Lately I've been getting a few emails from new readers asking about my personal beliefs and/or theology—or just about me generally, especially relative to Christianity. I appreciate those queries, and thought I'd take a moment to address the main thrusts of them. Read more
An atheist and a Christian debate hell in a Starbucks. The atheist wins. Read more
IMHO this animated billboard—placed by American Atheists in Times Square—is not only obnoxious, but is also playing right into the hands of religious fundamentalists. Read more
A young Christian woman isn't feeling God with the conviction she'd like to. So she has some very key questions for me. Here's my answers. Read more
Today, December 1, is World AIDS day. What better day to sponsor this pastor's 545-mile bicycle ride to benefit the L.A. Gay and Lesbian center? Read more
Join me in congratulating James "Wally" Brewster and his husband Bob, as this week Brewster begins his new position as the U.S. ambassador to the Dominican Republic. Read more
It’s 3:30 in the morning. Today’s Thanksgiving! My wife Catherine is asleep upstairs. I’m down here on the couch with my laptop. Man, how was that not way too much boring information? Then again, it’s not like anyone’s gonna read this. Who reads a blog on Thanksgiving? Who writes a blog on Thanksgiving? (more…) Read more
An offering for those who feel like that they have less to be thankful for than they wish they did. Read more
Leave a prayer and say a prayer as you go into this year's holiday season. Read more
I get what invariably strikes me as a baffling amount of criticism for being “too divisive.” “It divides the body of Christ!”, for instance, is/was Complaint #1 about The NALT Christians Project (which I co-founded). If I’ve had a Christian “instruct” me that I’m being too divisive one time, I’ve heard it from more Christians than you could swat with a ruler. (more…) Read more
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