Christian Piatt's Blog, page 88

Slavery, Tokenism and the Atheist PR Debacle

Atheist activism is hardly news these days. Folks are feeling increasingly convicted about taking their disbelief public, and more specifically, pointing out the damage done my religion in the past. But it seems the most recent publicity campaign by a … Continue reading →

What is Church 2.0? (Video)

Here is a condensed version of a workshop I offer on the concept of "Church 2.0." I talk in it about the popularity of things like the "Why I Hate Religion But Love Jesus" video and Mark Driscoll's Acts 29 Network of churches. But while we can learn something from what these kinds of voices [...]

Top Five Stories of the Month

Each month, I like to look back over the past thirty days or so to see what people are most interested in on the blog. Though I wish I could say I understand the trends, I'm still surprised by something, every time. On the awesome side of the news, traffic on the blog jumped to twenty [...]

Things I Hate (But Shouldn't)

I know, Christians, love everyone and everything, right? Mister Bluebird on my shoulder and all that crap. Well, that ain't me. Not that I don't try, but I also don't try to fake it when I'm not feeling the love. My wife, Amy, told me that one reason she married me was because she knew [...]

Forget Jesus Tortillas: Meet Jesus Toast!

I wrote a piece a little while back about a guy in Espanola, New Mexico, who found the image of Jesus in his tortilla. While that was interesting, this is AWESOME. My literary agent, Terrie Wolf, and I were chatting it up on the phone recently with the good folks from Chalice Press, [...]

Rick Santorum: Champion of the Secular Left

Every time Rick Santorum speaks, a secular democrat gets his wings. Yes, I know there are three other GOP candidates in the race, but as a theological writer also interested in politics, there is none more fascinating than Santorum. A … Continue reading →

Four More (BIG) Reasons Young Adults Quit Church

There has been a surprisingly positive response to the article I published yesterday called "Seven Reasons Why Young Adults Quit Church." And as I noted, it was hardly a comprehensive list. There were several others I thought were worth noting … Continue reading →

Seven Reasons Why Young Adults Quit Church

From time to time I revisit the question: why are young adults walking away from religion? Although the answer(s) vary from person to person, there are some general trends that I think apply in most cases. In the list below, … Continue reading →

Church Sign Epic Fails, Part Three

Can't get enough of the bad church signs. There are just so many of them…

Gaining Respect for End-Times Prophet Harold Camping

I'm a little bit worried that the solar flair storms either are affecting my personal judgment or the rest of the world. Given the logic of Occam's Razor, I suppose I'm screwed. First this week, I wrote a piece about … Continue reading →