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May 2017

May 22, 2017

The Terrifying Truth about the USA (And All of Us) That Trump’s Rise to Power Confirms and What to Do about It

Before Trump became president there was room for debate about what and who we Americans...

May 11, 2017

If Trump Was Your Cousin Would You Ever Ask Him to Care for Your Child or Grandchild Alone and Unsupervised For a Weekend?

We are being conditioned to chaos by Trump. Thank God he’s not caring for my...

April 2017

April 25, 2017

Free: Read a sample chapter from my new forthcoming book “Letters to Lucy”

"Letters to Lucy" is a multimedia project I've worked on for 3 years. Now...

August 2016

August 17, 2016

NOTE: this Friday August 19 to Sunday August 21 my book “WHY I AM AN ATHEIST WHO BELIEVES IN GOD– How to Give Love, Create Beauty and Find Peace” will be FREE on Amazon-Kindle. Please pass on the word. Thank you.

"All we have is our stories," writes novelist Schaeffer (Crazy for God, 2008, etc.) in...

July 2016

July 29, 2016

Please take 10 min and watch my Friend Reverend William Barber Tell the Truth at the Democratic National Convention

photo CNN On the final night of the Democratic National Convention, the Reverend Dr. William...

June 2016

June 21, 2016

ORLANDO? TRUMP? HATE? July 7-10 let’s PUSH BACK! so…please do NOT miss the Wild Goose Festival… now MORE THAN EVER!

will i see you there? click for tickets now Here is what I'll be...

February 2016

February 11, 2016

Colbert Nails It On Just How Stupid Our Culture is About Nudity in ART– WATCH!

Here's Colbert at his best in the best and funniest clip I've ever seen on...

December 2015

December 21, 2015

My Christmas greeting about love, urinary catheters, and the meaning of life

Please lend me 4 min, and WATCH Frank Schaeffer is a writer. His latest book --WHY I AM...

November 2015

November 27, 2015

If You Haven’t Watched These 4 Adele Video clips You Might as Well be Dead

photo the Guardian Here's the way to survive so-called "Black Friday"-- It all starts...

September 2015

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...

December 2014

December 25, 2014

My Christmas Day Thank You (Written 9:52 AM Today)

Dear God, I hope you exist mostly because I am so grateful for life and...

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...

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

The Perfect Picture of Just About Everything Wrong With Just About Everything! (Add Your Own “I’m lovin’ it!” Sucky Caption!)

Jesus USA as beefy, cheesy glory: A Classic American Portrait. A brilliant photograph by...

June 2014

June 24, 2014

Repentance Backed Up With Action Can Change Reality

Mom and Dad (Edith and Francis Schaeffer) in L'Abri 1979 "The very fabric of the...

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...

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...

November 2013

November 03, 2013

Here’s A Reason Why I Bother Writing– “Frank, I need the rawness. I need the dirt. I need the profanity.”

I got this email from someone I'll call "Wounded Recovering Evangelical", who gave me permission...

August 2013

August 19, 2013

If The Earth Could Talk

Dear Children, This is your mother speaking. Why don’t you call? You never talk to...

July 2013

July 25, 2013

My Latest on Huff Post Live– fatherhood, children, art, life

Huff Post Live has given me a platform to talk about issues like becoming a...

July 18, 2013

FOR GOD’S SAKE, WHERE IS GOD?

“Night” is a book by Elie Wiesel about his experience in the German concentration camps....

June 2013

June 18, 2013

Proof That God Exists & The Definition of What & Why ART!!!

Take 4 minutes and learn that God, Beauty, Art, Love and Spirituality actually exist. Here's proof positive...

March 2013

March 09, 2013

# VIII Commandment… continues

VIII: Never pass on your fears. Too many a “be careful!” comment or too many...

March 08, 2013

# VII Command So You won’t Screw Up Your Kids

VII: Never forget: You are going to grow a carbon copy of what you hate...

December 2012

December 16, 2012

It’s Time to Hate Mass Murder and the “Liberal” and “Conservative” Idiots Who Help It Happen

The horrible violence in a small school against OUR six-year-olds perfectly reflects the nature of...

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