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March 02, 2024
Am I going to hell because I’m bisexual?
(The following is excerpted from the book Ask John: John Shore's advice column from...
August 2022
August 04, 2022
Call me when it’s National Grab Some Nuts Day
Yesterday all Patheos bloggers received an email from Patheos suggesting “trending topics relating to your...
August 26, 2020
My novel won Best New Fiction by American Fiction Awards
Hi, friends. Wanted to share with you the good news that my debut novel, Everywhere She's...
July 2020
July 08, 2020
Christians shouldn’t get depressed? What BS.
"Any person who makes a point of telling you how God feels about you wouldn't...
July 03, 2020
Can this born-again gay Christian woman find happiness?
I want to share with you a letter written to me by a lesbian Christian....
June 2020
June 30, 2020
Why don’t more Christians act like Christ?
Dear John, Why do you think it is that so many people who say they’re...
June 25, 2020
I’m in an open marriage. Can I still call myself a Christian?
Dear John, I am an unfundamentalist reader with a question for you about faith and...
June 16, 2020
Where and how Trump is taking us all
I haven't seen where anyone else has said what I'm about to (although I have...
February 2020
February 04, 2020
You Will See That I Have Left
You Will See That I Have Left a short story (in letter form) by John...
December 2019
December 31, 2019
The Very Best New Year’s Resolution
On the day of New Year's Eve, a guy overhears his dad talking smack about...
December 22, 2019
A Mom’s Christmas Journey
[Here's a short Christmas story that I wrote because . . . well, it's...
June 2019
June 28, 2019
So, whatcha been doin’ for the past five years?
Hello, Patheosians! Patheosers. Patheoi. Patheogens. Hello, you! How are you? It's been five years since...
December 2018
December 27, 2018
“My dad wants to invite his girlfriend–who’s a porn star–to my wedding.”
If Brandi’s life in porn was an extension of her suffering, do you really want...
December 24, 2018
Joseph and Mary on the night everything changed
"How ya feelin, Mary?" asked Joseph. "Pregnant. Very pregnant."
May 2018
May 23, 2018
My pastor to me: “You should have made your rapist kill you. At least you’d have died a virgin.”
This really happened. Of course it did. It's in the DNA of Christianity itself. And...
May 14, 2018
What should I tell my child about racism?
Want to explain racism to your child? Start here.
May 10, 2017
Trump said . . . (choose your next word!)
People started a text message with the word "Trump," and then kept choosing only from...
January 2017
January 24, 2017
The Women’s March is over. Now what?
A young woman, angry and depressed over our current political situation, asks what she can...
December 2015
December 24, 2015
Mary and Joseph discussing amongst themselves
(Hello, friends. I want to wish each and every one of you a very Merry...
November 2015
November 19, 2015
On giving up on Christianity
I don't know if it's happening with people generally; maybe it's just something I'm hearing...
October 2015
October 14, 2015
Taking Out the Garbage Your Parents Taught You About Yourself
A theme central to much of the work I do on my blog and with...
September 2015
September 25, 2015
When is an abuser’s apology not an apology?
Sometimes your brain tells you that you received an apology, while your heart tells you...
September 18, 2015
A Christian grandmother nails the transgender issue
"The truth wasn't hard to find anyway. It was there every time I looked into...
September 04, 2015
Psychopaths sleep just fine
The fact that you're worrying about whether you're good proves that you're good.
August 2015
August 20, 2015
Proof that Jesus was freakin’ hilarous
"My dream job is to be a sex therapist, but I feel like this focus...
August 17, 2015
My son is 17, gay, and miserable
Dear John, Over the past couple of years, I often wondered if my son...
August 07, 2015
Here’s what happens when you yell at your employees
Never yell at your employees. Here's why.
August 06, 2015
The real reason anti-LGBT Christians are so obsessed with sex?
I mean, c'mon already.
July 2015
July 30, 2015
5 ways to make your girlfriend (or boyfriend) kind of start hating you
I get a lot of letters from men worried that they’re blowing their relationship with...
July 20, 2015
Spam I am
Lately I've grown pretty darn tubby, to the extent that I feel as if a whole...
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