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August 2014

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 11, 2014

Switchfoot’s Album & Movie “Fading West” — It’s Grace in Action, Hope Crystallized, Damnation Canceled in Favor of Love…

I was just speaking at SoulFest (August 7-9). It's a music festival with evangelical roots. The band...

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 19, 2014

I haven’t the foggiest idea what prayer does– I do know that I can’t get through my day without praying…

Why does prayer feel both right and normal to me and crazy, too? The best...

June 2014

June 25, 2014

Why I Go To Church With the Dude Lebowski

Then again, if I only wanted to attend a church that was good, true and...

June 07, 2014

Jesus hung out with whores

Here is an excerpt from WHY I AM AN ATHEIST WHO BELIEVES IN GOD: How to give...

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 12, 2013

What my Parents Never Seemed to Have Done is Consider that the Bible Contains a Paradox

When my busy dad Francis Schaeffer and I spent time alone together, I discovered a...

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....

March 2013

March 11, 2013

# X Commandment… For the Children’s Sake

X: Never forget passing on what is good doesn’t happen by chance. Did your mother...

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...

March 07, 2013

# VI Commandment Re Your Kids

VI: Never make the mistake I made by expecting that somehow a child will learn...

March 05, 2013

My Answer to the Patheos Lenten Question of the Week: Forgive!

In our small local Greek Orthodox church my wife Genie and I both like the...

March 04, 2013

# 3 Commandment for Making a Happy Child Into Your Lifelong Friend

III: Never make sarcastic remarks to a child much less say snide or ironic things...

March 03, 2013

# 2 of my “Twelve Commandments” of Happy Parenting

I can save parents and would-be parents’ grief and a good bit of self flagellation....

March 02, 2013

My “Twelve Commandments” of Happy Parenting

If I could have one wish, it would be to get a parent do-over knowing...

December 2012

December 17, 2012

I Love This Man

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December 03, 2012

How to Keep Your Mate Even If You Are A Semi-Evolved Recovering Evangelical Controlling Bastard

Following her mother's example my first child Jessica returned love for my clumsy-to-bad-to-mean "fathering..."...

September 2012

September 27, 2012

Who Needs This God Nonsense?

And yet, here I am telling my four-year-old granddaughter Lucy that God made the rock...

September 13, 2012

The Blessed Hypocrisy “Method Acting” of Salvation PART 4 (Conclusion)

I have seen the power of forgiveness work to heal my former religious “certainties.” (I...

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