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February 2015

February 19, 2015

Broken Covenants, Killing Rock Stars and Cask-Strength Fears

Well kids, we’ve got good news and bad news… On a sad note, we bid...

February 18, 2015

Christ Church PDX Loses Funding, Denomination for LGBTQ Advocacy

After nearly two decades serving within the denomination known as the Evangelical Covenant Church (ECC),...

February 15, 2015

BHC21 LIVE EVENT!

A couple weeks ago, I was at the Christianity21 Conference in Phoenix, AZ (or C21)–...

February 14, 2015

The Gospel of Mark as a Manifesto of Political and Religious Defiance

I'm starting to think that Che Guevara and the Jesus of the Gospel according to...

February 10, 2015

Learning to Love the Crust Punks and Society’s “Other”

As part of my year-long quest to better, more fully and authentically follow the life...

February 09, 2015

The Zen of Beard Trimming: Stories of Punk Rock, Poverty, and the Search For Peace

C.J. Campbell is a fan of the Homebrewed Culture Cast and reached out to me...

February 07, 2015

WWCAD: What Would Christian Anarchists Do?

It's a rainy, graciously lazy Saturday in Portland. A perfect time to dive into the...

February 06, 2015

Jesus Wouldn’t Do Lists (But I do)

Anyone who knows me very well can tell you I'm pretty intense about things. When...

February 04, 2015

When love with limits isn’t love at all: thoughts on exclusion in a time for inclusion

While I'm hard working on following Jesus - My Jesus Project - I've invited my...

February 03, 2015

Day Two of My Jesus Project: Are We Done Yet?

First, the good news: After four months of preparation, I have officially started my year-long...

January 2015

January 06, 2015

Ryan Bell: Adventist to Atheist…Really?

Seventh Day Adventist pastor Ryan Bell spent a year intentionally living as an atheist and...

January 05, 2015

Why Christians Should Support the “Satanic” Statue in Oklahoma

Oklahoma may seem an unlikely place for what has been called a satanic sculpture to...

December 2014

December 30, 2014

25 Christian Blogs You Should Be Reading (2014 Readers’ Choice)

Welcome to the annual "Blogs you should be reading" blog! If your New Year's resolution...

December 29, 2014

AJ Jacobs, Sony, Summer Camps & Semi-Nude Skyping

After a, um, hiatus of sorts Christian, Amy, and Andy are back to talk about...

December 16, 2014

Are We Addicted to a Constant State of Distraction? #MyJesusProject

I was catching up on back-episodes of 60 Minutes last night (required viewing for all...

December 10, 2014

Disarming Scripture: Derek Flood tackles the problem of violence in the Bible

Derek Flood's new book Disarming Scripture has just been released this month, and has already...

December 09, 2014

Jesus Can’t Breathe: a Spiritual Problem That Begs a Spiritual Response

My friend, Peter Heltzel, and a cohort of some 75 faith leaders in New York...

December 06, 2014

A Miracle Turned Six Books Into a Website (and will help in #Feeding5000) #MyJesusProject

I'm really excited to let folks know that we have a new trade that's taken...

December 03, 2014

Considering Twelve Sides of Jesus (#MyJesusProject)

Not surprising, this whole endeavor to understand what it really means to follow Jesus in...

December 02, 2014

AJ Jacobs Tells Me How to Be More Like Jesus #MyJesusProject

For the next 14-18 months, I'm doing a sort of "Human Experiment" project in which...

November 2014

November 24, 2014

So…Am I Jesus Yet? #MyJesusProject

It's been a week now since I announced my newest project, which is to spend between...

November 24, 2014

We Have a New Trade-up! Get Your Book Designed & Edited #Feeding5000 #MyJesusProject

Sometimes it takes a little bit of imagination to realize how much we really have...

November 22, 2014

A nun, an astrophysicist and a Post-Christian walk into a radio show…

I always enjoy chatting with radio talk show host Welton Gaddy, based out of Washington...

November 22, 2014

AJ Jacobs on Being Other People’s Version of Jesus (Ugh) #MyJesusProject

I had a chat with my friend and fellow author, AJ Jacobs, today on Skype....

November 21, 2014

How Generosity Goes Viral (A Five-for-One Deal) #Feeding5000 #MyJesusProject

"Woah," Mattias' eyes bulged when he walked in and saw the red mountain bike, sitting...

November 20, 2014

Putting Jesus in My Boots #MyJesusProject

I'm spending 18 months trying to figure out what it really means to follow Jesus....

November 19, 2014

We Have Our First Trade-Up! #MyJesusProject #Feeding5000

I don't think I've ever been quite as excited about receiving something I don't get...

November 19, 2014

Help Me Feed 5,000 People…and Get Six New Books #MyJesusProject

As you may know if you've read my previous posts, I'm in the process of doing...

November 18, 2014

My Jesus Project Dos and Don’ts (Reader Survey) #MyJesusProject

If you haven't already read from my post yesterday, I'm doing an experiment over the next...

November 14, 2014

To the “Beer and Hymns” Haters in Tulsa, OK

“Do not suppose that abuses are eliminated by destroying the object which is abused. Men...