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August 06, 2013
The Head Covering Movement: Real, or What?
Here is the "promo video" for The Head Covering Movement (which I recently learned about...
August 05, 2013
“I lived 30 years alone”: A Christian lesbian grandmother tells her story
Here is a letter I got in response to the call I put out on...
August 02, 2013
To Pro-Lifers Who Believe Adoption is Always the Answer
On the group blog for Unfundamentalist Christians, we have published UCer Mindy Carney's To Pro-Lifers Who...
July 2013
July 31, 2013
Why am I still a Christian?
Got this in last week: Hi John, I'm writing to share a problem I have...
July 29, 2013
She’s caring for their mother–and they’re angry about it
Got this in: Hello John, I don't know how I found your page, but I...
July 26, 2013
Yay for the new day’s new way!
This week The Atlantic ran a story, The Rise of the Christian Left in America, the...
July 24, 2013
The triune nature of God explained in four perfect sentences
The idea that God is the ultimate hat trick—that he is Father, Son, and Holy...
July 22, 2013
Just Like You (From a gay Christian to an anti-gay Christian)
The poem below is a collaborative effort between me and Ford, a friend of mine....
July 17, 2013
8 Ways Christians Fail to Be Christian
I, a Christian, feel that we Christians too often fail in these eight ways: 1....
July 16, 2013
Anti-gay Christianity claims another life
This is Carlos Vigil, of Valencia County, New Mexico, just south of Albuquerque: Here's another...
July 15, 2013
Affirming: Yay! Welcoming: Pray.
The other day I tweeted, The diff b/w LGBT affirming & LGBT welcoming is the...
July 11, 2013
If pride is a sin, color me guilty
Remember Colby Martin, the young pastor whose story I shared in Pastor Fired for LINKING to...
July 08, 2013
The truth about dead people
A few people have asked me (some kindly, some ... not so much) how I...
July 04, 2013
The deal
Today, as she and I sat alone together overlooking the view from our front patio,...
July 03, 2013
When you’re the rebound guy
Hey John, I recently read your article What Does a Woman Mean When She Says,...
July 01, 2013
The Heart of a Moralist: Dan Savage’s “American Savage”
One never hears the principal truth about Dan Savage used to describe him, which is...
June 2013
June 28, 2013
Such a week, with the victories and the flooding and the humor with the laughing.
Hi, guys. As I write it's 4 p.m. sunny/ridiculously hot today California time. What a...
June 26, 2013
A spontaneous prayer about the DOMA ruling
As you're probably by now aware, today the Supreme Court declared a 1996 law denying...
June 25, 2013
Dear John: Will she be scared straight?
Yesterday I received from a young woman this letter: Dear John, My girlfriend and I...
June 20, 2013
An open letter to Exodus International’s super-remorseful Alan Chambers
Dear Mr. Chambers: I am writing in regard to your apology yesterday for all the...
June 18, 2013
It’s his choice: His mother or his fiancee
Got this in yesterday: Hi John, May I first of all just say how much...
June 16, 2013
If your Father’s Day isn’t quite so happy
People always say that life is short. And in most ways it certainly is. But...
June 14, 2013
A Christian pop quiz
Got this in: I really love your website and articles. I have a few questions....
June 12, 2013
Betraying the Spirit: How the Christian Right Gets the Bible Wrong
I just released UNFAIR: Christians and the LGBT Question, the much revised and updated version...
June 10, 2013
All God, Always
Good morning! So lately I've received a few emails asking about my weekly e-newsletter, John's...
June 06, 2013
Christians of a feather
Dear John, I have read your blog for ages. I was involved in charismatic and...
May 2013
May 31, 2013
Dan Savage’s call to arms (and shout-out to me)
During his appearance yesterday on HuffPost Live to discuss his runaway bestseller American Savage, Dan...
May 29, 2013
Christians in love with non-Christians (and their Christian “friends” who object)
I recently got in this letter: Hey John, I am a Christian young woman engaged...
May 26, 2013
Dealing with anti-Christianity in the LGBT community
I recently got in an email with the subject line, "Dealing with anti-Christianity in the...
May 24, 2013
Alabama Shakes
In case you haven't yet met her, this is Brittany Howard, lead singer and guitarist...
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