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Punk Protesters Sentenced to Two Years in Russian Jail

An update from CNN on the previous story about the Russian punk trio standing trial for protesting against President Putin in a Russin Orthodox church: Three members of Russian female punk rock band P—- Riot were sentenced to two years in prison Friday after they were found guilty of hooliganism for performing a song critical [...]

Russian Band’s Punk Protest Prayer: Prophecy or Blasphemy?

Sometimes a story comes along to intriguing yet so provocative that even I get a little nervous writing about it. But the recent story, offered by Huffington Post’s Senior Religion Editor Paul Raushenbush, was too intriguing not to talk about. First, there’s the matter of the Band’s name, which I’ve deemed is simply too inflammatory [...]

Resources for SNAP Food Stamp Challenge

After putting out there that we’re going to do the SNAP Challenge August 20-26th (living on the budgeted equivalent of food stamps for a week for meals), some folks came forward with some really helpful resources. Even if you’re not on public assistance and not planning to take part in the challenge, these are useful [...]

Planning for Poverty: The SNAP Challenge

I’ve said before that privilege often is invisible until you don’t have it. So in that light, I’m doing a little experiment in a few days with our family, and I encourage you to join in. A lot of us never know what it’s like to try and live below the poverty line, and I [...]

Homebrewed Culture, Ep. #2: Billy Graham, Craig Detweiler, Church Signs

Happy to say we got a second episode up and running without getting cancelled. I think that’s quite an accomplishment, considering Jordan Green and I are at the helm. In this week’s Homebrewed Culture podcast, we talk with author and professor Craig Detweiler, whose upcoming book, Don’t Stop Believin,’ looks at media icons of the [...]

My Visit with Eric Elnes on Darkwood Brew

I really enjoyed getting to take part in the worldwide Darkwood Brew worship service yesterday with author and pastor Eric Elnes. We talked about my personal faith experience, Banned Questions About Jesus and the Bible.Aside from our chat, it’s a really cool way to see yet another expression of religious community. Check out the episode [...]

Church Sign Epic Fails: Faith vs Reason Throwdown

I’m not going to have time to post this tomorrow, so enjoy your Church Sign Epic Fails a little early this week! Today, we have a face-off between faith and reason, as some seem to feel like having both coexist is a physical impossibility. So with a few others thrown in for a little spice, [...]

Homebrewed Culture Podcast, Episode #1

I was pretty stoked when Tripp Fuller asked Jordan Green and me if we’d be interested in adding our own unique spin on the Homebrewed Christianity brand to the growing Homebrewed family. Naturally we said yes! Our mission is to talk up the intersection of faith, popular culture and current events from a Christian perspective, all [...]

Homosexuality and the Bible: a Flowchart

Not sure of the original source on this, but I think it’s pretty great.

Flash Mob Ministry: A New Model for Instant Church

Blaine is the kind of young man who seems to have been born for church camp. He has a permanent smile on his face, loves to lead goofy songs and has an easy way about him that makes others want to hang out with him. I met him on a final leg of his summer-long [...]