Is Ricky Gervais Jesus?

Last updated on: March 12, 2015 at 5:42 pm By Frank Schaeffer

In Derek, Ricky Gervais re-preaches the Sermon on the Mount. If Jesus pitched a show to Netflix it would be Derek – Ricky Gervais’s character piece set in a struggling British old people’s home. Gervais created the stunning The Office series for the BBC– and the mockumentary form that he perfected there is how he brings Derek to vibrant life. (Kerry Godliman as “Hannah” with Ricky Gervais as “Derek.”) If you watch this Netflix show and are waiting for the... Read more

Nadia Bolz-Weber and the Liturgy

Last updated on: March 12, 2015 at 5:42 pm By Frank Schaeffer

I met Nadia one morning over early coffee. I saw the tattoos and wondered who this was. Later that day I heard Nadia speak about liturgy. How did that voice, the voice of patristic ancient liturgical tradition come out of this tall tattooed lady? Patristics– the study of the Early Christian writers that are designated Church Fathers — love of liturgy and tattoos??? So WHO is Nadia, where did this person come from? What on earth..? Now comes the glowing,... Read more

Colbert and Me

Last updated on: March 12, 2015 at 5:42 pm By Frank Schaeffer

Let me brag on Sarah and Hal and the people sending in reviews to Amazon for helping to make my new book And God Said, “Billy!” the Number 1 Political Humor book on Kindle/Amazon this morning. As you can see on the Amazon chart below, Stephen Colbert is Number 2. Let me thank Hal and Sarah and my kind readers who are sending in the many Amazon reviews for giving a few good minutes this morning. The feeling of temporary... Read more

Brian McLaren Loves “And God Said, “Billy!”

Last updated on: March 12, 2015 at 5:42 pm By Frank Schaeffer

Brian D. McLaren: “Frank Schaeffer’s new book is available at Amazon. Great read. Hilarious, raw, surprising. Get it!” And God Said, Billy!” on sale on Amazon now. Click HERE. Read more

Why Do I Feel So Bloody Liberated Self-Publishing

Last updated on: March 12, 2015 at 5:42 pm By Frank Schaeffer

I’m self-publishing my new novel AND GOD SAID, “BILLY!” Where’s my advance? What will I live on? The New York Times won’t review a self-published book! Libraries won’t know about it! I’m screwed! This is my funniest, darkest and most spiritually reaffirming book. Have I wasted the 17 years I worked on it? If so, then why am I so happy with my insane plunge into the unknown? Why do I feel so bloody liberated in equal measure with my... Read more

Read My NEW Novel “And God Said, ‘Billy!'” FREE

Last updated on: March 12, 2015 at 5:42 pm By Frank Schaeffer

Read my NEW novel And God Said, “Billy!” free. Email me at [email protected] and I’ll send you an electronic copy TODAY … if you’ll agree to post a review on Amazon when the book comes out on Sept 15. Will you please help me get the word out on my new book? It would be great if you’d share this note and your review on FB and Twitter too, maybe even a blog! Advance praise for AND GOD SAID, “BILLY!”... Read more

The Real Point of President Obama Going to Congress on Syria– Long Term

Last updated on: March 12, 2015 at 5:42 pm By Frank Schaeffer

President Obama has used the Syria gas attack to accomplish something stunning: He’s deliberately turned back the clock on presidential military intervention prerogatives to the World War Two paradigm. Whatever happens in Congress now the president has made it much harder for future presidents to pull a George W. Bush stunt and take America into dumb wars. From now on there’s a twenty first century template that will be applied by the nation when we talk war: ask Congress for... Read more

Over One Thousand Years Ago There Was A Monk… Frank Schaeffer Reads CLIP TEN “And God Said. “Billy!”

Last updated on: March 12, 2015 at 5:42 pm By Frank Schaeffer

Here is CLIP TEN of my reading from And God Said, “Billy!” During the 17 years I’ve been working on And God Said, “Billy!” I’ve written and published many books, including the NY Times bestseller Keeping Faith and my memoir Crazy For God. But I could never let Billy! go. Now Billy! is almost out. It will be published by Sept 15. Here is the tenth of 12 clips of me reading from it. When all the clips they’re all... Read more

Another Name For Uncertainty is Humility — Frank Schaeffer Reads CLIP NINE “And God Said, “Billy!”

Last updated on: March 12, 2015 at 5:42 pm By Frank Schaeffer

Here is CLIP NINE of my reading from And God Said, “Billy!” During the 17 years I’ve been working on And God Said, “Billy!” I’ve written and published many books, including the NY Times bestseller Keeping Faith and my memoir Crazy For God. But I could never let Billy! go. Now Billy! is almost out. It will be published by Sept 15. Here is the ninth of 12 clips of me reading from it. When all the clips they’re all... Read more

Light Fills My Spiritual Being– CLIP EIGHT Frank Schaeffer Reads “And God Said, “Billy!”

Last updated on: March 12, 2015 at 5:42 pm By Frank Schaeffer

Here is CLIP EIGHT of my reading from And God Said, “Billy!” During the 17 years I’ve been working on And God Said, “Billy!” I’ve written and published many books, including the NY Times bestseller Keeping Faith and my memoir Crazy For God. But I could never let Billy! go. Now Billy! is almost out. It will be published by Sept 15. Here is the eighth of 12 clips of me reading from it. When all the clips they’re all... Read more