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July 2013

July 14, 2013

Church Sign Epic Fails, “Guns Welcome” Edition

This one goes out to George Zimmerman and all who felt justice was served...

July 06, 2013

NSA, DOMA’s Demise and Don Draper (HBCultureCast)

We have all sorts of stuff to discuss this week, and with Amy sidelined due...

July 06, 2013

Re-Imagining Patriotism

Following is an excerpt from a piece I wrote for Sojourners on patriotism. You can...

July 03, 2013

My Weirdest Interview Ever with Jim Wallis

We started a new summer social justice lecture series at our church in downtown Portland...

June 2013

June 27, 2013

Jay Bakker, Exodus International and Twitter Wars With Patton Oswalt

We don’t usually drink while recording the podcast since it’s usually morning. But this was...

June 20, 2013

Exodus International’s Alan Chambers: Bending History’s Arc

For more than a generation, the gay conversion organization known as Exodus International has been...

June 19, 2013

Non-Asian Asians, Barack’s Bobbles & the NSA (HBCultureCast)

This week, as the rest of the country swelters, the CultureCast crew complain about the...

June 13, 2013

Time to Admit It: We’re All Gay

I was disappointed, although not entirely surprised, when the Southern Baptist Convention resolved to withdraw...

June 12, 2013

Frank Schaeffer, Arrested Development & the Red Wedding (HBCultureCast)

This week we welcome the great Frank Schaeffer to discuss modern art, the fight against...

June 06, 2013

Convergence Christians, Gay Cakes and Dental Drama (CultureCast)

Okay, who spiked the CultureCast punch with Aderall? These guys are all over the map...

June 05, 2013

Game of Thrones, Evil, Suffering and the Gospel

Following is a clip of a few minutes from our Heretic's Guide LIVE CHAT today....

June 05, 2013

Stop Telling Me What is Anti-Christian

Anyone who listens to our Homebrewed Christianity CultureCast knows that we love Game of Thrones....

May 2013

May 31, 2013

Patheos CEO Leo Brunnick, Dental Drama & Playing Doctor (HBCultureCast)

This week we settle in with Patheos co-founder and CEO, Leo Brunnick to talk about...

May 25, 2013

Why I Am Actively Supporting the Boy Scouts

A kid no more than thirteen or so came to our door yesterday. We stood...

May 21, 2013

Christian Culture, Chuck Norris, Uppity Bakers & Evil Portland (HBCultureCast)

After a two-week recording hiatus, the gang is back together, and Amy starts everything off...

May 16, 2013

The Absurdity of Legislating Sexual Morality

I used to joke that there was a glaring, if not largely ignored, loophole in...

May 14, 2013

CultureCast: Game Church, Jason Collins & Amy on Driscoll

Our guest this week is Drew Dixon, the editor-in-chief of GameChurch.com. Drew talks to us...

May 11, 2013

A Case for the Magic Money Machine

I'm no economist, so I'm expecting that someone who understands global commerce better than I...

May 10, 2013

If Cheerleaders Don’t Convert You, Chuck Norris Will

You know, I always hedge when people ask me where I'm from, because the second...

May 07, 2013

Rights, Power, Sexuality and the Church

I found an interesting pair of articles on Huffington Post's religion page today. First, there...

May 06, 2013

Bitcoin: Satan’s Currency? Plus Doritos Tacos & Best Strip Club Review EVER (HBCultureCast)

Is Bitcoin the one-world currency mentioned in the Book of Revelation? Are vegan strip clubs...

April 2013

April 30, 2013

Mark Driscoll’s Oral Fixation

It's no headline-grabber when Mark Driscoll does something to annoy me. It's another thing entirely...

April 25, 2013

Radical Theology: The New “White” Religion?

I've experienced some strange extremes lately. First, I attended - and spoke at - the...

April 24, 2013

Jim Wallis Returns to the CultureCast

Not to get all braggy here, but this episode is pretty great. First, we have...

April 19, 2013

Talking to My Son About Boston

I woke up this morning, like everyone else, to the news of a shootout with...

April 16, 2013

Tony Jones, Subverting Norms and Stupid Preschool Moments (Homebrewed CultureCast)

To start things off, Amy has a lovely story in which she was humiliated by...

April 06, 2013

The Problem Isn’t God; It’s Certainty

Uncertainty about the existence of God is not the same thing as certainty about the...

April 04, 2013

Jimmy Carter vs. the SBC/Driscoll/Victoria’s Secret: A Sea Change?

Jimmy Carter offered an open letter a few years back (republished this week by Women's...

April 03, 2013

Does Postmodern Theology Risk Becoming What It “Hates?”

I've been getting ready to head out to speak at the Subverting the Norm conference...

April 02, 2013

Faith or Insanity? Homebrewed CultureCast w/ Psychologist Stephen Simpson

This week on the Homebrewed CultureCast, we welcomed Stephen Simpson, one of the heads of...