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July 20, 2011
Your Inner Loser
If you follow this blog at all, you know that we spend a lot of...
July 19, 2011
“I’m a Straight Christian Woman Raised a Fundamentalist — And I’m In Love With a Woman!”
So here's a letter I got in last week: I have a question, John....
July 18, 2011
Still Dreaming of Landing That Big Book Contract? This is Your Wake-Up Call
As many of you know, for at least a year now I've been telling any...
July 17, 2011
“The patriarchal, ego-fortifying, psyche-destroying, soul-crushing, domineering, brain-washing, fear-inducing, manipulative, spiritually abusive world of the fundamentalism I know”
This is a guest post by Christy Caine, who blogs at Leap of Fate. [I...
July 17, 2011
A Review of “7 Reasons Women Stay in Abusive Relationships” from RealHope.com
From RealHope.com: John Shore wrote on his blog an article called "Seven Reasons Women Stay...
July 16, 2011
Lazy Will The Loam Come From Its Hiding
So raise a glass to turnings of the season And watch it as it...
July 16, 2011
“I Love Christ, But Fundamentalist Christians Destroyed My Life”
(This just in. I think it's safe to say Christianity did not play a positive...
July 15, 2011
Prayer, Forgiveness, and the Nightmare of Being Bullied
In the comments section of The Difference Between "Praying For" and "Forgiving," reader "Susan in...
July 14, 2011
The Difference Between “Praying For” and “Forgiving”
So in light of the extremely good responses (still coming in) to yesterday's Must We...
July 13, 2011
Must We Pray for Our Enemies?
(This is part and parcel of my last post, "How Can We Increase Our Compassion...
July 13, 2011
How Can We Increase Our Compassion for Others?
The other day a friend was sharing with me the trouble he sometimes has feeling...
July 11, 2011
Two Crazy Rooms in the Church Lady’s House
So this morning I find email chastising me for yesterday's Remembering the Fundamentalists' True Love...
July 10, 2011
A Bit o’ Fundy Love
Here's a lovely letter I got in Friday. You may think I'm sharing it here...
July 08, 2011
The Absence of God: A Kinder, Gentler Hell?
These days Christians rarely assert that hell is a place where people get burned alive....
July 07, 2011
Right-Wing Christians: 1, Leftist Christians: 0
So early last week The Christian Left (website; blog; Facebook page) took out this Facebook...
July 06, 2011
Obey Rob Bell In His Most Recent Sermon: Give It Up For Me
So today I got an email from HuffPo notifying me that they'd published my Time...
July 06, 2011
“Gays Can Be Priests; But Marriage Should Be Between a Man and a Woman.”
Below is an email I got in last week. I'm sharing it with you (with...
July 05, 2011
Time to Get Your Clark Kent On?
As everyone knows, the newspaper industry certainly isn't what it used to be. Print circulation...
July 04, 2011
A coming out letter to her family
A young woman has shared with me this letter to her family. What better day...
July 01, 2011
Gays and Hell: How Can God Break The Great Commandment?
A sane Christian must admit that no one actually, in an objective sense, knows if...
June 2011
June 29, 2011
Progressive Christians: It’s Awful to Waffle!
I like progressive Christians. They're a fun bunch: witty, conversational, tending toward expressive body language....
June 28, 2011
Why Did I Pray for Emily?
Dear Lord, please be with Emily during her operation. Please be with her doctors, and...
June 26, 2011
“I Came Out to My Evangelical Family. And Guess What?”
On January 2 I received this email: John Shore, I'm not sure who you are...
June 23, 2011
Drunk Driving Wrong? We’ll Drink to That
Relative to Ryan Dunn's maybe having died from driving drunk: Drunk driving is awful. No...
June 21, 2011
Gay Christians: Tell the World Your Story
If you follow this blog at all, you know that I sometimes publish here emotionally...
June 20, 2011
“Am I Seeking the Truth Because I Want to Justify My Sin?”
Here's a letter I got in this weekend: Good day John. I'd like to say...
June 19, 2011
Father’s Day
Here's a link to what in the past I've posted on Father's Day. (Sorry I...
June 16, 2011
Love Loses: Barnes and Noble’s Big Fat Bell Book Fail
If you read John Wins: When Rob Bell's Editor Calls, you know I'm thinking about...
June 15, 2011
John Wins: When Rob Bell’s Editor Calls
About a month ago I received an email from one Rob Bell. "You are awesome"...
June 14, 2011
Waiting for the Next
The YMCA locker room smelled like tile, wood and chlorine. My dad and I getting...
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