Special Offers
Buddhist
Catholic
Contemplative
Evangelical
General Christian
Hindu
Jewish
Latter-day Saint
Muslim
New Visions
Progressive Christian
Beliefs
Buddhist
Catholic
Contemplative
Evangelical
General Christian
Hindu
Jewish
Latter-day Saint
More Voices
Muslim
New Visions
Pagan
Progressive Christian
Topics
Religion News
Food and Religion
Sports and Religion
Religious Art
Religious Music and Entertainment
Religious Events
History and Religion
Style and Religion
Politics and Religion
Women in Religion
Recreation Outdoors and Religion
Business Finance and Religion
Careers Workplace and Religion
Education and Religion
Family Parenting and Religion
Health Fitness and Religion
Home and Religion
Relationships and Religion
Technology and Religion
Travel and Religion
Columnists
Buddhist Columnists
Business Finance and Religion Columnists
Careers Workplace and Religion Columnists
Catholic Columnists
Contemplative Columnists
Education and Religion Columnists
Evangelists Columnists
Family Parenting and Religion Columnists
General Christian Columnists
Health Fitness and Religion Columnists
Hindu Columnists
History and Religion Columnists
Home and Religion Columnists
Jewish Columnists
More Voices Columnists
Latter Day Columnists
Muslim Columnists
New Visions Columnists
Nonreligious Columnists
Pagan Columnists
Politics and Religion Columnists
Progressive Columnists
Recreation Outdoors and Religion Columnists
Relationships and Religion Columnists
Religion News Columnists
Religious Art Columnists
Religious Events Columnists
Religious Music and Entertainment Columnists
Sports and Religion Columnists
Style and Religion Columnists
Technology and Religion Columnists
Travel and Religion Columnists
Women in Religion Columnists
Resource Library
2025 Calendar
Library of World Religions
The 100 Most Holy Places on Earth
Patheos Answers
Podcasts
Videos
Faith Leaders Database
Anglican Episcopalian
Bahai
Baptist
Buddhism
Christianity
Confucianism
Eastern Orthodoxy
Hinduism
Holiness and Pentecostal
ISKCON
Islam
Judaism
Lutheran
Methodist
The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints
New Age
Paganism
Presbytarian and Reformed
Protestantism
Religion Behind the Scenes
Roman Catholic
Scientology
Shia Islam
Sikhism
Sufism
Sunni Islam
Taoism
Zen
See all religions
Research Tools
Comparison Lens
Preacher Resources
Teacher Resources
Video
Podcasts
Thought Readers
Faith In Media Tracker
E-Books and Other Special Offers
God's Cheat Sheet to Finances
Books of the Bible Study series
History of the Bible
7 Day Prayer Challenge for Spouses
A Different Kind of Christian
Jesus is Love
Prayer Devotional
The Saints We Love
FaithChatter Conversation Cards
Newsletters
Special Offers
Ad-Free & Subscriber Log-In
Subscription Support
Trending:
Pope Leo Xiv
|
Israel
|
Trump
|
Social Justice
|
Peace
|
Love
Home
Books
About/Contact
The Bible & LGBT
FREE NEWSLETTER
Home
Progressive Christian
Archives
Select a Category
Christian Issues
Christian Spirituality
Dear John
En Espanol
Everywhere She's Not
Humor
Look See
Pastor Bob's Corner
Personal
Portuguese
Relationships
Russian
Short-short story
Smith Family Chronicles
Uncategorized
Select a Month
March 2024
August 2022
August 2020
July 2020
June 2020
February 2020
December 2019
June 2019
December 2018
May 2018
May 2017
January 2017
December 2015
November 2015
October 2015
September 2015
August 2015
July 2015
June 2015
May 2015
April 2015
January 2015
December 2014
November 2014
October 2014
September 2014
August 2014
July 2014
June 2014
May 2014
April 2014
March 2014
February 2014
January 2014
December 2013
November 2013
October 2013
September 2013
August 2013
July 2013
June 2013
May 2013
April 2013
March 2013
February 2013
January 2013
December 2012
November 2012
October 2012
September 2012
August 2012
July 2012
June 2012
May 2012
April 2012
March 2012
February 2012
January 2012
December 2011
November 2011
October 2011
September 2011
August 2011
July 2011
June 2011
May 2011
April 2011
March 2011
February 2011
January 2011
December 2010
November 2010
October 2010
September 2010
August 2010
July 2010
June 2010
May 2010
April 2010
March 2010
February 2010
January 2010
December 2009
November 2009
October 2009
September 2009
August 2009
July 2009
June 2009
May 2009
April 2009
March 2009
February 2009
January 2009
December 2008
November 2008
October 2008
September 2008
August 2008
July 2008
June 2008
May 2008
April 2008
March 2008
February 2008
January 2008
December 2007
November 2007
October 2007
September 2007
August 2007
July 2007
June 2007
May 2007
April 2007
October 2009
October 09, 2009
“Honey, Wake Up! You’ve Won the Nobel Prize!”
In the Obama's bedroom on the morning of the day on which Barack Obama won...
October 08, 2009
All rape is hate rape
Rape is to sex what waterboarding is to going swimming.
October 08, 2009
Can Christians Lose Their Salvation?
Some of my fellow "fellows" over on Boar's Head Tavern (the group blog run by...
October 05, 2009
Hollywood: Go Polanski Yourself
A point-by-point refutation of the arguments Hollywooders are presenting in defense of the pedophile Roman...
October 04, 2009
Why Must Mary Die a Virgin?
How is insistence on the perpetual virginity of Mary not misogyny?
October 03, 2009
Tullian Tchividjian and Coral Ridge Presbyterian
If any of you happen to know about the kerfuffle going on at Tullian Tchividjian's...
October 02, 2009
The Winner of The First Annual John Shore 10-Word Short Story Contest
First of all, let me just say that if you submitted a story to our...
October 01, 2009
Update on 10-Word Short Story Contest
Midnight last night this morning six hours ago marked the deadline for entries in the...
September 2009
September 30, 2009
When Your Husband Derides Your Faith
In response to a recent post of mine entitled When You Love Someone Who Doesn't...
September 29, 2009
My Interview of the Rev. Horton Heat, King of Psychobilly
I don't know if I have among my readers any Reverend Horton Heat fans---but in...
September 28, 2009
Mind Reading In My Blogging Class
As a child I learned from a traveling one-armed gypsy how to read the minds...
September 25, 2009
Conservative Christians: Quit Screaming. Liberal Christians: Quit Drinking So Much Wine.
I just put up a sweet Tweet: "Too many conservative Christians' lives are too limited;...
September 24, 2009
These Shoes Are Made For Bloggin …
From the September 14, 2009 New Yorker:
September 23, 2009
Don’t Make Me Smack You With a Ruler in Public This Weekend
This Saturday (September 25) I'll be at the annual San Diego Christian Writers Guild's writer's...
September 22, 2009
Bestselling Author Jacquelyn Mitchard Now Judging My 10-Word Short Story Contest! Prize Now Includes Her New Book!
When first I beheld the veritable flood of entries pouring in for my First Annual...
September 20, 2009
Announcing The First Annual John Shore 10-Word Short Story Contest
[Update: Bestselling author Jacquelyn Mitchard is now helping to judge this contest.] Recently I spotted...
September 18, 2009
Quotable Me
Last week someone told me they were going to put something I wrote in the...
September 16, 2009
Helping Christians be Bored by Homosexuality Since 2007
A conservative Christian emailed me yesterday to share his idea that I should "back off...
September 15, 2009
The universal value of Shore hardness
What can I say? It's in my genes.
September 12, 2009
Nothing Says Lovin’ Like a Lesbian Minister With an Oven
Speaking generally there are two kinds of Christians: Those who believe homosexuality is an affront...
September 11, 2009
It’s a Necessarily Horrible Early-19th C. Hand-Cranked Skull Saw!
In the astonishingly competitive contest that yesterday raged across the internet as thousands hundreds tens...
September 10, 2009
The Big Clue to Yesterday’s Mystery Thing
We've laughed. We've cried. We've bonded. We've been disturbed by a mental image of Martin's...
September 09, 2009
Guess What This Thing Is and Win An Inscribed, Autographed Book!
If you are the first to correctly guess what the above Mystery Thingamajig is I...
September 08, 2009
My Wife and I Never, Ever Fight. I’m Too Close to God For Anything That Pedestrian.
A few people wrote to ask if a big fight between my wife Cat and...
September 06, 2009
True Love: The Cruise Ship That Can’t Stay Afloat?
In the past, and particularly recently (with You Want Me To Emote About My Wife?...
September 04, 2009
Here Comes the Sun
I'm every day aware that when I die I will do so having in the...
September 03, 2009
IN YO FACE, CANCER!
Cat's radiologist reports that he saw no evidence of cancer on Cat's M.R.I. She has...
September 02, 2009
5 Words That Completely Explain Why Men Hate To Talk About Their Emotions
It keeps their emotions pure. (By which I mean that men tend to sort of...
September 01, 2009
I Laughed So Hard At This I Feared for My Life
This, to me, is about as funny as five minutes can possibly get. See also...
August 2009
August 31, 2009
Welcome to “The John Shore Show,” with Tonight’s Special Guest, Death.
(Last night, having fallen asleep while worrying about my wife having cancer, I dreamed I...
«
1
2
3
4
5
»
Related posts from
John Shore
Progressive Christian
Trump said . . . (choose your next...
John Shore
Progressive Christian
Back to school special: A liberal arts education...
John Shore
Progressive Christian
10 Tips for Becoming an Amazing Husband
John Shore
Progressive Christian
Life on my blog (sometimes)
John Shore
Ad-Free & Subscriber Log-In