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October 2013

October 30, 2013

Creepy Sexy Babies, Doing Death Right and Fresh Hop Beer

First, we want to welcome the inimitable Andy Campbell, who is sitting in for Jordan...

October 30, 2013

Health Care is a Moral and Religious Issue

The theatrics around the Affordable Care Act seem only to be matched by the public’s...

October 22, 2013

FCC Portland’s Beer and Hymns on National Public Radio

UPDATE: NPR Executive Producers have pushed the Beer and Hymns story to next Sunday, November...

October 18, 2013

‘The Fifth Estate:’ Is Wikileaks Good for America?

Am I the only one who finds it deliciously ironic that WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange objects stridently...

October 11, 2013

Bad Government, Good Food and Fall Sweeps

Our guest for this week unexpectedly fell through, so you get a full dose of...

October 11, 2013

A Strong Third Political Party for the Disaffected Middle

I was talking to my wife, Amy, today about the news that Speaker John Boehner...

October 07, 2013

Beer and Hymns: The Video

Many thanks to Gregg Brekke at Sixview Studios for his fantastic work on this video....

October 07, 2013

The Gospel of “Breaking Bad”

This is part of the weekly Bible study, called A Heretic's Guide to the Bible....

October 05, 2013

Viral Blogs, Terrorists vs. Spiders, 9/11 and Pastrixes (CultureCast)

This episode has been in the hopper for a bit, so don’t be mad at...

October 04, 2013

What is the CANA Initiative? An Interview with McLaren, Spellers and Pagitt

I can’t count how many times I’ve heard people within mainline Christian churches note that,...

September 2013

September 26, 2013

Is Immortality Talk Just “Fear of the Dark?”

Renowned scientist and author of such books as "A Brief History of Time" Stephen Hawking...

September 25, 2013

Science vs. Religion: A Race to Destruction?

First things first: with all due respect to interim host John Oliver, I for one...

September 20, 2013

Snake Handlers, NPR Geek-Outs and White Power

We're honored and more than a little geeked out of our skin this week on...

September 17, 2013

postChristian: What’s Left? Can We Fix It? Do We Care?

Excited to share the cover of my upcoming book with Jericho Books, called postChristian: What's...

September 16, 2013

10 Myths About the Food Stamp Program (Which Congress is Trying to Gut)

About a year ago, I wrote about my family participating in the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) Challenge,...

September 12, 2013

Tony Kriz, Killer Bees and Women in Prison (CultureCast)

This week, Christian sits down with Tony Kriz (AKA, Tony the Beat Poet from Blue...

September 05, 2013

Miley Cyrus’ Contribution to Feminism

Ever since the most recent Video Music Awards show aired, there has been a breathless...

September 04, 2013

We’ve Already Blown It in Syria

Everyone is talking about what we should be doing in response to the discovery of...

August 2013

August 30, 2013

Problems with Christian Contemporary Music: An Interview with Trey Pearson of ‘Everyday Sunday’

Trey Pearson, front man and creative mind behind the band, Everyday Sunday, is in many...

August 29, 2013

Diverse But Not Integrated: Religion’s Race Problem

Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King immortalized many phrases still used in the contemporary American lexicon....

August 27, 2013

25 Christian Blogs You Should Be Reading (Readers’ Choice, 2013)

(Check out my Editor's Picks for 25 Christian Blogs You Should Read HERE) After more...

August 26, 2013

Everyday Sunday, Breaking Bad, Drunk History and Hot Toddlers (HB CultureCast)

This week, we're featuring an interview that Christian did with Trey Pearson, front man for...

August 22, 2013

Why the Christian Blog Survey is Freaking Me Out

Last year, I posted an article listing 25 Christian Blogs people should be reading. It...

August 19, 2013

Why wild Goose Matters (Sojourners Exclusive)

I just got back a few days ago from a campsite outside of Asheville, N.C.,...

August 14, 2013

My Wild Goose Dance-Off with Tripp Fuller

Just in case anyone is still under the mistaken impression that Wild Goose is the...

August 02, 2013

George Zimmerman, Women in Prison and POOL SHARKS!!!

This week the CultureCast crew welcomes Micky Jones, the analogy correspondent for the Homebrewed family’s...

August 01, 2013

Vanity of Vanities: Does Ministry Really Matter?

Just a couple of days ago, I wrote an article about why some ministers tend...

August 01, 2013

Pope Francis on Gays Reveals a House Divided

Pope Francis quickly is establishing himself as the “peoples’ Pope.” He has actively advocated for...

July 2013

July 19, 2013

Exodus International’s Alan Chambers, Edward Snowden and Pussy Riot

This week the CultureCast Crew Gets both timely and topical when they welcome Alan Chambers,...

July 15, 2013

A White Pastor’s Miracle in Trayvon Martin’s Church

A thousand things ran through my mind when the news broke Saturday night about George...