Outchurched

While poking around on PodcastAlley.com (where your should vote for us, cause we’re getting our asses kicked by an 8 year old girl :-) ), I found this podcast description:

Interviews, conversations, stories, spoken word and original music from a de-churched perspective. The style of this podcast has been influenced by Public Radio’s “This American […]

Regulars around outchurched.com are probably familiar with McKormick, a fellow outchurcher and podcaster. He’s just posted a audio recounting of his journey away from church. Go here to download and listen to it.

If I had to pick between listening to McKormick or Outchurched, I’d pick McKormick.

Quote of the Day, by DesCartes:

If you would be a real seeker after truth, it is necessary that at least once in your life you doubt, as far as possible, all things.

Like I say, doubt is underrated.

After writing that article on Relevant Magazine the other day, I got email from Jason Boyett, one of the authors I picked on. Apparently, I severely misread him:

And I failed big-time. Not just because you saw right through my transparent “objectivity,” but because you somehow got the idea that I’m a raging premillennialist. That I […]

Update: Jason Boyett, one of the authors I picked on in this article has responded.

This has been sitting in my home directory for several weeks. I guess I should push it out and see what people think.

I recently received the latest issue of Relevant Magazine. If you’re unfamiliar with Relevant, its a sort-of hipster-Christianity magazine […]

Here it is… Episode 8 of Outchurched! Inconceivable!

Just Pete and NASA Janet from Illinoise! stop on our doorstep during their door-to-door missionary outing, and we invite them in to chat.

This one is very long (literally over an hour), but it’s a four-for-one offer with real celebrities! If you think it’s too long, we urge you to […]

Leighton has a written a piece entitled Why I am not a Christian:

But in virtually all cases, beliefs aren’t the reason people become, stay, or cease being Christians. It’s a social issue.

I think I agree with much of what he says.

[Via: the parish]

Christianity Today has an interesting and thoughtful article on evangelical hypocrisy called The Evangelical Scandal. Quotage:

The heart of the matter is the scandalous failure to live what we preach. The tragedy is that poll after poll by Gallup and Barna show that evangelicals live just like the world

Finally, the long awaited Episode 7. Wait, what happened to episode 6? Oh, well, more techical difficulties.

For today’s show, we give our responses to an audio comment sent in my a listener, Frank, from across the pond.

Here’s Frank’s questions:

Why are your files so big? What’s a Southern Baptist? What’s a charismatic? What’s sixth grade? What’s the difference between […]

The Washington Times has an interesting article on Generation Y’s religious leanings: The big question is how traditional religions will respond to a new generation of Americans who value choice, informality and personal expression.

Thanks to James for the link.