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January 2014

January 30, 2014

Christianity 21: Cultivating a More Generous Christian Conversation

Doug Pagitt and Tony Jones have been at this whole church leadership thing for a...

January 21, 2014

In the Beginning (A Theopoetic)

Recently, I presented this piece at the Christianity 21 Conference in Denver, and then at...

January 06, 2014

Advance Copies! Author Web Events! Extraneous Exclamation Points!!!

With 47 short hours to go, we have just over $300 left to reach our...

January 05, 2014

Church Sign Epic Fails, “Mastur-abater” Edition

So I thought if you masturbate, you'd grow hair on your palms. Turns out your...

December 2013

December 27, 2013

Three Paths to Take Here (and two of them are really dumb)

CHECK OUT THE KICKSTARTER PROJECT HERE So, I'm sitting in my dining room, sipping my...

December 16, 2013

You Are Included! (Heretic’s Guide)

Following is taken from the weekly Heretic's Guide to the Bible lectionary study. Special thanks...

December 16, 2013

Day Two of My Jesus Project: Are We Done Yet?

First, the good news: After four months of preparation, I have officially started my year-long...

December 10, 2013

Roger Olson’s Not a Process Theologian (But He Should Be)

(Offered by guest Blogger Philip Clayton, Ingraham Professor of Theology at Claremont School of Theology. Clayton...

December 09, 2013

BLOOD DOCTRINE: My Crowd-Funded Novel Project

I'm very excited to announce my first-ever crowd-funded book project. It's for my first novel,...

December 01, 2013

Church Sign Epic Fails, “Grandpa Ape” Edition

In honor of World AIDS Day, we have a particularly gay array of signage today....

November 2013

November 22, 2013

Banned Questions About Christians: The Contributors

I am excited about, and very proud of, the coming release of the third book...

November 20, 2013

It’s Not What it Looks Like!

(Special thanks to my wife, Rev. Amy Piatt, for her collaboration on this entry with...

November 19, 2013

Banned Questions About Christians: The Questions

I'm excited to announce that my next book in the Banned Questions book series, "Banned Questions About...

November 17, 2013

Church Sign Epic Fails, “Too Long to Be Wrong” Edition

Once upon a time there was a Christian who thought he was wrong about something,...

November 12, 2013

CANA Initiative: A New “Network of Networks” (Philip Clayton)

I'm very pleased to introduce Philip Clayton, an associate of mine who will be offering...

November 11, 2013

It’s Not As Bad (or Good) As You Think

The following is excerpted from my weekly Heretic's Guide to the Bible study. To read...

November 10, 2013

Church Sign Epic Fails, “Morally Bankrupt” Edition

I was worried about building up interest on my sin account, then I checked the...

November 01, 2013

Banned Questions VIDEO Series

I've been working with videographer Gregg Brekke on a series of videos related to the...

October 2013

October 29, 2013

Show Your Cheeks for Jesus!

This is excerpted from the larger weekly Heretic's Guide to the Bible Study. To read...

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 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 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 07, 2013

Beer and Hymns: The Video

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

October 06, 2013

Church Sign Epic Fails, “Devil’s Done Got You” Edition

If God had had a mullet, I'm pretty sure it would look kinda like that...

October 04, 2013

Survey: 25 Books Every Christian Should Read

Which books (aside from the Bible) should every Christian read? Don't have to be explicitly...

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 29, 2013

Church Sign Epic Fails, “God’s Flatulence” Edition

I was watching the game with God, and he says, "Dude, pull my finger." Umm,...

September 22, 2013

Church Sign Epic Fails, “When Satan Attacks” Edition

I was minding my own business, playing some Madden 2013, when Satan was all, like,...