So I decided to cross an item off my bucket list: Perform standup comedy in front of an audience. I found a local comedy club that holds open mic nights. Below is a small audio snippet from the performance. Hope you enjoy...

I had the privilege of making a special presentation between services at St. Luke’s Episcopal Church in downtown Atlanta. It ended up being a 35-minute stand-up comedy routine. Enjoy the audio below:

PBS has a new special called “God in America” which they are premiering on Monday night. Below is a sneak peek....

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So a Sabbath-observant Jewish contestant on the new season of America’s Got Talent told Tyra Banks on the premiere that she would leave orthodoxy to win the show. Not surprisingly, this caused a stir in the religious blogosphere.

She’s not the first Modern Orthodox contestant to bring drama onto a reality TV show. Read my latest essay for the Huffington Post about the trend.

My close friend Joseph Skibell (who was one of the first authors to offer me much-needed advice when I started writing “My Jesus Year”) has a new book out called “A Curable Romantic”. In the video below, he explores the book’s themes and talks about the writing process. Enjoy...

I just wrote a story for the Daily Beast about history’s craziest religions. Enjoy.

Maybe the “my year doing such and such” fad has jumped the shark. On this morning’s “Today” show, author Hephzibah Anderson talked about her new book about going a year without sex. Video below:

Jason Jones meets a pastor who teaches mixed martial arts and an evangelist who breaks inanimate objects in the name of Jesus.

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I just wrote an essay for Slate called “Passover Profiteering” about why Passover food is so darn expensive. Here’s the link to the article.