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September 28, 2007
Blog Burnout! Back October 8!
I seem to be suffering from Blog Burnout. Which makes sense, I guess: Over the...
September 24, 2007
Top 10 Qualities to Look for in a Wife
My wife and I recently celebrated our 26th wedding anniversary. If you’re a single guy...
September 21, 2007
Why Must Others Be Like Us?
Here's a question: What is it within people that makes them so insane to have...
September 18, 2007
Why We Christians Always Lose Debates with Atheists–Thank God
The other day I read the recent Newsweek piece in which Rick Warren (Purpose-Driven Life---like...
September 18, 2007
Christians and Atheists in Communion — in Harmony, I Mean! Now What?
I don't think it's going too far to say that my recent posts ("An Honest...
September 16, 2007
What the Atheists Taught Me
In my last post I asked atheists to talk about their relationship to their guilt....
September 13, 2007
Atheists: How Do You Process Your Guilt?
Hello, atheists! Thanks for reading this! As you probably know, I'm a Christian. Wait! Come...
September 12, 2007
Oh, Boy. I’ve Been “Tagged.”
If my friend Jaime Windon hadn't done this to me, I wouldn't be ... having...
September 10, 2007
From My Blog to Britney’s Eyes?
Okay, so I've now gotten a fair number of people asking me if I think...
September 10, 2007
An Open Letter to Britney Spears
Dear Britney, Hi! How are you? Say, I was thinking: If you can possibly afford...
September 07, 2007
My Name Is Not Pato Banton
This is Pato Banton So the other night I went to see a concert by...
September 05, 2007
Updating George Carlin’s 7 Words You Can’t Say On Television
Yes, George's original seven words are Definite Cursing. But so what? You hear half those words on...
September 04, 2007
Why Doesn’t God Just Prove He Exists?
A young man wrote me the other day to ask why God doesn't once and...
August 2007
August 25, 2007
A Reader Asks, “Why Do I Need Jesus to Change My Life?”
In response to a piece of mine (The Happiest Ending Ever), in which I told...
August 22, 2007
Chrissie Hynde and Me
The post you are looking for is included in HA!, a full-sized collection of five...
August 20, 2007
Why Martians Could Have Snagged Me at a Rock Concert Last Night
Be afraid, Martians!! Last night my wife Cat and I went to the largest outdoor concert...
August 17, 2007
My Bad!
Okay, so there's a guy named Byron Borger, who runs a truly quality independent bookstore called...
August 15, 2007
About Buying “I’m OK–You’re Not.” (And some other … babbling, basically.)
In response to some (lovely) e-mails I've received, I'd like to say that everything you...
August 09, 2007
Famous men in history trying to pick up women
New research into the romantic lives of famous men throughout history has verified what social...
August 07, 2007
What’s in a Word: The Truth Behind Men’s Personal Ads
The post you are looking for is included in HA!, a full-sized collection of five...
August 03, 2007
And Now For Someone Completely Different
Hi. I'm Lucas Smith. I promise I'm not Jack Bauer in disguise. Or a hippy serial...
August 02, 2007
About Buying “Penguins”
People have been writing to say that their local bookstores don't carry Penguins, the book...
August 02, 2007
Sprechen zie Penguins?
Yesterday I received in the mail a copy of DRAN, a thick, glossy German magazine for...
July 2007
July 31, 2007
Hallelujah! We Know So Little!
If there's one thing you can say about people, it's that we like things to...
July 29, 2007
Think You’re Strong Enough to Fulfill God’s Will for You? Really? Still?
I tend to think that I have all the time in the world to become...
July 27, 2007
I’ll Be On The Radio This Morning
This morning, from 11:30 to noon (Pacific Time) on KDIA AM 1640, "Pastor Fred" will interview me and...
July 26, 2007
When God Makes 2 + 2 = 5
Sometimes I find myself involved in a situation about which I simply cannot find peace....
July 25, 2007
Free Will vs. Predestination: Can’t Anyone Give Me a HARD Problem to Solve?
My dachshund's namesake. Lately a couple of trouble-making readers have been asking my opinion on...
July 21, 2007
Wanna Commune with God? Create!
If there's one thing we can say about God, it's that he is huge...
July 19, 2007
Where is God? THERE is God!
Wherever you are right now, stop for a moment, and look around. There's God! That...
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