Steve Taylor, film director and rock hero, visits the show to talk with Christian Piatt and Jordan Green about the disappointing theater run of Blue Like Jazz, what made him leave music for film, and to announce his return to music through a new album he’s been working on. So, yeah, that’s a big deal. And yeah, we’re pretty much breaking the story. In the Echo Chamber, we talk about the election, Superstorm Sandy, scary movie commercials, and, you know,... Read more
While Mitt Romney criticizes President Barack Obama for failing to bring people of different perspectives together in a more functional relationship (and claiming he’s the man to do it right), Romney’s running mate, Paul Ryan, is warning folks that if Obama is re-elected, “Judeo-Christian values” could be in jeopardy. In a phone call with the group known as the Faith and Freedom Coalition, Ryan claimed that Obama’s plans for America “restricts freedom and liberty and compromises those values — those... Read more
Life is like a box of chocolates; it’s good, but eventually it’ll kill you. Have fun! Church Sign Epic Fails, Vol. (x = 40-3) Church Sign Epic Fails, Vol. 36 Church Sign Epic Fails, Vol. XXXV Church Sign Epic Fails, Birthday Edition Church Sign Epic Fails, Reader Submissions (Part 2) Church Sign Epic Fails: Reader Submission Special Edition Church Sign Epic Fails, Miraculous Mashup (Vol. 31) Church Sign Epic Fails: Holy Kitsch Edition Church Sign Epic Location Fails (Vol. 29)... Read more
Quantum Theory is still in its relative infancy within the entire discipline of science, although it finds its roots as far back as Plato and Descartes. But if some of the notions being pursued by contemporary scientists prove true, it may result in a convergence of science, art, philosophy and even religion that the world never imagined possible. I’ll admit from the start that investigating the literature for this particular article literally made my head hurt. To full conceive of... Read more
“It’s right for God to slaughter women and children anytime he pleases. God gives life and he takes life. Everybody who dies, dies because God wills that they die.” -John Piper (quoted in an interview previously available on his website, which has since been taken down. The post was called “How Can God Kill Women and Children?” and referred to the genocide of the Canaanites in scripture.) I’ve had a number of interesting discussions with various people lately about the... Read more
In what may be their biggest get thus far, the CultureCast welcomes author, NPR contributor, and Esquire editor-at-large A.J. Jacobs to the show. On topic: A.J.’s newest book, “Drop Dead Healthy,” in which he chronicles the vastly different ways humans can bring their bodies to peak health, and how it feels to be the father of a cottage industry of life experiment books. Along those lines, Christian and Jordan discuss Rachel Held Evans and Lifeway Bookstores, Gawker’s exposition of Reddit’s nastiest troll, and... Read more
I’ve watched with some fascination as the projected electoral map takes shape, with great swaths of red across the heart of the nation, with blue surrounding on the left and right perimeters. There are a few exceptions, but for the most part, we’re a polarized nation, at least according to the maps the media present. Day by day, new states are colored in one way or the other as the predictions become more grounded in real-time data. As less is left... Read more
If’n you cant figger out the title of this here post, you done skipped algebra… Church Sign Epic Fails, Vol. 36 Church Sign Epic Fails, Vol. XXXV Church Sign Epic Fails, Birthday Edition Church Sign Epic Fails, Reader Submissions (Part 2) Church Sign Epic Fails: Reader Submission Special Edition Church Sign Epic Fails, Miraculous Mashup (Vol. 31) Church Sign Epic Fails: Holy Kitsch Edition Church Sign Epic Location Fails (Vol. 29) Church Sign Epic Fails, WTF Edition Church Sign Epic... Read more
To learn about Christian Piatt’s new project, “A**hole Christian Survival Guide,” and to pre-order your copy, CLICK HERE. The humorous illustrated book will include these and other Christian cliches, games and a lot more. I was pretty amazed by the popularity of the first lists of Christian clichés I created (linked at the bottom of this article). I think it was because so many Christians saw themselves somewhere in the list and others (maybe even some Christians!) have been on the receiving... Read more
Yesterday I posted part one of this story. Click here to read that first if you haven’t already. These posts came from my first memoir/humor book published called “PregMANcy: A Dad, A Little Dude and a Due Date,” published by Chalice Press. The book follows my wife second pregnancy with our daughter, Zoe (now 3 years old) from conception (more or less) to birth. Suffice it to say I was less than enthralled by the idea of getting pregnant again, so this... Read more
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