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April 2017

April 24, 2017

GENIUS’ Young Einstein, Johnny Flynn

He’s been a halfwit brother co-parenting his mute younger sibling (Comedy Central’s BROTHERHOOD) to a...

April 20, 2017

Director, Animator, Author Kelly Asbury

Animated feature films have been around since “Snow White,” but they’ve changed dramatically. How do...

March 2017

March 01, 2017

Movies, Meaning and the Oscars with Gareth Higgins

Films move our culture in profound ways, but how? Did Hollywood, and particularly, the Oscars,...

February 2016

February 23, 2016

Talking Sex with Invisibilia’s Hanna Rosin

I've wanted to interview Hanna Rosin, host of NPR's Invisibilia Podcast, contributor to/former editor of The...

February 12, 2016

THE FINEST HOURS’ Producer Jim Whitaker, Star Wars Fails & Political Geekery

When the cohosts are away, Christian will play. Slim and Amy were out this week,...

November 2015

November 21, 2015

Growing the Awesome Together

When Tripp Fuller, founder and host of the Homebrewed Christianity podcast and network, and I...

October 2015

October 29, 2015

Why “Not That Kind of Christian”? (Final Day)

My latest book project, "Not That Kind of Christian: Loving God Without Being an A**hole,"...

October 27, 2015

Loving God Without Being an A**hole

I took some time with Aric Clark to talk about my newest book project, "Not That Kind...

October 05, 2015

An Opportunity for Grace in the Face of Hateful Protest

There's little in this world that gets me going more aggressively and quickly in life...

October 01, 2015

Worst. Interview. Ever.

So I did this interview for "Not That Kind of Christian," the new book I'm...

September 2015

September 09, 2015

Why I Got Kicked Out of Church

When I was seventeen, my youth minister threw a Bible at me. Not long after...

August 2015

August 26, 2015

Sex, Satire and Subversion

Screw rhyming titles this week; we're going full-on alliteration! That's how nerdy we are (mic...

June 2015

June 01, 2015

Meet Caitlyn (formerly Bruce) Jenner

It didn't take long for Bruce Jenner to come out publicly with his gender transformation...

May 2015

May 05, 2015

THE SHACK: How a Christmas Gift Turned Into a 20-Million-Book Bestseller

See Wm. Paul Young, author of "The Shack" live in Seattle and Portland May 16th...

April 2015

April 11, 2015

THE SHACK’s Wm. Paul Young: Where’s God When…

Where's God in the midst of loss and suffering? How do we find hope and...

January 2015

January 09, 2015

Charlie Hebdo: Comedy as an Act of Courage

I love Jon Stewart. I mean, like "maybe jump the fence" love him. His presence...

January 06, 2015

Ryan Bell: Adventist to Atheist…Really?

Seventh Day Adventist pastor Ryan Bell spent a year intentionally living as an atheist and...

December 2014

December 30, 2014

25 Christian Blogs You Should Be Reading (2014 Readers’ Choice)

Welcome to the annual "Blogs you should be reading" blog! If your New Year's resolution...

October 2014

October 20, 2014

Los Angeles Has Been postChristian-ized

It's official: the postChristian tour has left it's mark on the City of Angels. We...

October 13, 2014

How Others View Christianity (#postChristian book tour trailer)

Here's a video Gregg Brekke (SixView Studios) and I put together for the postChristian book...

September 2014

September 06, 2014

Reconcile: An Interview with John Paul Lederach

I’ve had the chance to speak with author and international peace activist John Paul Lederach...

April 2014

April 28, 2014

Church Sues State for Marriage Equality

Never before has a major Christian denomination sued state government in the United States over...

April 17, 2014

Blood Doctrine: Prologue

A video reading of the prologue from BLOOD DOCTRINE, my debut novel, coming out May...

April 15, 2014

How Do I Get My Book Published?

There's self-publishing, and there are the big, traditional publishing houses. But what about a third...

February 2014

February 10, 2014

Will Corporate America Normalize Gay Marriage?

There was quite a fuss about Coca Cola airing a commercial during the Super Bowl...

January 2014

January 29, 2014

Why the Grammys’ “Macklemore Weddings” Were a Good Thing

Lots of folks have been chattering about the mass wedding that took place in the...

December 2013

December 25, 2013

Blood Doctrine Gets Childish (Video)

My kids put me through the wringer for asking people to support my novel, BLOOD...

December 21, 2013

My One (and Only) Duck Dynasty Post

I've never watched "Duck Dynasty." I didn't even know Phil Robertson's name until the whole...

December 18, 2013

Five Ways to De-Commercialize Christmas

We've created a Christmas monster: a grotesque assemblage of pagan, Christian and capitalist symbolism into...

December 16, 2013

Beer and Hymns Invades the Local News

Here's a video and a short story on our most recent Beer and Hymns event...