Christian Piatt

Wild Goose 2012: An Exercise in Mindfulness

June 28, 2012

How do you know when someone has a Prius? Don’t worry; they’ll tell you. We got a Prius about four years ago, and immediately we bought into the hype about milking every gallon of gas for another tenth of a ...

WWJB (What Would Jesus Brew)?

Christian Piatt

June 20, 2012

General

There’s a well-known saying, often attributed to Ben Franklin, about God and beer. I’ve even seen it on T-shirts and the like, but it turns out it’s mis-quoted. The one I see and hear is generally some der...

The Fallacy of Statements of Faith

Christian Piatt

June 18, 2012

Theology

A while back, I was applying for an editing job with a fairly prominent Christian media company, and in the application process, I was asked to sign a statement of faith. For those unfamiliar, this is a l...

Missional Church: A Paper Revolution

Christian Piatt

June 11, 2012

General

It started with a few pieces of construction paper. If you’ve been following my blog at all over the past few months, you know that Amy and I recently moved our family from Southern Colorado, where we pla...

A Theology of America's Zombie Apocalypse

Christian Piatt

June 6, 2012

General

Zombie. Image by Aaron Amat /shutterstock First, Ronald Poppo had most of his face eaten off by Rudy Eugene, and now, Alexander Kinyua reportedly killed his roommate, Kujoe Bonsafo Agyei-Kodie and then a...

Hating the Invisible Man

Christian Piatt

May 29, 2012

General

We finally made it to the Oregon Coast yesterday. I took some pictures in the redwood forest that I’ll share soon, but this post isn’t about that. We got in before dinner and were happy to learn that we ha...

Drive-Thru Prayers to Drive-In Church: Is Religion Lost?

Christian Piatt

May 13, 2012

General

Author and theologian Diana Butler Bass shared a video recently about where she saw for the future of the church. She shared an interesting story about a priest who went out onto a busy street corner on Ask W...

Taking “Jesus Christ” Out of the Bible

Christian Piatt

April 29, 2012

General

A new translation of the Bible called “The Voice” (no, Cee-Lo makes no appearances in this one), published by Thomas Nelson, has created quite a buzz. The discussion is not so much around what is in the ne...

What To Do About “Radical Feminist Nuns”

Christian Piatt

April 25, 2012

General

It’s not exactly headline-worthy news that many Catholics actually hold personal beliefs that don’t line up with church doctrine. It does get a little more interesting, however, when an umbrella group for ...

PregMANcy: The Video

Christian Piatt

April 21, 2012

General

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,...