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September 2010

September 24, 2010

“John’s Band.” I Sense a Movement! (Oh, Stop! I Swear, I Can’t Take You People Anywhere…)

Yesterday, in one of the zillion little comment threads on my Facebook fan page, reader...

September 23, 2010

Honorable Discourse!

Here are a few--though by no means all--highlights from the discussion that yesterday took place...

September 20, 2010

The Laziest Christian in the World

Everything about us is geared toward action. We are a busy, busy people. It's great!...

September 13, 2010

Me. On Radio. Today. 5:35 EST. Be There, or Be Somewhere Else!

Breaking news! Dateline: John Shore's dining room table. I, your humble blogger, have been invited...

September 09, 2010

Terry Jones’ Statement In Full

From the BBC: US pastor Terry Jones of the Dove World Outreach Center in Gainesville,...

September 02, 2010

And Yada, Yada, Yada … Glenn Beck’s a Christian

I don't watch TV. I mean, I watch stuff on my TV---but "only" DVD's, since...

September 01, 2010

Speaking of Depression and Prayer (on the Radio…)

Today at 5:10 EST I'll be on The John and Kathy Show, on 101.5 FM...

August 2010

August 31, 2010

Sarah Palin and Lady Gaga: What They Have in Common, and Why (Hallelujah!) They’re Both Right

[Update: Just to be clear---because there seems to be some misunderstanding about this, for which...

August 27, 2010

Is It Our Fault That We Christians Think We’re Superior?

Ha, ha, ha. That joke title was just my way of saying, "I overdrank this...

August 14, 2010

Has a Cockroach Skittered Into This, My Online Home?

Hey, quick note. Sometimes I get too busy to monitor with proper asssiduousness the myriad...

August 14, 2010

I Dare You To Stay Awake Reading This

Don't you hate it when you go to a website or blog, expecting something interesting,...

August 13, 2010

The Cowardly Lion on Drugs; Crossdressing Roman Soldiers; Me Showering on TV

Ah, Friday. It's like a regular day, except completely better. Friday is the foreplay of...

August 12, 2010

A Reader Sends Me a New iPod Touch 32 GB! Plus: Shape-Shifting Christianity.

I sincerely wish to thank the reader of mine who brought and shipped to me...

August 05, 2010

Listen to Me on the Radio Yesterday–IF YOU DARE!

My friend Brian Shields helped me out by making me this audio file link thing....

August 05, 2010

Christian Music DJ, JB, Responds: “Dear Haters …”

Yesterday I extended to Air1 DJ JB (quick: say "DJJB" three times real fast---wait, don't:...

August 03, 2010

Comin’ Straight At Ya’ Through 50,000 Watts of Broadcasting Power, Baby: Me.

So today, whilst hunkered down in this new book I'm writing, I got an email...

July 2010

July 31, 2010

John Edwards is a Hot Blond Woman!

Be afraid. Or confused. Or something.

July 30, 2010

Anne Rice: “I Quit Being a Christian!” Yaaaaawn.

As you've likely heard, renowned author of novels about vampires Anne Rice has boldly declared...

July 27, 2010

“Then What Is Love To You, Anyway?” (From “All In … Almost”)

(More material I've written for my aborning book, All In ... Almost.) I was twenty-three...

July 21, 2010

Twelve Years of Rejected Short Stories, And Then This!

The other day I found on my Facebook page a brief supportive note from a...

July 21, 2010

Two Dinky Bits of Blog Advice

Looking at (literally) all the new blogs now on my blogroll (via yesterday's "Send Me...

July 19, 2010

Send Me Your Blog Address for My Blogroll!

[Update: I'll leave this post up through today--being July 20, doncha know--and then be sure...

July 17, 2010

Those Ignorant, Laughable Fundamentalists. Right?

I just got in a comment to yesterday's A Christian Reader Asks: “They’re Doing Yoga...

July 14, 2010

If My Wife Were the NAACP, and I The Tea Party

From the website of the NAACP: Today, NAACP delegates passed a resolution to condemn extremist...

July 13, 2010

Does God Control or Persuade? (And Is His Future What We Make It?)

Remember my post "Waffles?" Me neither. Weirdly enough, hitting my blog's "Publish" button triggers a...

July 08, 2010

The Opening of the Book I’m Now Writing

Here's the (so-far) opening to "All In ... Almost," the book I'm just now writing...

July 06, 2010

My New Book Has Taken Over My Head

What I should do is kill this blog. It's about my only hope for finishing...

June 2010

June 28, 2010

WHOOPS!

WHOA! Three years, and it's the first time this has happened. If you subscribe to...

June 26, 2010

Let’s Try Blogging About Current Events!

On my Facebook page, a reader commented about my blog, "All your posts refer to...

June 25, 2010

“Waffles?”

As I sit here feeling for some terrible reason I sense but can't grasp that...