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Visiting St. Peter’s Brewery with Jonathan Blundell: Homebrewed Christianity 73

By Chad Crawford • Feb 3rd, 2010 • Category: podcast

Jonathan is a blogger, podcaster, and the author of the novel, St. Peter’s Brewery. He was a newspaper editor and used to be involved in Christian rasslin. St. Peter’s Brewery follows the tale of Jimmy, who runs away from all of his problems, and finds sanctuary in a small pub located in what used to be a church building. [...]

 
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Scientists and Religious Folk on Global Warming

By Chad Crawford • Jan 23rd, 2010 • Category: engaging

This isn’t about an actual confrontation between the two communities, or a discussion on whether they can coexist. For that, check out Stanley Fish’s review of Barbara Herrnstein Smith’s “Natural Reflections.” I just want to share a chart that shows a significant gap between the two on a specific issue.
One day over lunch my coworker [...]



A Fish Trying to Learn to Breathe Air: This Too Shall Pass

By Chad Crawford • Jan 20th, 2010 • Category: thinking

The statement below is from the band OK Go to their fans about why their YouTube videos, which made them famous before they had a record label, are no longer allowed to be embedded on other websites. It boils down to ads on YouTube that don’t earn money when videos are embedded. Damian Kulash, the lead [...]



A Spiral, Not a Pendulum: The Massachusetts Special Election

By Chad Crawford • Jan 19th, 2010 • Category: engaging

While I wouldn’t say I’m pleased with the result of today’s special election in Massachusetts, I choose to look optimistically toward the future. When I was in high school, I had an English lit teacher who taught that American politics is a pendulum that swings back and forth between conservative and liberal power. It certainly [...]



Googlicious Theology with Barry Taylor: Homebrewed Christianity 72

By Chad Crawford • Jan 14th, 2010 • Category: podcast

Heresy hunters, be on alert, because  this episode features Heretic’s Guide to Eternity coauthor Barry Taylor hanging out in his Beverly Hills office with Tripp talking about all the various intersections he’s interested in involving faith and culture.
Barry is the artist-in-residence at the Brehm Center for Worship Theology and the Arts at Fuller Theological Seminary [...]

 
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Incarnation and Imagination with Darby Ray: Homebrewed Christianity 71

By Chad Crawford • Dec 30th, 2009 • Category: podcast

We finish up the second year of the podcast with Darby Kathleen Ray, professor of religious studies at Millsaps College in Jackson, Mississippi. Dr. Ray’s book Incarnation and Imagination: A Christian Ethic of Ingenuity is about the incarnation as the key to God’s ingenious and imaginative response to human evil. Her work inspires Christians to [...]

 
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Homebrewed Christianity: Year in Review

By Chad Crawford • Dec 29th, 2009 • Category: living

We’ve been around for a full year? This web gathering, equipping grassroots theologians for transformative thinking, engaging, and living, has come a long way from its humble beginnings as a podcast at TrippFuller.com. Thanks to our loyal “deacons,” dedicated readers and listeners, we’ve had over 72,000 visits and 40,000 podcast downloads. In 2010, we’ll be [...]



Richard Rohr on Nondualistic Thinking: Homebrewed Christianity 70

By Chad Crawford • Dec 21st, 2009 • Category: podcast

Fr. Richard Rohr returns to the podcast to discuss his latest book The Naked Now: Learning to See as the Mystics See, which offers an understanding of the Christian mystic tradition as a nondualistic way of seeing the moment. This is what Fr. Rohr says is the most important book that he has written to [...]

 
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Bible in Five Statements (Meme!)

By Chad Crawford • Dec 7th, 2009 • Category: bible stuff, engaging

Who doesn’t love a good meme? My friend Tripp tagged me here at your Homebrewed Christianity, and I’m excited to participate. I may or may not have asked him to tag me. No shame in this game. I offer my humble response below. But first, the rules.
Summarise the Bible in five statements, the first one [...]



St. Nick, Santa, and Slavery

By Chad Crawford • Dec 7th, 2009 • Category: engaging

You might know that the historical St. Nick was a generous person who loved children, but you might not have heard the tale about him saving little girls from being sold into sexual slavery.
The legend goes that St. Nicholas, the bishop of Myra in the 4th c, found out that a destitute father was going [...]