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November 2015

November 04, 2015

Please Watch My 2 Min Vid Asking For You to Write me a Letter For My New Book For me to Publish

Will you watch this then help? I would love to hear from you at [email protected]...

November 04, 2015

Will you help me by writing something for me to include in my new book?

Dear Family, Will you help me by writing something for me to include in my...

November 02, 2015

Our Grandfather/Granddaughter Lucy & “Ba” Art/Icon Art Project

I've just launched a new show of icon art I collaborated with my 7 year...

October 2015

October 24, 2015

Adele – Hello WATCH Cry?

Adele is back, reason to rejoice... one child later and a new song... WATCH! Love,...

October 01, 2015

A Great KIRKUS Review for my New Book “Why I Am an Atheist Who Believes in God”

KIRKUS REVIEWS VOL. LXXXIII, NO. 19 | 1 OCTOBER 2015 By Rebecca Foster Frank Schaeffer,...

September 2015

September 29, 2015

Please Join Brian McLaren and Me & Others Oct 20-22, 2015 Minneapolis

NATIONAL SUMMIT GATHERING OCTOBER 20-22, 2015 Minneapolis, MN Hosted by Solomon’s Porch Featuring We hope...

September 27, 2015

Come Lord Banksy, come quickly!

Banksy’s Cinderella crash scene. Photograph: David Levene for the Guardian used by permission Banksy strikes...

September 18, 2015

ENTER ! SNAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAARKY PUPPY!

My friend Dave Felten of Living the Question, did me a huge favor: he took me...

September 14, 2015

Frank ” show us some other work!” OKAY

  I get glimpses of your other work in your videos - and would like to...

September 12, 2015

KIM DAVIS (not to mention evangelical hypocrisy) DESTROYED: “I am the very model of a modern fundamentalist”

Sick of Kim Davis? Tired of evangelical smarmy Hypocrisy? Here's the last thing you ever need...

September 09, 2015

3 Selfie Art Videos Explaining/Showing My Paintings re Life, Flowers, God and Grandchildren

Here are 3 "selfie" videos I just took in my garden and studio showing and...

August 2015

August 10, 2015

If You Care About Justice and the Future of Our World Stand Up to Saudi Terror and Promote, Read, Buy THIS BOOK!

Here is a message I just got on my Facebook Messages. If you care about...

July 2015

July 30, 2015

Don’t Miss the 2 Best Pieces (By Camille Paglia) on Sexual Politics and American Society I Ever Read

Camille Paglia (Credit: Michael Lionstar) Camille Paglia takes on Jon Stewart, Trump, Sanders: “Liberals think of...

July 18, 2015

U2 Becomes Cirque du Soleil Meets George Balanchine Rock as a Surgical Strike

Last week my granddaughter Amanda (22), and me watched U2 do their stuff in Boston...

July 17, 2015

What Is BAD (and Good) Sex & Art?

Bad art and bad sex matter for the same reason that bad religion matters. A...

July 14, 2015

Peggy Campolo, Brian McLaren, My Granddaughter Amanda, and Me Having a Wild Time at Wild Goose!

Here's Peggy Campolo, one of my most loved and favorite people with me at Wild...

July 05, 2015

If there were no “holy books” how much easier it would be to believe in God!

(The "Last Judgement" by Michelangelo, Courtesy the Vatican archive) If there were no “holy books”...

July 03, 2015

WATCH President Obama interview David Attenborough on climate change, nature, beauty, education and so much more- DO NOT MISS THIS NEW AMAZING EVENT!!!

President Obama is a big fan of  David Attenborough (I am too). Here the President interviews...

July 03, 2015

I’m So Grateful That I Sold These 2 Paintings Including 1 From My New Summer Show

Here are 2 paintings that just sold from my art site. Thank you!    ...

June 2015

June 17, 2015

Please Join me at the Wild Goose Festival (get 30% off your ticket too!)

I’d like to thank you for being a part of my life and thus part...

June 16, 2015

Watch! Enjoy! I’ve been singing this all day!

Here is a video composed and sung by my nephew Ranald Macaulay's children. They live...

June 15, 2015

There is only one defense against the rising, worldwide, fear-filled fundamentalist tide engulfing all religions

My way of trying to encounter God within a church community may well be poison...

June 14, 2015

Put it this way: church may be a son-of-a-bitch, but it’s my son-of-a-bitch!

Some of my secular (or lapsed ex-religious) friends don’t get why I “still” go to...

June 12, 2015

Here is my NEW Summer 2015 Show of my Paintings… Please Take a LOOK

Here is my new Summer 2015 show of my paintings. Please visit my art site...

June 08, 2015

Notes To a Young Apostate

Frank Schaeffer Sent by Facebook Mentions Jun 1st, 12:36pm Thanks for keeping me posted, I'd...

June 05, 2015

Laura Hillenbrand did it, so just quit whining and write!

Someday I’ll show the movie Seabiscuit to my grandchildren Jack (4) and Lucy (6). On...

May 2015

May 28, 2015

Join Me At the Wild Goose Festival (again) my Favorite Yearly Event Let’s Have a Beer (or three) Together!

Will you join me (again) at the Wild Goose Festival (my favorite event!) July 9-12...

May 16, 2015

Why Does God Hate Gay People? My Interview on the New Movie

At the End of the Day is a feature-length comedy written and directed by Kevin O’Brien....

May 15, 2015

Congratulations to My Friend Doug Pagitt for the Best Moment on FOX NEWS (Please watch a Brilliant 6 Minutes) I’ve Ever Seen, not to Mention His New Book

Fox News is not a good place to be... (been-there-done that) unless you are Doug...

May 11, 2015

Richard Rohr is in High Gear!

Fr. Richard is in high gear! I hope you see his 'Meditations' regularly (I do via...

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