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2013-07-17T16:34:16-08:00

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8 Ways Christians Fail to Be Christian

Last updated on: July 17, 2013 at 4:34 pm By John Shore

I, a Christian, feel that we Christians too often fail in these eight ways: (more…) Read more

Christian Issues

2013-07-16T11:17:29-08:00

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Anti-gay Christianity claims another life

Last updated on: July 16, 2013 at 11:17 am By John Shore

This is Carlos Vigil, of Valencia County, New Mexico, just south of Albuquerque: Here’s another picture of him: (more…) Read more

Christian Issues

2013-07-15T10:49:58-08:00

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Affirming: Yay! Welcoming: Pray.

Last updated on: July 15, 2013 at 10:49 am By John Shore

The other day I tweeted, The diff b/w LGBT affirming & LGBT welcoming is the diff b/w “Welcome!” and “Welcome, you abomination! Did you bring money? (Tweet that yourself.) It brought the usual fusillade of fussing. So I thought I’d take a quick moment to elaborate. (more…) Read more

Christian Issues

2013-07-11T00:52:40-08:00

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If pride is a sin, color me guilty

Last updated on: July 11, 2013 at 12:52 am By John Shore

Remember Colby Martin, the young pastor whose story I shared in Pastor Fired for LINKING to “Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell” Article? The one who, for doing nothing more than posting a link on his Facebook page to a completely innocuous story about the abolishment of the discriminatory “Don’t Ask Don’t Tell” law, was fired from the church he’d dedicatedly spent the previous five years growing and building? (more…) Read more

Christian Issues

2013-07-08T17:16:22-08:00

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The truth about dead people

Last updated on: July 8, 2013 at 5:16 pm By John Shore

A few people have asked me (some kindly, some … not so much) how I reconcile my kind and loving thoughts about my dad after he died (i.e., My Dad Died Today), with the sometimes less warm feelings about him that I expressed before he went to that big Dad lounge-chair in the sky. (more…) Read more

Relationships

2013-07-04T23:44:11-08:00

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The deal

Last updated on: July 4, 2013 at 11:44 pm By John Shore

Today, as she and I sat alone together overlooking the view from our front patio, my wife Catherine, from quite deep in her ruminations, said, “You know what the deal is, don’t you?” (more…) Read more

Personal

2015-01-13T13:47:45-08:00

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When you’re the rebound guy

Last updated on: January 13, 2015 at 1:47 pm By John Shore

Hey John, I recently read your article What Does a Woman Mean When She Says, “I Need Space”? It really made me want to reach out and contact you, to see what kind of advice of you would give me. (more…) Read more

Dear John

2013-07-01T00:29:50-08:00

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

Last updated on: July 1, 2013 at 12:29 am By John Shore

One never hears the principal truth about Dan Savage used to describe him, which is that he is a moralist of the first order. Besides being that rarest of persons, an original thinker, the founder of the It Gets Better phenomenon is also frightfully brave, ridiculously articulate, exhaustively informed, and wizened by over twenty years spent publicly giving people (ahem) no-holes-barred sex advice. (more…) Read more

Personal

2013-06-28T17:03:54-08:00

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

Last updated on: June 28, 2013 at 5:03 pm By John Shore

Hi, guys. As I write it’s 4 p.m. sunny/ridiculously hot today California time. What a week! (more…) Read more

Personal

2013-06-26T08:47:15-08:00

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A spontaneous prayer about the DOMA ruling

Last updated on: June 26, 2013 at 8:47 am By John Shore

As you’re probably by now aware, today the Supreme Court declared a 1996 law denying federal benefits to legally married same-sex couples (the shamefully named Defense of Marriage Act) unconstitutional. (more…) Read more

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