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2012-08-22T23:30:30+00:00

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SNAP / Food Stamp Challenge, Day 3: Slip-Ups

Last updated on: August 22, 2012 at 11:30 pm By Christian Piatt

“We should go to a restaurant tonight,” said my three-year-old daughter, Zoe, over breakfast today. “I can take some of my money and play some games.” “Sorry honey,” I said. “No restaurants this week.” “But why?” “Because,” Amy said, “we’re trying to learn something this week as a family, and that means spending less money on food. So we need to eat at home.” “But I want to go to a restaurant,” she blinked at us, incredulously. It was almost... Read more

Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program

2012-08-21T19:13:07+00:00

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SNAP / Food Stamp Challenge, Day 2: The Shelf

Last updated on: August 21, 2012 at 7:13 pm By Christian Piatt

I’m not making friends among my family members with this challenge. Because it was my idea to do this for a week (living on the equivalent budget of food stamps for seven days), everyone ends up coming to me to “check on the rules.” basically, this means they ask me about ways they might work around the limitations of the challenge, and then get mad at me when I don’t give them a way out. Yesterday ended up being a... Read more

Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program

2012-08-20T18:20:46+00:00

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SNAP/ Food Stamp Challenge, Day 1: Broke vs. Poor

Last updated on: August 20, 2012 at 6:20 pm By Christian Piatt

“So what are food stamps anyway?” my eight-year-old son, Mattias, asked as I drove him to his summer camp this morning. “Are they, like, stamps that you eat that taste like different foods?” “Not exactly,” I said. My family was less than thrilled when I presented the idea of living on the equivalent of what a family of four would receive on food stamps for a week. Actually, the program is now called “SNAP,” which stands for “Supplemental Nutrition Assistance... Read more

Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program

2012-08-19T14:52:15+00:00

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Church Sign Epic Fails, Volume 27

Last updated on: August 19, 2012 at 2:52 pm By Christian Piatt

This week, we have a healthy mix of the good, bad and…well, badder. Buckle up, raise and lock your tray tables and hang on! Church Sign Epic Fails: Faith vs Reason Throwdown Church Sign Epic Fails, Volume 25 Church Sign Epic Fails, Vol XXIV Church Sign Epic Fails, Christian T-Shirt Edition Church Sign Epic Fails: “Festival of Tolerance” Edition Church Sign Epic Fails, Volume XXI Church Sign Epic Fails, Volume Twenty Church Sign Epic Fails, Volume Nineteen Church Sign Epic... Read more

2012-08-18T16:28:36+00:00

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Punk Protesters Sentenced to Two Years in Russian Jail

Last updated on: August 18, 2012 at 4:28 pm By Christian Piatt

An update from CNN on the previous story about the Russian punk trio standing trial for protesting against President Putin in a Russin Orthodox church: Three members of Russian female punk rock band P—- Riot were sentenced to two years in prison Friday after they were found guilty of hooliganism for performing a song critical of President Vladimir Putin in a church. The five months they have spent in detention since their arrests in March count toward the sentence, Judge... Read more

2012-08-16T19:51:32+00:00

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Russian Band’s Punk Protest Prayer: Prophecy or Blasphemy?

Last updated on: August 16, 2012 at 7:51 pm By Christian Piatt

Sometimes a story comes along to intriguing yet so provocative that even I get a little nervous writing about it. But the recent story, offered by Huffington Post’s Senior Religion Editor Paul Raushenbush, was too intriguing not to talk about. First, there’s the matter of the Band’s name, which I’ve deemed is simply too inflammatory to post here. They use a slang term for female genitalia which usually is meant to denigrate both men and women in the ways it’s... Read more

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2012-08-15T17:39:23+00:00

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Resources for SNAP Food Stamp Challenge

Last updated on: August 15, 2012 at 5:39 pm By Christian Piatt

After putting out there that we’re going to do the SNAP Challenge August 20-26th (living on the budgeted equivalent of food stamps for a week for meals), some folks came forward with some really helpful resources. Even if you’re not on public assistance and not planning to take part in the challenge, these are useful tools to help anyone on a budget plan for some good, nutritious meals. Here’s a video clip on meal prep with only food bought on... Read more

2012-08-14T21:16:56+00:00

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Planning for Poverty: The SNAP Challenge

Last updated on: August 14, 2012 at 9:16 pm By Christian Piatt

I’ve said before that privilege often is invisible until you don’t have it. So in that light, I’m doing a little experiment in a few days with our family, and I encourage you to join in. A lot of us never know what it’s like to try and live below the poverty line, and I tend to think the statements we hear about the poor that lack sensitivity for their situation point to this. It’s easy to say things like,... Read more

Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program

2012-08-14T19:08:19+00:00

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Homebrewed Culture, Ep. #2: Billy Graham, Craig Detweiler, Church Signs

Last updated on: August 14, 2012 at 7:08 pm By Christian Piatt

Happy to say we got a second episode up and running without getting cancelled. I think that’s quite an accomplishment, considering Jordan Green and I are at the helm. In this week’s Homebrewed Culture podcast, we talk with author and professor Craig Detweiler, whose upcoming book, Don’t Stop Believin,’ looks at media icons of the past few decades in the context of the intersection of faith and pop culture. We learn why Quentin Tarantino and Salman Rushdie made the list,... Read more

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2012-08-13T18:28:56+00:00

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My Visit with Eric Elnes on Darkwood Brew

Last updated on: August 13, 2012 at 6:28 pm By Christian Piatt

I really enjoyed getting to take part in the worldwide Darkwood Brew worship service yesterday with author and pastor Eric Elnes. We talked about my personal faith experience, Banned Questions About Jesus and the Bible.Aside from our chat, it’s a really cool way to see yet another expression of religious community. Check out the episode below: Read more

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