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May 2011

May 13, 2011

How I Single-Handedly Made All Christians Want to Dance on a Gay Pride Float

A recap of the week in which I personally changed the history of Christianity in...

May 08, 2011

Mothers Daze

I know this is so the wrong time to be sharing this stuff, but a...

April 2011

April 25, 2011

An Important Change for ThruWay Christians

I've made an important change to the opening of the ThruWay Christians founding document. In...

April 20, 2011

Why I Put My Book “I’m OK – You’re Not” Back on Sale

Because I found a box of them in the garage. Cool! Shortest blog post ever!...

April 12, 2011

Welcome, Xtranormalers!

If you've linked here from today's interview with me on the Xtranormal blog, hi! Welcome!...

April 11, 2011

A Thoughtful Pawz

Good morning! Happy Monday! Okay, well, anyway, it's Monday. Above is my entry in the...

April 05, 2011

“John, Do You Regret Becoming a Christian?”

A reader writes in to ask if I regret becoming a Christian. (Like I had...

March 2011

March 31, 2011

The Smith Family Chronicles 6: “I Give Up On Christianity.”

If you're just joining us, The Smith Family Chronicles will get you up to speed.

March 28, 2011

A Christian Vents Against Gays (and Me!)

Here's so much of what keeps so many so far from Christianity.

March 22, 2011

You Can Now Get My Blog on Your Kindle

I'm now portable. As opposed to potable. Which I'm most definitely not.

March 22, 2011

500 “Smith Family Chronicles” FB Fans by Episode 8, or Adios, Series

Thanks for the birthday wishes; how you can help the "The Smith Family Chronicles."

March 15, 2011

Tim Pawlenty and Gomer Pyle: Separated at Birth?

March 12, 2011

Heaven Can Wait

The New York Times yesterday ran this story about the publishing phenomenon, Heaven Is For...

March 02, 2011

Four Critical Points for Writers

Four critical pieces of advice for writers.

January 2011

January 25, 2011

Hey There, Dan Savagers

If you've come here via the ever-spectacular Dan Savage, looking for the post of mine...

January 19, 2011

Window shopping

If this site were a department store, I might display this stuff in its windows:...

January 17, 2011

ThruWay Christians’ New Logo

January 15, 2011

By All Means, Try to Stop ThruWay Christians

ThruWay Christians is happening. And there's nothing I or anyone else can do to stop...

January 13, 2011

Why is Work a Four-Letter Word?

A day without fun is a day nobody should have. Since when did work become...

January 06, 2011

On the Eve of the Egyptian Coptic Christmas, A Plea for Muslim-Christian Relations

In Egypt, Coptic Christians are being killed by Muslim terrorists. On the Eve of the...

January 05, 2011

Cutest. Baby. EVER.

If this baby girl were any cuter the whole world would explode from cuteness.

January 05, 2011

A Thruway Christian Ponders Transgenderism

This is the kind of open, honest inquiry that I think stands as a reason...

January 04, 2011

Nominate me for a 2011 Bloggie! The cut-off date for nominations is this Sunday, January...

December 2010

December 30, 2010

The Teen-Friendly Version of the Founding Document of My Hippie Pinko Christian Group

Here's a version of the founding document of the Thruway Christians written for teens.

December 25, 2010

Merry Christmas!!

MERRY CHRISTMAS!!! I hope you guys are all having the best Christmases you could ever...

December 20, 2010

Ho, Ho, I’m Outta Here

Blog break! My wife Catherine is off work until Dec. 26. Between now and then...

December 17, 2010

What’s Next for Thruway Christians?

If Thruway Christians takes off, great. If not, great. All I know is I've done...

December 16, 2010

What’s Not to Love?

Thank you, Erin D., of a town in state all the way across the country...

December 11, 2010

John, Across the Waters

To those of my fans abroad, I deeply apologize for recently having made available for...

December 10, 2010

Mama Said Knock You Out

Why do I write about gays and Christians (when I do, that is)? For one...