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October 2012

October 04, 2012

San Diegans! HELLBOUND?, AMC Mission Valley 20, 7:30 TONIGHT! (And guess who’ll be there–besides me?)

Sorry for the late notice, but this just came together. If you're in San Diego...

September 2012

September 28, 2012

What the glass can’t hold

Last night my wife Catherine was thinking about why important and long-term relationships sometimes fail....

September 27, 2012

Is Amazon using me to destroy Barnes and Noble?

As of this moment Amazon is having a huge sale on all my books, especially...

July 2012

July 25, 2012

You complimentary commenters on comments

So this is just a quick note of thanks to you who sometimes take the...

July 07, 2012

What’s the deal with me and gay people, anyway? [Podcast]

Yesterday I put up a podcast episode that today I realized was too ... not...

July 06, 2012

Get the Gay Issue Right, Christians [Podcast]

I changed the title of this episode (and uploaded a whole new version of it;...

June 2012

June 29, 2012

Dragged by my neck out of Sunday School! [Podcast]

Below is my latest podcast. Listen, share, subscribe, download, write nice things about me on...

June 21, 2012

New podcast episode: Play-Doh isn’t food

Hi, guys. The third show of my podcast is below. Includes: my first church-ish experience;...

June 05, 2012

Want my tongue in your ear once a week?

So I started this podcast, right? (On iTunes here; on Soundcloud—where its RSS is—here.) I...

May 2012

May 28, 2012

Bits ‘n pieces

→ First of all, happy Memorial Day. On Friday Pastor Bob and I went to...

May 13, 2012

That mother o’ mine

(The four pieces below were originally published separately; I thought I'd here collect them into...

May 09, 2012

King John of Bloglandia

A couple of weeks back I got in this email from reader Anna Thorton: Hi,...

May 04, 2012

Hodgepodge-o-Rama!

I put up too much stuff on my Facebook page (which, if you haven't yet,...

April 2012

April 05, 2012

The God we know loves them, exactly as they were born

I got this in yesterday evening (the bolding---emboldering? emboldenment? bolderizing? phatted-up?---is mine) Dear John, Thank...

February 2012

February 11, 2012

A (non) helping hand

Hi guys! Just a quick note to let you know that for the next few...

January 2012

January 24, 2012

John Shelby Spong’s Seriously Supportive Statement

This morning John Shelby Spong was kind enough to write and send me this: John...

January 23, 2012

When Etta James had her way with me

Right there, in front of all sixteen of us, Etta James became Etta James.

December 2011

December 31, 2011

My Top 10 blog posts (and some stats) for 2011

2012! Almost here! Whoo-hoo! Time to do the laziest blog post ever! Whoo-hoo! Here are...

December 04, 2011

Mama Said Knock You Out

I'm not much of a fighter. Like just about everyone else in the world, I...

November 2011

November 19, 2011

I’m On the Radio Today, Live, at 6 p.m. Pacific. CALL IN!

Hello, friends! So today I'm going to be the sole guest on The Practical Christian,...

October 2011

October 25, 2011

Free Kindle Reading App for Your PC, Mac, Smartphone

Today I received three emails asking the same thing: "I want to read your e-book...

October 24, 2011

Should Christians Enjoy Halloween? Funny You Should Ask

I personally would like to offer $10,000 to anyone who can come up with a...

October 12, 2011

Mormons: Crazy Cult, or We Should Be So Lucky?

So lately there's been all this stuff everywhere about people who would vote for Rick...

September 2011

September 07, 2011

The Frost and Freedom of Death

I haven't known what to write about this. I've been numb. Even at this moment...

August 2011

August 27, 2011

Welcome to My New Online Home!

This is Dan Wilkinson, of Wilkinson Web Design. As you can see, he lives in...

August 25, 2011

O que Jesus faria se ele fosse convidado para um casamento gay?

That's right; I speak Portuguese. Okay, fine: I don't speak Portuguese. But João Mattos, a...

August 22, 2011

But let’s talk about me

Ha ha! Isn't it funny to think that what I'd like to talk about more...

July 2011

July 25, 2011

My Daring Exploits at Comic-Con!

Don't you hate it when a writer uses a super-exciting headline to draw people in...

July 21, 2011

I Want To Spoon With This Woman

A friend of mine, Zach Bailes, was walking around downtown Nashville when he came across...

July 16, 2011

Lazy Will The Loam Come From Its Hiding

So raise a glass to turnings of the season And watch it as it...