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2012-06-29T10:07:52-08:00

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

Last updated on: June 29, 2012 at 10:07 am By John Shore

Below is my latest podcast. Listen, share, subscribe, download, write nice things about me on iTunes, try not to stumble off the treadmill or turn the wrong way down a one-way street while listening to it. (more…) Read more

Personal

2012-06-28T08:24:21-08:00

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Four letters: Tell me again, evangelicals, how God approves of what’s done to gay people in His name

Last updated on: June 28, 2012 at 8:24 am By John Shore

I thought I’d share with you these four letters recently written me. You’ll see that beneath each letter I’ve (too inadequately) responded to it. If you are a straight Christian who believes that you are doing God’s work by continuing to condemn same-sex relationships, please read these letters. Please read the fifty-odd letters from gay Christians that I published in UNFAIR. Please at least remember the letters below the next time your brain tries to tell you the insipid lie... Read more

Christian Issues

2012-06-27T08:10:14-08:00

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Hello, gay Christians in China!

Last updated on: June 27, 2012 at 8:10 am By John Shore

Hello from America to my Chinese friends! My name is John Shore (or, in Chinese, 蕭約翰). I am 54 years of age. I reside in the large city of San Diego, in the state of California. I am a heterosexual. I have been married to my beautiful wife for thirty-one years. This is me: (more…) Read more

Christian Issues

2012-06-23T15:37:25-08:00

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We’ve decided to pull this story

Last updated on: June 23, 2012 at 3:37 pm By John Shore

We’ve determined that it’s in the best interests of some of the key players involved in the Ugandan/transgender story to wait a bit before rolling it out. I apologize for any inconvenience. (Greatly, now that I see many of you are visiting via my friends at Advocate.com. Sorry! Allow me to humbly recommend my recent and most excellent posts, “Her letter: My boyfriend, ex-gay ministries, and the church: FAIL,”, As Exodus’s Alan “Pray Away the Gay” Chambers ties his tongue... Read more

Christian Issues

2012-06-21T09:34:58-08:00

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New podcast episode: Play-Doh isn’t food

Last updated on: June 21, 2012 at 9:34 am By John Shore

Hi, guys. The third show of my podcast is below. Includes: my first church-ish experience; a temporary new mom; definitely not food, no place for art; dysfunctional camping; time before time; angry dad; and washing my hands in holy water. The picture is of me, before we left our house for the first time I’d ever been to church, wearing the Intolerable Outfit I talk about on the podcast. (more…) Read more

Personal

2012-06-20T13:26:39-08:00

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As Alan “Pray Away the Gay” Chambers ties his tongue in a knot …

Last updated on: June 20, 2012 at 1:26 pm By John Shore

Alan Chambers of Exodus International (the flagship “pray-away-the-gay” organization) has just published “Defining Exodus – Letter from Alan Chambers for June 2012,” wherein he attempts to make Exodus seem less retro-insane than most people now understand it to be. Alan’s letter is below. Inserted within it, in bracingly beautiful blue, are my comments on that letter. (The bold parts of Alan’s letter appear that way in the original: they’re his bolds, in other words, not mine.) (more…) Read more

Christian Issues

2012-06-19T08:57:00-08:00

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Her letter: “My boyfriend, ex-gay ministries, and the church: FAIL”

Last updated on: June 19, 2012 at 8:57 am By John Shore

Anyone still clinging to the idea that “ex-gay” ministries are anything but cruel absurdities would do very well to read this letter sent to me last week. (more…) Read more

Christian Issues

2012-06-18T07:50:22-08:00

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How to make a cop insist that you get out of his car

Last updated on: June 18, 2012 at 7:50 am By John Shore

First of all, let me say happy Monday! A new week! New possibilities! New challenges! New clothes, maybe, if you went out and bought some recently. I dunno. I haven’t bought any new clothes since last time I had a normal job, which was … um … gosh, when I worked in law offices about twenty thousand years ago. (more…) Read more

Humor

2012-06-15T07:17:05-08:00

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Episode 2 of my podcast: Booted from my church for being a heretic

Last updated on: June 15, 2012 at 7:17 am By John Shore

Hi, guys. Here’s the second episode of my podcast. It’s about how I suddenly became a Christian, and then how my wife and I, since we wouldn’t sign a surprising anti-gay statement, were kicked out of our first church for being Actual Heretics. It’s so unbelievable. Anyway, this episode is the first of a series I’m doing about my whole relationship with church. (more…) Read more

Christian Issues

2012-06-14T13:20:07-08:00

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“Seven Reasons Women Stay in Abusive Relationships”: paperback, Kindle sale, review

Last updated on: June 14, 2012 at 1:20 pm By John Shore

I’m very pleased to announce that my Seven Reasons Women Stay in Abusive Relationships and How to Defeat Each One of Them is now available in paperback for $7.99. Also, the Kindle edition of this book is also now on sale, down from $7.99 to $4.99. Seven Reasons is also available as a NookBook. Sarah Strong is executive director of Not This Girl, an organization whose mission is to “support those affected by sexual and domestic violence through empowerment, resources,... Read more

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