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2013-09-17T21:41:55+00:00

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postChristian: What’s Left? Can We Fix It? Do We Care?

Last updated on: September 17, 2013 at 9:41 pm By Christian Piatt

Excited to share the cover of my upcoming book with Jericho Books, called postChristian: What’s Left? Can We Fix It? Do We Care?. The book comes out in hardback August 2014, and following is the working blurb from the Jericho site: Christian Piatt had a Bible (literally) thrown at him when he was kicked out of his youth group for asking too many questions about God, about Jesus, and about the Christian faith that he would end up running from... Read more

2013-09-17T18:09:19+00:00

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Talking Sex with a Married Catholic Priest

Last updated on: September 17, 2013 at 6:09 pm By Christian Piatt

It’s not every day you meet a practicing priest in the Catholic Church who is married, so when I got in touch with Fr. Dwight Longenecker (a man who meets the above criteria), I took the opportunity to get his take on sex, marriage, celibacy, and how the Church can, should, and already is dealing with sex differently, both within clergy circles and beyond them. Dwight Longenecker was brought up in an evangelical home and graduated from the stridently anti-Catholic... Read more

2013-09-17T16:07:22+00:00

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

Last updated on: September 17, 2013 at 4:07 pm By Christian Piatt

Following is a reflection that is part of my larger weekly Heretic’s Guide to the Bible study. This week’s Gospel text is from Luke 14, in which Jesus tells a perplexing story about what seems to be a self-serving money manager who is getting fired by his master. To read more, or to take part in the discussion, CLICK HERE, or on the banners above or below. I offer workshops around the country from time to time about realizing greater... Read more

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2013-09-16T17:45:51+00:00

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10 Myths About the Food Stamp Program (Which Congress is Trying to Gut)

Last updated on: September 16, 2013 at 5:45 pm By Christian Piatt

About a year ago, I wrote about my family participating in the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) Challenge, which encourages families to try to live on the equivalent of SNAP assistance (food stamps) for one week. It was a growing experience for all of us, and we actually fell short of our intended goal. It turns out that it’s not easy to feed a family of four well — especially without great time and effort — on less than $20 a day. In... Read more

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2013-09-15T16:25:17+00:00

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Church Sign Epic Fails, “God Hates the Jets” Edition

Last updated on: September 15, 2013 at 4:25 pm By Christian Piatt

One time, I let God partner with me on my fantasy team, but he went and drafted, like, six kickers. Major fantasy fail, God. Read more

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2013-09-13T18:00:16+00:00

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A Secularist’s Affirming Take on Evangelicals

Last updated on: September 13, 2013 at 6:00 pm By Christian Piatt

Tom Krattenmaker has lived on the margins of religious culture much of his life, and now he finds himself in the center of the evangelical Christian conversation. Tom is taking part in our Author Meet & Greet series at First Christian Church, Portland on September 25th at 6PM (a free event), so I put a handful of questions to him about how he got into such an unlikely line of work. You describe yourself as a “secular-ish progressive” who seems... Read more

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2013-09-12T16:36:59+00:00

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Those People

Last updated on: September 12, 2013 at 4:36 pm By Christian Piatt

Following is taken from my Heretic’s Guide to the Bible weekly lectionary study. To learn more, or to become part of the Heretic’s Guide Community, CLICK HERE, or on the banners above or below this post. While Amy was in seminary, she and I worked together at a small church in Fort Worth. The church could not afford a full youth program by itself, and had no room in the small building where we worshiped. So, we ended up partnering... Read more

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2013-09-12T13:58:23+00:00

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Tony Kriz, Killer Bees and Women in Prison (CultureCast)

Last updated on: September 12, 2013 at 1:58 pm By Christian Piatt

This week, Christian sits down with Tony Kriz (AKA, Tony the Beat Poet from Blue Like Jazz) to talk about his new book, Neighbors and Wise Men. They also break down a brief history of the Acts 29 network, and Tony Explains how and when Mark Driscoll’s Mars Hill and Imago Dei went in very different directions. Tony also talks about what it’s like to live in intentional community, doing ministry without a church and why some of his most... Read more

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2013-09-11T00:33:08+00:00

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The Pastor vs the Killer Bees

Last updated on: September 11, 2013 at 12:33 am By Christian Piatt

My wife Rev. Amy, decided she was going to become an bee assassin. Her outfit was, um…unique and pretty stinkin’ elaborate. Did she win, or did the bees prevail? You decide… Read more

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2013-09-07T20:56:03+00:00

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Church Sign Epic Fails, “Sleep With Your Mother” Edition

Last updated on: September 7, 2013 at 8:56 pm By Christian Piatt

Know what’s awesome? Not sleeping with your mom, that’s what. Read more

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