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2013-06-25T10:32:04-08:00

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Dear John: Will she be scared straight?

Last updated on: June 25, 2013 at 10:32 am By John Shore

Yesterday I received from a young woman this letter: Dear John, My girlfriend and I have been together for a year and a half now. She is actually the one who pursued me. She’s been my best friend, and we have had our ups and downs, but she says that I have her heart. (more…) Read more

Dear John

2016-10-20T11:13:25-08:00

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An open letter to Exodus International’s super-remorseful Alan Chambers

Last updated on: October 20, 2016 at 11:13 am By John Shore

Dear Mr. Chambers: I am writing in regard to your apology yesterday for all the devastating things that your “ex-gay” organization, Exodus International, has done to LGBTQ people and their families over the past thirty-seven years. It’s so heartening when a person apologizes for how wrong they’ve been. (more…) Read more

Christian Issues

2013-06-18T10:17:57-08:00

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It’s his choice: His mother or his fiancee

Last updated on: June 18, 2013 at 10:17 am By John Shore

Got this in yesterday: Hi John, May I first of all just say how much I appreciate and love your page? For me, it is smothered by the teachings of grace and upholding the real meaning of God’s love, as opposed to this hateful portrayal that so many Christians are putting forward every day. (more…) Read more

Dear John

2013-06-16T07:18:31-08:00

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If your Father’s Day isn’t quite so happy

Last updated on: June 16, 2013 at 7:18 am By John Shore

People always say that life is short. And in most ways it certainly is. But in one key way it’s long. And that way is relative to how, over the course of one’s life, one’s feeling about one’s parents inevitably change. (more…) Read more

Relationships

2013-06-14T10:13:29-08:00

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A Christian pop quiz

Last updated on: June 14, 2013 at 10:13 am By John Shore

Got this in: I really love your website and articles. I have a few questions. (more…) Read more

Christian Spirituality

2013-06-12T12:32:47-08:00

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Betraying the Spirit: How the Christian Right Gets the Bible Wrong

Last updated on: June 12, 2013 at 12:32 pm By John Shore

I just released UNFAIR: Christians and the LGBT Question, the much revised and updated version of my earlier title, UNFAIR: Why the ‘Christian’ View of Gays Doesn’t Work. Among the most significant new content in the book is this passage, taken from its (now) opening essay, Taking God at His Word: The Bible and Homosexuality: (more…) Read more

Christian Issues

2013-06-10T09:07:21-08:00

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All God, Always

Last updated on: June 10, 2013 at 9:07 am By John Shore

Good morning! So lately I’ve received a few emails asking about my weekly e-newsletter, John’s Prayer for the Week, which is … well, a prayer I send out at the beginning of each week to those who’ve subscribed to that newsletter. (more…) Read more

Christian Spirituality

2013-06-06T09:04:50-08:00

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Christians of a feather

Last updated on: June 6, 2013 at 9:04 am By John Shore

Dear John, I have read your blog for ages. I was involved in charismatic and fundy churches for ages, and, after being involved in ex-gay ministries and church for more years, came out as gay after a suicidal depression, and began to rebuild my life. (more…) Read more

Dear John

2013-05-31T07:39:45-08:00

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Dan Savage’s call to arms (and shout-out to me)

Last updated on: May 31, 2013 at 7:39 am By John Shore

During his appearance yesterday on HuffPost Live to discuss his runaway bestseller American Savage, Dan Savage talked a bit about me (at 2:10): (more…) Read more

Christian Issues

2018-04-16T17:49:16-08:00

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Christians in love with non-Christians (and their Christian “friends” who object)

Last updated on: April 16, 2018 at 5:49 pm By John Shore

I recently got in this letter: Hey John, I am a Christian young woman engaged to a non-Christian. It is not an ideal situation and I have been reading and praying about it a lot. (more…) Read more

Dear John

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