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January 2014

January 15, 2014

Phyllis Tickle and Nadia Bolz-Weber Switch Bodies!!!

This photo went viral last week: Here's a photo essay by Courtney Perry about how...

January 14, 2014

Ordain Thyself Released for iOS7!

After a lot of hard work by our developer, we have relaunched the Ordain Thyself...

December 2013

December 19, 2013

See Jay Bakker Channel Jim Bakker

Also, bloopers from Phyllis Tickle, Eric Elnes, José Morales, Will Willimon, Nadia Bolz-Weber, and Rachel...

November 2013

November 02, 2013

Touchy Christians Get the Cruci-Flex Blocked

The comic above got Rob DenBlyker banned from Facebook for a time. After it...

August 2013

August 24, 2013

The Worst Creationism Museum EVER (yes, that’s redundant)

Vice blogger Jamie Taete, usually more known for raunchy stories about things like Corey Feldman's...

August 22, 2013

Bad Idea at Oral Roberts University

So, it seems that in their exuberance about America, the brainiacs at ORU decided to...

August 14, 2013

Mating Habits of the North American Hipster [VIDEO]

This poem, by Neil Hilborn, was the only poem to ear a perfect score at...

April 2013

April 30, 2013

How Much Do I Love Greg Boyd?

As much as you will after watching this: HT: Keith DeRose

March 2013

March 23, 2013

Brian McLaren Bloopers [VIDEO]

Check out the blooper reel from Animate.Faith, featuring Brian McLaren, Shane Hipps, Lauren Winner, Lillian...

February 2013

February 16, 2013

Labs Get No Love at Westminster

The only dog I've ever owned is a Lab, and the only dog I'll ever...

January 2013

January 22, 2013

Irony Noted

Here's the sign outside of the room in which I lectured last night: Comments welcome...

October 2012

October 31, 2012

What Would Peter Rollins Say? [Caption Contest]

Tonight, the esteemed philosopher-theologian Peter Rollins will be at our house, and he'll be answering...

October 22, 2012

Write a Limerick for a Chance to Win Rachel Held Evans’s Book

There once was a lady from Dayton Her hair did grow long, though not straightened,...

October 18, 2012

Awesome Limericks = Free Books

Last week, I ran a contest whereby readers could submit limericks about Christian social justice...

October 10, 2012

Bad Lip Reading…For Hymns

If you've not been following Bad Lip Reading on YouTube, you should. Here, for instance,...

September 2012

September 04, 2012

No More Prayers on EBay

This was in the paper when I was gone:

July 2012

July 23, 2012

What Every Kitchen Needs

The GRILLED CHEESUS™ is an electronic sandwich press that toasts the face of Jesus onto...

July 12, 2012

The Anniversary of Disco Demolition Night

On this day in 1979, the fiasco known as Disco Demolition Night took place between...

July 02, 2012

Overzealous Tambourine Player Tazed at Church

Luckily, the NewsChannel 4 Reporter shakes a tambourine in the story, just in case you...

June 2012

June 26, 2012

Ordain Thyself Website Is Live

If you haven't checked out the iPhone app that I dreamed up, I urge you...

June 06, 2012

Ordain Thyself Makes the Paper

The app I dreamed up -- Ordain Thyself -- made the Minneapolis newspaper today. You...

May 2012

May 04, 2012

Your Dog Has a Message for You

If you're not following Text from Dog, you're missing out. It seems there's a dog...

February 2012

February 29, 2012

Get Insulted by Martin Luther

You've gotta click on this site:

January 2012

January 13, 2012

Christian Nightmares’ 15 Worst Videos of 2011

I visit Christian Nightmares a lot. It's like picking a scab. It hurts, but I...

January 06, 2012

File-Sharing Is Now a Religion

Sweden has granted The Church of Kopism, a religion based on file-sharing, official status. Does...

December 2011

December 22, 2011

What To Get Your Pastor’s Wife for Christmas

Don't know what to get your pastor's wife for Christmas? Well, I'm here to help!...

December 09, 2011

Did You Hear What Happened to the Guy Who Farted in Church?

He sat in his own pew! How about the guy who streaked in church, did...

November 2011

November 26, 2011

Look Who’s a Methodist Poster Child!

Here's the current homepage at UMC.org: I'm ready for my close-up, Mr. DeMille: I have...

October 2011

October 13, 2011

A Confession: I May Be a Neo-Hipster

Busted by a colleague, Bethany Stolle, I was sent an article from McSweeney's, excerpted below....

October 08, 2011

Beard-on-Beard Violence

I'm currently growing out my beard, in a Minnesota-lumberjack-Bon-Iver kind of way. So you can...