Christian Piatt

Animate.Faith: A Review

damienstribe@yahoo.com (Christian Piatt) — Fri, 24 May 2013 19:13:49 +0000

(Following is a guest post by Andy Campbell, blogger at The Crooked Mouth and professor at George Fox Evangelical Seminary.) When I worked as a college minister, and later a pastor for small groups at a large suburban church, I slogged through my fair share of DVD-based group curricula. Some were good, most were not. They [...]

Bananas: The Atheist’s Nightmare

damienstribe@yahoo.com (Christian Piatt) — Thu, 23 May 2013 23:52:49 +0000

Thanks to Jess, a young woman in my Banned Questions Sunday school class, for passing this fairly priceless video along to me. We were having a conversation about the potential complementary nature of Biblical creation stories and a theory of evolution, given the proper contextual appreciation for Biblical narrative, and she offered this gem, once [...]

The Dangers of Christian “Marriage Worship”

damienstribe@yahoo.com (Christian Piatt) — Wed, 22 May 2013 17:22:05 +0000

I’ve written before about the seemingly contrasting messages we offer to young people in church about sex and sexuality: Sex is dirty; save it for someone you marry someday. Umm, what? Granted, we walk a narrow rhetorical tightrope when discussing sex with our kids. If we tell them it’s actually pretty awesome, and then tell [...]

Christian Culture, Chuck Norris, Uppity Bakers & Evil Portland (HBCultureCast)

damienstribe@yahoo.com (Christian Piatt) — Tue, 21 May 2013 16:13:23 +0000

After a two-week recording hiatus, the gang is back together, and Amy starts everything off with a harrowing story of survival and triumph of the human spirit at a female pastor’s retreat. Our guest this week is the very funny Stephanie Drury who blogs at Stuff Christian Culture Likes and also runs@FakeDriscoll on Twitter. We had a number of things [...]

Elijah to the Baalites: “Your God Sucks!” (Heretic’s Guide Sampler)

damienstribe@yahoo.com (Christian Piatt) — Mon, 20 May 2013 22:12:12 +0000

Bible Cliff’s Notes (My dog ate my Bible!) First Reading 1 Kings 18:20-21, (22-29), 30-39 Elijah challenges the prophets of the god Baal to a standoff. Both will prepare offerings to their gods, and will call on them to consume the offerings with fire. Baal does nothing, much to the chagrin of his prophets, but [...]

Church Sign Epic Fails, “Fill Your Cracks” Edition

damienstribe@yahoo.com (Christian Piatt) — Sun, 19 May 2013 04:39:33 +0000

Pentecost is my favorite religious holiday, because all the good boys and girls get a visit from the Great Pentecost Lizard, who leaves magic droppings under their pillow. Ahh, memories…

Five Questions with Sarah Thebarge, Author of “The Invisible Girls”

damienstribe@yahoo.com (Christian Piatt) — Sat, 18 May 2013 21:54:01 +0000

Sarah Thebarge is the author of The Invisible Girls, a new memoir from Jericho Books. I was fortunate to get a few minutes to ask her a few questions about her touching, funny, compelling new piece of work. Q: Your book is about Somali Refugees and also about your survival of breast cancer. How do you write [...]

The Absurdity of Legislating Sexual Morality

damienstribe@yahoo.com (Christian Piatt) — Thu, 16 May 2013 22:24:15 +0000

I used to joke that there was a glaring, if not largely ignored, loophole in all anti-prostitution laws across the United States. It seemed to me that, if any house of ill repute wanted easily to skirt the laws against money for sex, they simply needed to set up cameras in each boudoir and claim [...]

Tales of a Male “Preacher’s Wife”

damienstribe@yahoo.com (Christian Piatt) — Wed, 15 May 2013 17:38:59 +0000

(This is excerpted from my full article featured this month in Sojourners Magazine and on the Sojourners website.) MY WIFE IS a pastor. Specifically, she’s the senior pastor of a prominent church in downtown Portland, Ore. I’m on staff too, but only part-time, and she enjoys telling people she’s my boss. Technically, I answer to [...]

CultureCast: Game Church, Jason Collins & Amy on Driscoll

damienstribe@yahoo.com (Christian Piatt) — Tue, 14 May 2013 18:26:26 +0000

Our guest this week is Drew Dixon, the editor-in-chief of GameChurch.com. Drew talks to us about video games, and their value within faith and culture. Later, in the Echo Chamber, the gang discusses Jason Collins, the first NBA player to come out of the closet. Then we talk about Mark Driscoll, and his latest controversy, [...]