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December 2014

December 23, 2014

Is Mental Illness Caused By “Unrepentant Sin”? How Did Christians Help or Worsen Your Mental Health Problems?

Is mental illness caused by "Unrepentant Sin"? How did Christians help or worsen your mental...

December 20, 2014

Does Christmas Make You Sad?

Does Christmas Make You Sad? If so-- why? Me? Yes and No... I think that...

December 04, 2014

My Very Personal Happy Christmas Story: The wonderful yet toxic combination of Mom’s evangelical goodness, Jesus’ inevitable birthday

For me, as a child in the mission, Christmas meant feeling guilty because Mom did...

December 01, 2014

How to help former evangelicals navigate their way out of despair and towards meaningful action?

Here's a letter from one of my readers that asks: "Because you have your finger...

November 2014

November 14, 2014

Many Evangelical Leaders Are Such SOB’s– What Are They Hiding?

Are Franklin Graham--and/or the 13 Evangelical leaders who wrote to Obama asking to be allowed to...

October 2014

October 30, 2014

Apple CEO Tim Cook “So let me be clear: I’m proud to be gay”

Apple CEO Tim Cook came out as gay in an essay for Bloomberg Businessweek where he said "So...

October 17, 2014

The “Bible Belt” is the Porn Belt: Surprised?

The Bible Belt is the Porn Belt. According to a new study, the more you...

October 11, 2014

Forbes Magazine Publishes 2 Articles on Bart Campolo and Me

"Frank Schaeffer" Daily update ⋅ October 11, 2014 NEWS Forbes How Frank Schaeffer Walked Away From Power To...

October 03, 2014

Embracing paradox helped me discover that religion is a neurological disorder for which faith is the only cure

My kaleidoscopic beliefs are fickle and motivated by desire, wishful thinking, and wanting to fit...

September 2014

September 09, 2014

Hooray for the Serendipitous Messy Exchange of Body Fluids!

"We’re living in an acquisitive capitalist society that is fundamentally anti-family and fundamentally uncomfortable with...

September 01, 2014

If you read one thing today, please read this: Sex Goes Virtual

Losing Our Touch By RICHARD KEARNEY August 30, 2014 11:30 August 30, 2014 11:30 am...

August 2014

August 27, 2014

The impact of Jesus’ feminism has yet to be fully realized

The impact of Jesus’ feminism has yet to be fully realized. Even famous women receive...

August 20, 2014

Please watch this extended interview with me on Who, What, Where, Why– of my views, books, sex, marriage, parents, faith, doubt and everything else…

Please watch this extended interview with me on Who, What, Where, Why-- of my views,...

August 19, 2014

It is in the moments of inner stillness that come from humility and unknowing that we can sense the presence of God

Only after we start to admit our addiction to certainty can we begin to actually...

August 16, 2014

“This is what being raised in the southern Bible belt will do to you…If it is ok, I will share my head for the first time to anyone”

NOTE: If you come from an evangelical background and feel anguish you are not alone....

August 08, 2014

We Spend Lifetimes Striving to Give Love, Create Beauty and Find Peace. Why?

It was a bright September day, clear, cool and perfect. My wife Genie, my grandchildren...

July 2014

July 29, 2014

what is truer than a story about a journey into one person’s Eternal Present powered by a single bite of tomato on a summer afternoon?

Scientists and theologians can’t offer better than circular arguments, because there are no other kinds...

July 24, 2014

The Missionary Kid Goes on “Vacation” and Winds Up “Witnessing” to a VERY LOST Italian in a VERY SMALL Bathing Suit!

In 1947 my family moved to Switzerland from the U.S. as missionaries to the...

July 15, 2014

Look into the faces of the people who know you best. Be honest with yourself about what’s written there, and you will know yourself– the Wild Goose Video Clip

Here's a 5 min clip from a 45 min talk... Couldn't make the Wild Goose Festival?...

May 2014

May 28, 2014

48 HOURS OF FREE! PLEASE HELP ME DO THE IMPOSSIBLE

WILL YOU HELP ME DO THE IMPOSSIBLE? Will you help me spread the word on my...

March 2014

March 20, 2014

Does the Jacket Copy of my New Book Work For You? WHY I’M AN ATHEIST WHO BELIEVES IN GOD

I have a book about to come out this spring--May 15. Here's the back cover...

February 2014

February 16, 2014

In The Next 3 Days I’ll be Announcing My New Book Title — Pub Date May 15

It's nonfiction, short, to the point and I'll be telling you all about it and...

January 2014

January 30, 2014

Here Are My Paintings That Sold So Far in the Last 10 Days of My Online Art Show

My art website Frankschaefferart.com opened my first online art show a few days ago. Here's...

January 27, 2014

My Heart Broke When I Stopped Painting So I Could Sell My Right Wing Jesus (It’s Fixed Now!)

When I was 17 the first painting I sold was to Mrs. David Rockefeller at...

December 2013

December 11, 2013

The Mystery Beyond Death: The Meaning of Christmas

(A painting by me, "Joy in July" c Frank Schaeffer 2013) What should we pass...

December 02, 2013

I Loved Christmas but Hated God for Screwing It Up

Edith and Francis Schaeffer AKA Mom and Dad Christmas for me will always be toxic...

October 2013

October 31, 2013

Evangelical Marriages Fail At Much Higher Rates Than Atheist’s Marriages

Surprise! Atheist marriages last longer than Christian ones. Yet conservative Christians see themselves as the...

September 2013

September 13, 2013

Nadia Bolz-Weber and the Liturgy

I met Nadia one morning over early coffee. I saw the tattoos and wondered who...

July 2013

July 17, 2013

Here’s What I’m Speaking on at the Wild Goose Festival

Here's what I'll be speaking on at the Wild Goose Festival. Please join me....

July 04, 2013

Left and Right Screw Up Accountability

Right and left have denied accountability through a trick of the mind that lets us...

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