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March 2014

March 05, 2014

Education’s Broken, Walmart on Welfare, but…Everything is Awesome!

This week on the Homebrewed CultureCast Amy looks to Entertainment Weekly’s “Bulls Eye” for culture and then...

March 04, 2014

A Faith, Broken: When Inclusion Evokes Christian Ire

I have great respect for religion writer Jonathan Merritt, even though we disagree on a...

February 2014

February 18, 2014

Corporate Shills, Sex Sells and Someone’s Week Sucks

This week's CultureCast episode starts off with Christian recounting what could well be his worst...

February 12, 2014

Acts 29, Driscoll and New Faces on the Same Old Faith

I was interviewed recently by Barry Thompson, a writer for an alt-weekly in Boston called...

February 11, 2014

Homebrew, Ham (as in Ken) and Haim

After weeks of planning, we finally sat down with brewmaster-slash-theologian Andy Campbell to homebrew a batch of...

February 10, 2014

Will Corporate America Normalize Gay Marriage?

There was quite a fuss about Coca Cola airing a commercial during the Super Bowl...

February 04, 2014

God is Disappointed in You! (CultureCast)

This week, we welcome Mark Russell and Shannon Wheeler, author and illustrator, respectively, of the...

January 2014

January 30, 2014

Forget Swords and Plowshares: Turn Guns Into Guitars

Most people haven’t heard of “Legislative Theater,” thought it’s been around for about fifty years....

January 29, 2014

Why the Grammys’ “Macklemore Weddings” Were a Good Thing

Lots of folks have been chattering about the mass wedding that took place in the...

January 28, 2014

Art > Religion? Plus Biometrics, Bowls and Bieber

We’re packing in the content this week. Our first guest is a musical duo,Bettman and...

January 21, 2014

We’re BAAAAAaaaack (CultureCast)

It’s been a while, but the CultureCast crew is back in action. Jordan, Christian, Amy...

January 06, 2014

Advance Copies! Author Web Events! Extraneous Exclamation Points!!!

With 47 short hours to go, we have just over $300 left to reach our...

January 02, 2014

Five Things That Will Shock Our Grandkids About Us

I’m a big fan of the TV show Mad Men, which takes place in the midst of...

January 02, 2014

Rivers in the Desert: Why New Years Day Is a Christian Holiday

Growing up in Texas, fairly close to New Orleans, I knew all about Mardi Gras....

December 2013

December 28, 2013

Homebrewed CultureCast: Movies, the Week in Whiteness & Doug Pagitt

The CultureCast crew is on hiatus for a while so the HomeBrewed crew decided to...

December 23, 2013

Swords, Plowshares and the “Drone Dilemma”

I have followed, with great interest, as my friend, Ian Ebright, ran a successful Kickstarter...

December 21, 2013

My One (and Only) Duck Dynasty Post

I've never watched "Duck Dynasty." I didn't even know Phil Robertson's name until the whole...

December 19, 2013

The NSA’s Need to Know, Your Privacy and Jesus’ Path

“Those who surrender freedom for security will not have, nor do they deserve, either one.”...

December 16, 2013

Beer and Hymns Invades the Local News

Here's a video and a short story on our most recent Beer and Hymns event...

December 10, 2013

Sandy Hook and the Endurance of Love

This week marks a year since the nearly incomprehensible school shootings in Newtown, Conn. Gaping...

December 09, 2013

BLOOD DOCTRINE: My Crowd-Funded Novel Project

I'm very excited to announce my first-ever crowd-funded book project. It's for my first novel,...

December 06, 2013

How Financial Guru Dave Ramsey Missed the Mark

I love Dave Ramsey’s Financial Peace coursework. It put our family on stable financial footing...

December 05, 2013

CANA, The Gathering: Discerning a Progressive Identity

Thanks to Philip Clayton for contributing this important piece on the first gathering of progressive...

December 03, 2013

Following Up on the Mefferd/Driscoll Interview and My Blog Post

Never, in my wildest imagination, did I think that the thing I'd get the most...

November 2013

November 27, 2013

Mark Driscoll’s Plagiarism Witch Hunt

Read a follow-up to this piece HERE. Yes, I know it is Thanksgiving. So maybe...

November 26, 2013

Serving Two Masters: When Church and Justice Don’t Agree

Methodist minister Rev. Frank Schaefer (not to be confused with Frank Schaeffer) has come up against...

November 14, 2013

Richard Cizik, Christian Hegemony and Yogurt’s Feelings

We’re stoked to finally have Richard Cizik, co-founder of the New Evangelical Partnership for the Common...

November 12, 2013

CANA Initiative: A New “Network of Networks” (Philip Clayton)

I'm very pleased to introduce Philip Clayton, an associate of mine who will be offering...

November 04, 2013

Beer and Hymns on NPR’s Weekend Edition

The story on NPR finally aired yesterday about our Beer and Hymns events. Here's a...

October 2013

October 31, 2013

Cell Phone Spying: Would Jesus Even Care?

As if it wasn’t chilling enough to learn that NSA cronies are poring over your...