A few weeks ago, a young web designer named Daniel Gurtner (whom I don’t know and have never met), bought my book, “I’m OK—You’re Not: The Message … [and so on].” Out of the goodness of his heart, Daniel then made the below, which is my first ever book video. Built by a fan! For free! Which I can totally afford! Kids today. They clearly don’t have enough to do. Thank God. The day Daniel shared with me his clip,... Read more
People are forever saying that one of the keys to a happy marriage is learning to compromise. And in the sense in which that’s usually meant, that’s true. But in another, deeper sense, it’s also true that the key to a happy marriage is learning to never compromise at all. We all know that central to our personal happiness is to consistently resist compromising the things that are most important to us, which are our values. We know that we should always do... Read more
Welcome back to Cooking with John. I’m your cooking toast … your coasting took … your toasted cook. Har! Toasted cook! Which I’m not. Because that would be wrong. Man, I’ll tell you what, though. I don’t know if ol’ Chuck is chargin’ enough for this wine, knowwhaddimean? Not that I myself have imbibed in the TBC. “TBC.” That’s so cool how I say that. But I haven’t dranken … drunk? …. drinked? … downed a bunch more of it... Read more
My book, I’m OK–You’re Not: The Message We’re Selling Nonbelievers, and Why We Should Stop is now available, for only $6.99, on Scribd.com. If you don’t know yet, Scribd.com is basically the YouTube of documents. (more…) Read more
Just a quick note to say why I’ve not posted anything in the last few days. Cuz. I’m. Lazy. Plus, my wife Cat had FOUR DAYS OFF! Whoo. Hoo. Tonight (being Monday night, doncha know) we went to San Diego’s famous Old Globe Theatre to see Cornelia, about George Wallace and his second wife, Cornelia. The script and acting was … something less than overwhelming. But Robert Foxworth, who played Wallace, was exceptionally strong. So that sort of pretty much... Read more
Here's the TV cooking show going on inside my head as I make my signature dish, Cheesy Deliciousness. Read more
We've all got our stories. Here's a really weird version of mine. Read more
Oh no! I’m boring! Upon re-reading it, I just realized that my last blog post (Forget Yourself to Save Yourself) is quite disturbingly dull. It was a Totally Serviceable Idea, I thought. (And think. And I did just jazz it up a little.) It came to me at breakfast. Had to write it quickly, though. Too quickly, apparently. That’s the thing about blogging: you never really get to craft what you write, in a way. I mean, you do, but... Read more
When things get tough for us, we think we need to start watching out for ourselves. But the only way any of us can really protect ourselves is by losing ourselves in the service of others. Read more
Meghan McCain's brand of Republicanism increases, while church attendance decreases. It's starting to look like a whole new world out there. Read more
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