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November 16, 2009
Christianity; My Mom; a Famous Shrink; “Penthouse” Magazine. The 70’s. Whatever.
Yesterday I wrote A Psychotherapist's (Imagined) Field Notes on Why Church is So Boring, which...
November 15, 2009
A Psychotherapist’s (Imagined) Field Notes on Why Church is So Boring
In the news lately has been the results of a psychotherapist who analyzed why church...
November 13, 2009
God Help Me. I’m My Father.
Tonight my wife Catherine and I went to Pottery Barn to buy two white panel...
November 13, 2009
The Semicolon: Thumbs Up, or Down?
Do you think it's time for the semicolon to go back to wherever it came...
November 12, 2009
The Reason Carrie Prejean Wanted Her Ex to Lie About Her Porno Tape
To clear up what I know has amounted to a little bit of confusion: the...
November 12, 2009
Where (If Anywhere) Does Christ End, and Paul Begin?
It's been my experience that what the statement, "It's not Christ I have a problem...
November 11, 2009
Holiday Family Gathering Coming Up? Here’s How to Let the Beatitudes Quell Your Attitudes
Here's how to use the Beatitudes to this year be a blessing to yourself and...
November 10, 2009
Group Blog, Anyone?
Following my recent and completely unfun foray into group blogging, I received a number of...
November 08, 2009
Proof of How Easy It Is to Buy Marijuana in California
You write a check; you get a prescription. Badda-bing, badda-bong.
November 06, 2009
The Strongest Link: A Memory of The Inestimable Rock Guitarist Link Wray, Who Died Four Years Ago Yesterday
If you've never heard of the seminal American rock guitarist Link Wray, his Wiki page...
November 06, 2009
An Atheist, Post-Death, Meets God
[In the afterlife.] Atheist: Wow. I can't believe I'm dead. God: Believe it. Atheist: Whoa!...
November 05, 2009
I, a Christian, Admit It: Atheists Have Been Right All Along
Finally, the truth can be told: all we Christians are, in fact, ignorant, narrow-minded, self-righteous,...
November 03, 2009
The U.S. Christian Community Finally Returns My Calls!
After I posted yesterday's Why Won't the U.S. Christian Community Return My Phone Calls?, my...
November 02, 2009
Why Won’t the U.S. Christian Community Return My Phone Calls?
In which I answer the question a Jamaican reader asks me about how the U.S....
November 01, 2009
Life is Halloween
The similarities between life and Halloween pretty much never stop.
October 2009
October 30, 2009
The Cheapest Halloween Costume Ideas EVER
For those of you who don't subscribe to my Twitter feed or visit me on...
October 29, 2009
We Get the God We Can Handle
In yesterday's The Moment of My Christian Conversion--And How Mistaken It Left Me, I left...
October 28, 2009
The Moment of My Christian Conversion–And How Mistaken It Left Me
I became a Christian when I was thirty-eight years old. Up until the moment of...
October 27, 2009
The Inexplicable Charm of Old Metro Buses
A friend I met through Facebook, Stuart Dobie, lives in Hong Kong, where he does...
October 26, 2009
Why Pottery Barn’s Profits Will Be Up This Quarter
This weekend my wife and I redecorated our living room. Results above. Origin o' stuff:...
October 24, 2009
The Two E-Mails I Sent iMonk This Morning
Hey, all. A friendly commenter to yesterday's Why I Quit Boar's Head Tavern said they...
October 23, 2009
Why I Quit Boar’s Head Tavern
I've gotten quite a few emails asking why I quit Boar's Head Tavern; this here's...
October 22, 2009
The Comfort of the Cross
Here are six truths about suffering---and four steps to relieve it---that should prove comforting to...
October 21, 2009
FOX News ISN’T News; It’s So Much More
Of course Fox News isn't news. It's not supposed to be.
October 20, 2009
Why the Pope Must Love Him Some Gene Robinson
"VATICAN CITY — Pope Benedict XVI has created a new church structure for Anglicans who...
October 19, 2009
There’s Nothing Natural About “Natural” Evil
Here's the big, hairy Christian theodicy (the branch of theology that defends God's goodness and...
October 16, 2009
Balloon Boy’s Dad: “Feel Like Doublin’ Your Allowance, Son?”
A conversation between Richard Henne and his son, Falcon.
October 14, 2009
What Christians and Darwinists Agree On–And Are Both Wrong About
Christians and Darwinists agree that, at core, men are promiscuous dogs. Wrong again.
October 13, 2009
Letter From a Christian Woman Whose Non-Christian Husband Committed Suicide
I get my fair share of heartbreaking letters and emails. But this one, which came...
October 12, 2009
“Dear Mrs. Epps: We Regret to Inform You That Your Baby is Too Uncute to Insure”
Oct. 12, 2009: The Denver Post reports that a Grand Junction family has been denied...
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