I hate to lob bad voodoo onto anything as great as going to heaven. But it occurs to me that if I ever do make it past the Pearly Gates, then sometime between St. Peter saying, “That little cloud with the silver lining is yours,” and all my fellow heavenites finally giving up on my ever learning how to play the harp, at least one of the following five people I’ll meet in heaven will try to beat me up.... Read more
Yesterday I received an email that said, “John, I’m hearing much discussion on the recent wave of natural disasters pointing to the fact that the end of the world is near. I’d love to hear your take on it.” Naturally, the first thing I imagined was the following dialogue between me and a person I’ll call E.T. (for “End Times”) who thinks the recent waves of natural disasters means the end of the world is near. E.T: Hi, John! Thanks... Read more
As of today I’m blogging for The Huffington Post. I’ll supply le’ skam on the skinny either later this evening or the first thing tomorrow morning, but in the meantime (if you would—and comment, too, if you would!) … check it out: My first post on The Huffington Post. Life. It’s so … interesting, sometimes. ********************************************************************************************************** Email: [email protected] Follow: http://twitter.com/johnshore Befriend: http://www.facebook.com/john.shore1 Be fan: http://www.facebook.com/pages/John-Shore/89494795412?ref=s Read more
Adam: I sure wish we hadn’t eaten that apple. That was dumb. Eve: Really? Ya’ think? Adam: Where are we? Eve: I dunno. I know where we’re not. Adam and Eve [dreamily]: Paradise. Adam: I miss it already. I want back there so bad! Eve: Me, too. Maybe if we begged him to let us back in. Adam: I don’t know. Even though I’m new at … well, being alive, I guess, I hate begging. Something about it. Eve: Really?... Read more
To quote the ever-quotabe Tim Hornor (upon whose Facebook page I found this video—and whom I once interviewed in Interview with an Actor in an Upcoming Super Bowl commercial, and featured in From Budweiser to Hardees—And Beyond!), if this doesn’t improve your day we have nothing in common. A critical issue has arised arosen come up, which is whether or not this Cold War crooner is lip-syncing. Now, as anyone who reads my blog knows, I don’t like to argue.... Read more
Can we all agree, when discussing religion, to refrain from being completely dickish? Read more
I just came across this old TV commercial. About five seconds into it, I felt my brain starting fizzing over how many things in it were just … wrong. Be afraid. Read more
On the Day of Silence, meant to bring attention to LGBT bullying, should Christian students hand out cards of their own? Read more
Yesterday I looked at the Atonement at the micro/personal level. Here I step back to consider it in its broader context. Read more
Perhaps due to it being Lent, I’ve recently received a few emails from people asking me to explain what the Atonement of Christ is—what exactly it means, basically. So: The Atonement (think “at-one-ment,” because it’s about reconciling yourself to God) refers to the act by which Christ, who was God incarnated as a man, absorbed into himself the entirety of the cost—all of the negative karma, if you will—of everything bad that any person ever had or would do—and then... Read more
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