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October 2013

October 17, 2013

The “Those Christians” Test

No, this isn't a test to see if you're me. And it's not even a...

October 16, 2013

Be Annoying for God

This is part of a weekly bible study called Heretic's Guide to the Bible. To...

October 15, 2013

25 Books Every Christian Should Read (Readers’ Results)

I invited my readers to contribute to a list of books they felt every Christian...

October 12, 2013

Church Sign Epic Fails, “Scumbags Welcome” Edition

I was once told I was an abomination, but I totally misunderstood. I thought that...

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 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 02, 2013

Replacing Faith with Curiosity

Every day, my previously stable faith is replaced with a little more hungry curiosity. I...

September 2013

September 30, 2013

When Ministers Get Honest About Doubt

Following is excerpted from my larger weekly Bible Study, called Heretic's Guide to the Bible....

September 23, 2013

Rich People Suck (Heretic’s Guide Reflection for 9/29/13)

This is part of the weekly Heretic's Guide to the Bible study series. To read...

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 19, 2013

Five Things that are Holding Christianity Back

I'm often asked about what trends I see within Christianity, both good and bad. So...

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 17, 2013

Talking Sex with a Married Catholic Priest

It’s not every day you meet a practicing priest in the Catholic Church who is...

September 17, 2013

Mutual Interest is Self-Interest (Reflection on the Parable of the Money Manager – Luke 14)

Following is a reflection that is part of my larger weekly Heretic's Guide to the...

September 13, 2013

A Secularist’s Affirming Take on Evangelicals

Tom Krattenmaker has lived on the margins of religious culture much of his life, and...

September 12, 2013

Those People

Following is taken from my Heretic's Guide to the Bible weekly lectionary study. To learn...

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 04, 2013

Green Sticks and Broken Bones

Following is a reflection from my weekly Heretic's Guide to the Bible lectionary study. For...

August 2013

August 31, 2013

Ten Things Christians Should Say More Often

I had a series a while back about the Christian Cliches that we should drop...

August 30, 2013

Mackelemore: Same Love

For the two and a half people in the world who have yet to see...

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 28, 2013

25 More Christian Blogs You Should Be Reading (Editor’s Picks, 2013)

I've agonized quite a bit while assembling this list. As is the case with anything...

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 27, 2013

I’m Awesomely Humble!

This reflection is part of a larger weekly lectionary study, called Heretic's Guide to the...

August 21, 2013

Which Christian Blogs are You Reading? (Nominate/Vote)

VOTING IS CLOSED. THANK YOU TO THE MORE THAN 30,000 READERS WHO CONTRIBUTED TO THIS...

August 20, 2013

Church Sign Epic Fails, Jesus vs Religion (Pt 2 of 2)

It was sooo cool. Jesus got all up in religion's grill and was, like, "You...me...octagon."...

August 19, 2013

From a Restless Hypocrite: No Rest for the Wicked

The following is excerpted from the larger weekly "Heretic's Guide to the Bible" lectionary study....

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 15, 2013

Jay Bakker and Christian Piatt: The Interview

Dig the video version of our chat. We talk about Exodus International, LGBTQ equality, radical...