Christian Piatt's Blog, page 85

What's So Good About Good Friday?

I've never liked the fact that we call the day on which we remember Jesus' crucifixion "Good Friday." What's so good about it anyway? Personally I find the entirety of Holy Week – save for Easter – pretty depressing. Sure, … Continue reading →

Compassion Wins: A Longtime Atheist Becomes Christian

Patrick Greene, a lifelong atheist known for his public stands against Christianity, recently announced that he has become a Christian. There are lots of ways to look at this. Some Christians may take this as validation that they were right … Continue reading →

Six Plagues of Our Time

We had our fourth annual Passover Seder at Milagro last night. I know, you're thinking, "what are a bunch of goys doing celebrating a Jewish tradition?" Given that the central act of our worship service every week – communion – … Continue reading →

Letter From a "Demon Possessed" Woman

It's interesting how certain patterns emerge in our lives sometimes. Part of it, I expect, has more to do with awareness than actual coincidence, like when I start seeing blue Pruises (Prii?) everywhere after buying one. Yesterday I got a … Continue reading →

Resurrection: Bending Toward Love

Lots of folks love preaching about the risen Christ on Easter Sunday without talking about what he went through to get there. It's a bad habit we Protestants have, but plenty of us skip right over Maundy Thursday and Good … Continue reading →

Church Sign Epic Fails, Part Six

Serving up your Sunday edition of really bad church signage. Church sign epic fails, part five Church sign epic fails, part four Church sign epic fails, part three More church sign epic fails Church sign epic fails

PregMANcy: The Video

This is a funny little trailer my son, Mattias, and I put together to tell folks about my new memoir on fatherhood, family and faith called "PregMANcy: A Dad, A Little Dude and a Due Date." For more info, visit … Continue reading →

A Minister's Letter of Apology to Young Adults

I don't usually post other people's work on my own blog. But this conversation about "Why Young Adults Quit Church" has become much, much bigger than my handful of articles I wrote to add my two cents. In addition to … Continue reading →

"GET OUT": Rick Santorum's Christian Exceptionalism

On March 19th, Rick Santorum was canvassing Louisiana in an attempt to woo voters when he accepted an invitation to speak at Greenwell Springs Baptist Church in Baton Rouge. He was introduced by Pastor Dennis E. Terry who delivered what … Continue reading →

You Might Be an Emergent Christian If…

I'm working on wrangling the final submissions for book three in the Banned Questions series, which will be Banned Questions About Christians. It's funny because sometimes the seemingly easiest questions are the ones that respondents struggle with the most. Case … Continue reading →