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2012-01-12T16:52:59+00:00

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Is George Lucas Revealing Hollywood’s Systemic Racism?

Last updated on: January 12, 2012 at 4:52 pm By Christian Piatt

I was a Star Wars kid. I was almost six years old when the first movie hit theaters and it blew my mind, as it did the minds of all my friends. We all wanted to grow up either to be Darth Vader or Obiwan Kenobi, depending on your particular bent. Not for nothing, but I did tear up when Vader finally died. Kenobi just wasn’t as cool. The Star Wars saga helped define pop culture in many ways throughout... Read more

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2012-01-11T18:33:37+00:00

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Sex Experiments for Jesus?

Last updated on: January 11, 2012 at 6:33 pm By Christian Piatt

Having grown up in the Dallas.Fort Worth area, I’m quite familiar with the Grapevine, Texas megachurch known as Fellowship Church. In fact, while my wife, Amy, was in seminary at TCU’s Brite Divinity School, we went to Grapevine to participate in one of their worship services. Suffice it to say it wasn’t exactly my cup of tea. For starters, the place is HUGE. It demands very little of those taking part in worship. In fact, it all feels more like... Read more

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2012-01-10T16:28:43+00:00

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None is Saved While One Still Suffers

Last updated on: January 10, 2012 at 4:28 pm By Christian Piatt

For some, the central message of Christianity is about personal salvation. What it is exactly that we need saving from is debatable, depending on who you ask: from the fires of hell; from ourselves, from an apocalyptic end to the world as we know it. But I’ve been thinking about this quite a lot lately and I’m beginning to think that we’re going about the whole salvation thing the wrong way. The idea first arose when I was going over... Read more

2012-01-09T17:47:40+00:00

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I’m NOT writing about Tim Tebow

Last updated on: January 9, 2012 at 5:47 pm By Christian Piatt

I woke up thinking about what I was going to post today, and I told myself I was not going to go the obvious route as a Colorado resident and write about Tim Tebow. So here are some of the things I resolved not to write about. There’s not much more that can be said about the implications of Divine favoritism that haven’t already been said, except for the fact that Tebow himself doesn’t dare suggest that God is on... Read more

2012-01-07T17:32:29+00:00

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Can Mormonism Ever Go Mainstream?

Last updated on: January 7, 2012 at 5:32 pm By Christian Piatt

The Mormon faith has gotten more attention in the last couple of years than most could have anticipated. Aside from the ad campaign promoted by the Mormon Church to portray Mormons as everyday folks, other events have eclipsed this more calculated effort to mold public opinion. Trey Parker and Matt Stone, creators of Southpark, have penned a runaway Broadway hit called The Book of Mormon. Though highly irreverent, the message ultimately comes down to this: does it really matter if... Read more

2012-01-06T16:31:02+00:00

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Witnessing God in a Bloody Face

Last updated on: January 6, 2012 at 4:31 pm By Christian Piatt

When your three-year-old daughter walks into your room at 2:30 in the morning covered in blood, it’s pretty much enough to freak you out. Baby Zoe (I know she hardly qualifies as a baby at three, but that’s what she is, and always will be, to me) is my quiet, serene child. Anyone who has met our kids can readily tell you that we got one of each end of the intensity scale. Mattias, who is eight, is a whole... Read more

2012-01-05T17:17:08+00:00

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The Nerd Gospel

Last updated on: January 5, 2012 at 5:17 pm By Christian Piatt

I have a number of identifiers on my various venues I write for and on my email signature: heretic, antagonist, father, son, instigator, pop culture junkie, theologian, social media guru, and so on. But one seems to resonate with folks more than any other: GOD NERD For some it’s just a funny juxtaposition of words. For others, there is something deeply relate-able in the moniker. Incidentally, the simple fact that I use words like “moniker” make clear the fact that... Read more

2012-01-04T15:42:50+00:00

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Bad Lip Reading video featuring Herman Cain

Last updated on: January 4, 2012 at 3:42 pm By Christian Piatt

Compliments of www.badlipreading.com. Make sure you’re wearing a diaper before watching this, as you’re likely to pee yourself laughing. And before I get emails from GOP supporters, they also have one of Obama. Read more

2012-01-04T00:50:29+00:00

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Same Old Sh*t (part 2 of 2)

Last updated on: January 4, 2012 at 12:50 am By Christian Piatt

I posted part one yesterday of “Same Old Shit,” excerpted from my upcoming memoir, PregMANcy: A Dad, a Little Dude and a Due Date. Following is part two of this chapter, but in case you haven’t checked out the first half yet, read this first. “I have to wash my hands,” said Mattias. “They’re sticky from the banana.” “Fine, go wash them,” I said, glancing up over the top of my computer. “But I want to use the sink in... Read more

2012-01-02T17:18:54+00:00

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Same Old Sh*t (Part 1 of 2)

Last updated on: January 2, 2012 at 5:18 pm By Christian Piatt

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