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March 2015

March 30, 2015

Fifty Shades of God: Does Easter Week Affirm Our Violent Desires?

(Join Christian in his year-long quest to better understand what we mean when we claim...

February 2015

February 03, 2015

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...

June 2014

June 18, 2014

Five Reasons Churches Need to “Come Out” on LGBTQ Rights

Our entire family, including my wife, Rev. Amy Piatt, and my two kids, took part...

April 2013

April 28, 2013

Church Sign Epic Fails, “In-Your-End-O” Edition

Sometimes words fail. Especially on church signs!

April 14, 2013

Church Sign Epic Fails, “Tax Free” Edition

I actually kinda like tax day. It's the one time of year when choosing writing...

April 03, 2013

Does Postmodern Theology Risk Becoming What It “Hates?”

I've been getting ready to head out to speak at the Subverting the Norm conference...

March 2013

March 17, 2013

Church Sign Epic Fails, “Big Bone” Edition

This week, we're celebrating the time-honored tradition of accidental (we hope) innuendo. Kinda like the...

March 08, 2013

My Son, The Holy Heretic

I’m taking an early Spring Break this week and will be running a guest blogger...

February 2013

February 24, 2013

Church Sign Epic Fails, “Surgically Altered” Edition

There are only two things I can't stand: people who are intolerant of other cultures,...

February 17, 2013

Church Sign Epic Fails, “Show Me the Money” Edition

I got a visit from my pastor recently asking me to give more. Then it...

February 10, 2013

Church Sign Epic Fails, “Apocalypse Now” Edition

I've heard Christians talk about "end times" my whole life, but it hasn't happened yet....

October 2012

October 07, 2012

Church Sign Epic Fails, Birthday Edition

So yeah, it's my birthday, and that really doesn't have anything to do with church...

September 2012

September 02, 2012

Church Sign Epic Location Fails (Vol. 29)

This week we're featuring a handful of victims of geographic circumstance. Some churches are established...

July 2012

July 29, 2012

Church Sign Epic Fails, Vol XXIV

For all you Arabic number snobs, that's volume 24 of your favorite cringeworthy church signs....

March 2012

March 15, 2012

February 2012

February 15, 2012

Hottest Topics of the Past Month

I decided it was kind of fun to go back and see what folks are...

February 09, 2012

Komen, Planned Parenthood and the Abortion Debate’s False Dichotomy

The news of the Susan G. Komen Foundation pulling their funding for Planned Parenthood facilities...

February 07, 2012

Mark Driscoll’s Mars Hill: A Case for Accountability

I wrote a piece recently about Mark Driscoll, his Mars Hill Church in Seattle, and...

January 2012

January 31, 2012

On Asperger Syndrome and Broken Hearts

Our son, Mattias, is eight years old. Everyone thinks their kid is special, and in...

January 27, 2012

Mark Driscoll: Sadist Pastor on the (Mars) Hill

I grew up in the Baptist Church as many of you already know. While there...

January 25, 2012

We Need More Cannibals

Today's article is the third in a series I'm creating this week on inspired vision....

January 14, 2012

From Sex to Satan, Some Churches Will Try Anything

I wrote a piece earlier this week about Pastor Ed Young and his wife doing...

January 11, 2012

Sex Experiments for Jesus?

Having grown up in the Dallas.Fort Worth area, I'm quite familiar with the Grapevine, Texas...

January 07, 2012

Can Mormonism Ever Go Mainstream?

The Mormon faith has gotten more attention in the last couple of years than most...

January 05, 2012

The Nerd Gospel

I have a number of identifiers on my various venues I write for and on...

December 2011

December 20, 2011

Who’s Your Daddy? (Excerpted from PregMANcy)

With less than two months until PregMANcy, my memoir on family, faith and fatherhood hits,...