere
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November 1, 2025 at 1:01 PM
Did you think that "redlining" neighborhoods was a long-ago problem? It may be illegal now but the problems it left behind still plague cities, including KC: bit.ly/4omMs0D
People who take words literally, as if they're more than pointers toward some reality, aren't taking writing, including the words of scripture, seriously: bit.ly/4qyK6Nq
Words, words, words: Why they're the map and not the territory
Learning again from David Bentley Hart
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October 29, 2025 at 6:44 PM
People who take words literally, as if they're more than pointers toward some reality, aren't taking writing, including the words of scripture, seriously: bit.ly/4qyK6Nq
People who love the power of words know that even when those words try to describe divine matters, they are not whatever it is they are describing: bit.ly/4qyK6Nq
Words, words, words: Why they're the map and not the territory
Learning again from David Bentley Hart
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October 29, 2025 at 11:08 AM
People who love the power of words know that even when those words try to describe divine matters, they are not whatever it is they are describing: bit.ly/4qyK6Nq