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July 2015

July 20, 2015

Spam I am

Lately I've grown pretty darn tubby, to the extent that I feel as if a whole...

July 14, 2015

An explanation of my editor, ghostwriter, and writing coach services

I offer six editorial and writing services: Project Evaluation, Project Development, Substantive Editing, Writing Coach,...

July 01, 2015

Want me to evaluate, edit, co-write, ghostwrite, or help you develop your writing project?

If you think you might be interested in my serving as your editor, book doctor,...

June 2015

June 04, 2015

Why the Christian middle ground is no place for me

When I was thirty-eight years old, I felt broken. I had a terrible past I...

May 2015

May 26, 2015

Priest denies confession to girl desperate to tell her secret

She wants to confess her secret. She's told to keep quiet unless she makes a...

August 2014

August 14, 2014

Book giveaway: “Moonlight Sonata at the Mayo Clinic” by Nora Gallagher

There’s just a lot of things I’m more comfortable talking about in the newsletter than...

May 2014

May 03, 2014

Happy 5th Anniversary, Patheos.com! [VIDEO]

Today Patheos.com—the website on which you're reading this blog—is celebrating its fifth anniversary. By way...

April 2014

April 07, 2014

Never ask questions!

My first time ever in Sunday school did not go well, to say the least.

February 2014

February 20, 2014

If you think John Shore is just another namby-pamby “Christian speaker” …

If you're in or near Louisville this weekend, come join us! It's a church! There's...

February 03, 2014

Free stuff!

I'm reviving my monthly newsletter (from which—as you may know—I've taken a bit of a...

January 2014

January 29, 2014

How To Make a Living Writing

It's not easy to make it as a writer. But you can do it. Here's...

December 2013

December 09, 2013

I, a Bible loving, gospel embracing, Paul-enamored lefty progressive Christian

Lately I've been getting a few emails from new readers asking about my personal beliefs...

November 2013

November 28, 2013

Happy Thanksgiving! (For some, I guess. I dunno.)

It's 3:30 in the morning. Today's Thanksgiving! My wife Catherine is asleep upstairs. I'm...

November 27, 2013

The grateful crier (Thanksgiving 2013)

An offering for those who feel like that they have less to be thankful for...

November 10, 2013

Starblog 11-10-2013: I’m outta here.

Hello, friends, associates, benign lurkers, and even people who share this guy's sentiments about me:...

October 2013

October 31, 2013

The moment what you love begins to disappear

Halloween! Hal. O. Weeeeeeeeeen! I'm so desperate to get outside it feels like my guts...

July 2013

July 04, 2013

The deal

Today, as she and I sat alone together overlooking the view from our front patio,...

July 01, 2013

The Heart of a Moralist: Dan Savage’s “American Savage”

One never hears the principal truth about Dan Savage used to describe him, which is...

June 2013

June 28, 2013

Such a week, with the victories and the flooding and the humor with the laughing.

Hi, guys. As I write it's 4 p.m. sunny/ridiculously hot today California time. What a...

May 2013

May 24, 2013

Alabama Shakes

In case you haven't yet met her, this is Brittany Howard, lead singer and guitarist...

April 2013

April 17, 2013

Kicked out of our church: How I learned the “Christian” view of gays (and what my wife did with that information)

After my wife Catherine and I had spent six years as members of the very...

April 01, 2013

April’s newsletter giveaway: Altec Lansing portable player for iPhone and iPad

With each edition of my monthly newsletter I do a giveaway. For April's newsletter (which I'll...

March 2013

March 25, 2013

Pray with me (or else!)

Every Sunday or Monday morning I sit down, close my eyes, and do Ye Oldye...

February 2013

February 16, 2013

Zombies, Glue-Sniffers, Beer Thieves and Me

Why am I awake? It's 4 a.m. The only people up at this time of...

January 2013

January 28, 2013

“Your laughter is interfering with my degrading shame”

If I had a thousand years and spoke as many languages I couldn't begin to...

January 13, 2013

My dad died today

Hi, guys. Some of you have been with me for a long time, so I...

January 11, 2013

Big book business beckons

Hello! How's your New Year going? Well, that's enough about you. As many/some/those of you...

December 2012

December 31, 2012

Old Lang’s sign

I miss old Lang. He was a good guy. So wise. I never learned Lang's...

November 2012

November 07, 2012

Is Obama one of the elect?

Get it? One of the elect? Get it?? Because he was elected? Har! Pffft. Can...

October 2012

October 25, 2012

Creativity, Pumpkin-heads, and Pee-Wee at the Movies

So I got in an email asking how I manage to be "so ridiculously creative!!!"...