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Christian Piatt is an author, editor, speaker, musician, and spoken word artist. He is director of church growth and development at First Christian Church in Portland, Ore. Christian is the creator and editor of "Banned Questions About The Bible" and "Banned Questions About Jesus." His new memoir on faith, family and parenting is called "PREGMANCY: A Dad, a Little Dude and a Due Date."

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If Cheerleaders Don’t Convert You, Chuck Norris Will
Posted by Christian Piatt 4 days 18 hours ago
You know, I always hedge when people ask me where I’m from, because the second I tell them I was born and raised in Texas, all kinds of stereotypes pop up in the conversation.Yes, I can read.No, I’m...
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Jim Wallis Returns to the CultureCast with Christian Piatt
Posted by Christian Piatt 2 weeks 4 days ago
Not to get all braggy here, but this episode is pretty great.First, we have our first return guest, and it’s one of our best: Jim Wallis. Christian moderated a discussion with Jim at Powell’s Books...
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Radical Theology: The New 'White' Religion?
Posted by Christian Piatt 2 weeks 4 days ago
I’ve experienced some strange extremes lately. First, I attended – and spoke at – the Subverting the Norm conference in Springfield, Mo., where we took some time to consider how, if at all...
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Talking to My Son About Boston
Posted by Christian Piatt 4 weeks 17 hours ago
I woke up this morning, like everyone else, to the news of a shootout with one suspect in the Boston Marathon bombing and the ongoing manhunt for a second brother. Like many others, I’ve heard lots...
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Be Ready to Be Changed
Posted by Christian Piatt 4 weeks 1 day ago
We have a group at our church that does a weekly sandwich ministry together. Though we already had a group that makes sandwiches each week for a local shelter, another team realized some folks don’t...
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Articles by Christian Piatt

Tales of a Male 'Preacher's Wife'
June 1, 2013

The stats say that women in the workplace – from seminaries to the boardroom – have become the norm, but being a stay-at-home dad is still considered a countercultural act (even in Portland).