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November 2011

November 11, 2011

Emmett Till to Herman Cain: Strange Progress?

In August, 1955, 14-year-old Emmett Till, and African-American, was killed for reportedly flirting with a...

October 2011

October 11, 2011

Anwar Al-Awlaki: Eye For an Eye, Or a Third Way?

(Originally published in the Huffington Post) I've been reflecting on the recent killing of Anwar...

October 10, 2011

From Prosperity Gospel to Disparity Gospel?

I'm not going to spend too much time or energy expressing my disdain for Prosperity...

September 2011

September 22, 2011

Grace in the Face of Violence

Two recent stories struck an emotional chord with me that I'm still trying to sort...

September 15, 2011

System Failure: Reflections on “Raised Right”

There are plenty of criticisms offered against today’s American youth and young adults. And despite...

September 09, 2011

Is Postmodern Christianity Dead?

Some people find great pleasure in being the first to claim the death of the...

September 06, 2011

System Failure: Reflections on RAISED RIGHT

System Failure By Christian Piatt There are plenty of criticisms offered against today’s American youth...

August 2011

August 24, 2011

Meeting Jesus’ Doppelganger

Hollywood has done a lot to tarnish the reputation of Jews in popular culture when...

August 06, 2011

An anti-emergent manifesto & my response

In my previous blog post, I laid out Kevin DeYoung's (co-author of Why We’re Not...

August 06, 2011

You might be emergent if…

If there's one thing emergent Christians can't stand, it's being categorized, or worse, stereotyped. It...

July 2011

July 23, 2011

Un-American in the name of Jesus?

Un-American in the name of Jesus? By Christian Piatt (Originally printed in PULP) I used...

June 2011

June 06, 2011

Can Christians Ever Cheer for Death?

Can people of faith cheer for death? Smells Like Sprit By Christian Piatt (Originally published...

May 2011

May 13, 2011

Freedom not to be free?

Freedom not to be free? By Christian Piatt (Originally published in PULP) We’ve all watched...

April 2011

April 11, 2011

Pueblo Going Nuclear? (NewSpin)

Newspin Pueblo Going Nuclear? (Originally printed in PULP) Everyone’s aglow about the prospect of nuclear...

March 2011

March 09, 2011

My radio interview: Why alternative media matters

This is a recording of an radio show I did on KCSJ 590 AM with...

January 2011

January 12, 2011

Review of SPLIT TICKET book in Sojourners Magazine

You can check out the article online and more about this great magazine at www.sojo.net...

December 2010

December 10, 2010

Why the Ground Zero Mosque should be built

A surprising contingency of people seems to have their knickers in a knot about the...

December 06, 2010

House of the Rising Stench | P.U.L.P: Pueblo Colorado

NewSpin: House of the Rising Stench Written by Christian Piatt December 2010 There's a home...

November 2010

November 20, 2010

Why Colbert and Stewart matter to politics

Newspin By Christian Piatt (Originally published in PULP) By the time this goes to press,...

November 03, 2010

NEW PODCAST: Privilege, Power, Politics and Peace

The following is an edited-down version of the keynote lecture I gave to the Young...

September 2010

September 27, 2010

Questioning the sanity of a two-party system

In an era with more information coming at each of us in a month than...

September 18, 2010

NewSpin: Noise Pollution, Tax Solutions and a New Infusion

NewSpin Noise Pollution, Tax Solutions and a New Infusion By Christian Piatt (Originally published in...

September 15, 2010

Doing Nothing Does Something

I picked up a book recently by Walter Wink, one of my preferred theologians when...

July 2010

July 29, 2010

Publisher’s Weekly review of SPLIT TICKET

Very pleased to find a strong review in Publisher's weekly for our new book, SPLIT...

July 19, 2010

Vehicular Manslaughter=$100 traffic ticket: Follow-up story

A couple of months ago I wrote about an investigation I’d done on a case...

July 08, 2010

SPLIT TICKET – 30% discount on advance orders from publisher

Chalice Press is currently offering a 30% discount on advance orders of "Split Ticket: Independent...

June 2010

June 26, 2010

Chieftain article about my books with Chalice Press

WHERE'S THE FAITH ? New series of books tackles questions, issues that challenge young Christians...

June 15, 2010

Cesar Chavez: Pueblo Charter School on the cliff?

In a recent press release from the Colorado Department of Education’s communications office, Commissioner of...

June 14, 2010

NEW VIDEO: “SPLIT TICKET,” new “WTF?” book on Faith & Politics

May 2010

May 07, 2010

Vehicular Manslaughter = $100 traffic ticket (NewSpin)

Last September 30, Betty Joyce Kuykendall, 62-year-old Pueblo resident ran a stop sign on Tejon...