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August 30, 2009
My Wife: Beautiful on the Outside–But That’s It
They say beauty is only skin deep. But thank God for that quarter-inch of skin....
August 28, 2009
Lady at Starbucks Loudly Accuses Mom of Child Abuse! Just Now!
I'm sitting inside a dinky Starbucks. About eight people are standing in line for fancy...
August 27, 2009
“Born Into Sin” Just Means Born, Period
A reader wrote to me of her disdain for the Christian concept of original sin. "I...
August 25, 2009
“If the Holy Spirit Is Within Us, Why is Church Necessary?”
Can you believe that yesterday I overheard another conversation about Christianity? Amazing! This one was...
August 23, 2009
“God Can Love Me or Send Me to Hell. But Not Both.”
Sitting at Starbucks yesterday I overheard the following exchange between two men I'll call Bob...
August 20, 2009
No One REALLY Walks and Talks With Jesus
When speaking about matters of faith, we Christians use (duh: what else?) the only language...
August 18, 2009
You Guys Are The Best: Thank You
From the bottom of my heart I want to thank those of you who, in...
August 14, 2009
God and I Discuss My Wife Having Cancer
(After Question of the Week: Does My Wife Have Cancer?) Me: You know I have...
August 12, 2009
Waving Into The Dark
It's 11 a.m. and I'm in a doctor's office, listening on my iPod to M.I.A.'s...
August 11, 2009
Question of the Week: Does My Wife Have Cancer?
I was pretty sure I was done with blogging, but now find myself compelled to...
July 2009
July 25, 2009
My Life as a Major Criminal, Pt. 2
[This is part two of day-before-yesterday's My Life as a Major Criminal.] “Almost time,” Ben...
July 23, 2009
My Life as a Major Criminal
It was a plan of monumental audacity. Its success would bring to its knees the...
July 21, 2009
Death is the Answer
I think about death a lot. I figure anyone alive does, but I could be...
July 20, 2009
The Unique Notion of “Parenthood”
Below is an interesting passage from Jill Lepore's article, "Baby Talk," which appeared in the...
July 15, 2009
“Away, Gay Christians! But About That Charitable Work You Do …”
As reported in The New York Times, The Los Angeles Times and elsewhere, the American...
July 14, 2009
Thank God for Poor, Stupid Bible Thumpers
The one group of Americans our media is still very comfortable making fun of is...
July 13, 2009
Proof There’s Someone for Everyone
July 11, 2009
Disneyland: The Grand Finale of our Staycation
My wife Cat's been off all week. So far we've been to "Marvin Hamlish Directs...
July 10, 2009
Proof Things Only Got Worse For the Ugly Duckling
This picture I took yesterday of an Actual Living Bird proves, yet again, that fairy...
July 09, 2009
Where Hobbits Picnic
I hope the Hobbits don't sneak into my house at night and murder me for...
July 07, 2009
Five Pros & Cons About Sarah Palin.
1. Sarah is extremely good-looking. Pro: People automatically attribute all kinds of winning and noble...
July 05, 2009
Proof God Wants Me to Learn Math
July 03, 2009
From Budweiser to Hardee’s–And Beyond!
Remember this guy, young Timothy Hornor, whom I interviewed in Interview With an Actor in...
July 02, 2009
How to Believe in God: Brain First, THEN Emotion
God designed us with absolute and inviolate free will so that we could choose to...
July 01, 2009
Proof That God Litters
You would think, with all the attention the environment's been getting lately, that God wouldn't...
June 2009
June 30, 2009
The Fear That Feeds Our Discontent
We all struggle with too often or habitually doing or thinking things that we know...
June 28, 2009
Proof That Bees Make Water Meter Honey
Mmmmmm ... delicious water meter honey. I came across this extremely busy hive (bees were...
June 25, 2009
Proof That God is Creating a Race of Rock People
Here's a picture I took this weekend in some mountains four miles from our home....
June 24, 2009
Proof That God Confuses Plants with Animals
Proof that God confuses plants with animals
June 22, 2009
Proof That God Gets Bored
Yesterday my wife Cat and I hung around uber-snazzy La Jolla, CA, which is just...
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