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December 2017

December 19, 2017

More Than Jezebel (Third Week Advent Devotional)

Throughout Advent I will be posting sections from my weekly devotions in SURVIVING THE BIBLE:...

December 05, 2017

Look, Shiny! (First Week of Advent Study)

Throughout Advent I will be posting sections from my weekly devotions in SURVIVING THE BIBLE:...

December 04, 2017

Eating the Biblical Elephant

The following is excerpted from SURVIVING THE BIBLE by Christian Piatt. With the beginning of...

September 2017

September 21, 2017

Prophets, Priests, Heretics, Nones and Becoming Truly Human

About one in four Americans identify as a "None," which means, when asked about their...

May 2017

May 27, 2017

Making History With Bishop Karen Oliveto

Some people choose to break ground in their careers; others feel called to a ministry...

May 22, 2017

What to Do When Belief Dies

Being in congregational ministry means dealing in death. Actually, being alive means dealing with it....

February 2017

February 01, 2017

Heaven and Hell with Barry Taylor, James Younger

What do other religions say about heaven? How about hell? Do the similarities across so...

November 2016

November 10, 2016

Post-Election Hangover With Tripp and Christian

This is a post-election podcast. It is very fresh. Tripp Fuller (Host of the Homebrewed...

October 2016

October 26, 2016

Tom Krattenmaker, Secular Jesus Follower

Can you be a Christian and not believe in God? Tom Krattenmaker thinks so. We talk about his...

October 21, 2016

Crisis: Saving Only What Matters

My recent trip to the middle east - specifically the Kingdom of Jordan - was themed...

October 18, 2016

All Water is Holy: When I Visited the Site of Jesus’ Baptism

Following is part of a series of essays from my press tour to Jordan, sponsored...

October 17, 2016

Jake Morrill on the Future of Church

Slim Moon sits down with Jake Morrill, head of the Christian Universalist Church, for the...

October 09, 2016

Looking for Healing in the Jordanian Ruins (Strong in the Broken Places)

Following is from a press tour sponsored by the Jordan Tourism Board and through the...

August 2016

August 06, 2016

Jake Morrill on the Future of Church

Listen in as Slim breaks down with Jake Morrill, head of the Christian Universalists and...

July 2016

July 25, 2016

Take the Christian A-Holiness Test

Did you know that when you survey people - both Christians and non-Christians, theists and...

July 19, 2016

CultureCast LIVE at the Goose with Trey Pearson

For the first time, we did a live show out of town with the whole...

June 2016

June 22, 2016

Orlando, God and the Gay Christian (Matthew Vines)

In this special hour-long interview, I talk with Matthew Vines, author of "God and the...

June 15, 2016

Sweaty Faces, Parent Shame, Prez Hillary & Rising Above It

CultureCast alert: turns out Slim has a sweaty face. But we love him anyway. This...

May 2016

May 27, 2016

Prince’s Art Director, Webmaster and Historian, Sam Jennings

Prince was shrouded so much in mystery and mystique that it's hard to know what...

May 13, 2016

Writer/Director Rodrigo Garcia on His New Film, “Last Days in the Desert”

In this Homebrewed CultureCast Minisode, I interview Rodrigo Garcia about his latest film, "Last Days...

April 2016

April 22, 2016

Story of God with Morgan Freeman, Prince & Chimp Religion

I got to chat with the producer of National Geographic Channel's "Story of God with...

April 08, 2016

Tripp Fuller Hatching Awesome Jesuses. Jesii? Jesusii?

Tripp Fuller, the "Podfather" of the Homebrewed podcast network, is a busy little bee. When he's...

March 2016

March 25, 2016

Trump v Anonymous and Killing Jesus (Again)

Happy Good Friday! Umm, I mean…. Of course the day marking Jesus’ crucifixion ain’t exactly...

March 24, 2016

Send Jesus to Guantanamo

A foreign-born radical of questionable parentage and part of the religious tribe living under occupied...

March 22, 2016

Why So Many Christians Skip Holy Week

I drove by a church last week, a few days before Palm Sunday, and read...

January 2016

January 27, 2016

The Burns, Oregon Occupation with Public Radio’s John Sepulvado

After the tragic death of one of the occupiers at the nature preserve in Burns,...

January 11, 2016

Was the Tree of Knowledge the First Baptism?

Author and Theologian Leonard Sweet says that everything in the bible ultimately points back to...

December 2015

December 23, 2015

Cyber Ethics, Star Wars-ing and the Trump Factor

I know, I know. Cyber-ethics may not sound that riveting on first blush, but from...

December 17, 2015

No More “Far Away” and Belly Button Death

This is a different Homebrewed CultureCast show this week. First of all, apologies for the...

December 09, 2015

Daddy, What Does a Dead Body Look Like?

We got the call Thursday night and were on a plane from Portland to New...