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2011-02-04T06:10:43-08:00

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I Give Up. Thank God!

Last updated on: February 4, 2011 at 6:10 am By John Shore

Today I found out my dad is getting seriously minor league medical care. He has two main doctors: his general practitioner, and his cardiologist. Two weeks ago he got out of the rehabilitation facility in which he spent six weeks following his stroke. He also had a doctor overseeing him there. So that’s three doctors. (more…) Read more

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2011-02-03T04:29:05-08:00

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How to Make Your Father’s Insults Mean Nothing

Last updated on: February 3, 2011 at 4:29 am By John Shore

I've seen what happens to the lives of people who insist they can create for their own an enduring truth more real than the real truth. I was seeing it from the second I was born. Read more

Personal

2011-02-01T10:51:12-08:00

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Father Has No Idea What’s Best

Last updated on: February 1, 2011 at 10:51 am By John Shore

My visit with my aging, dysfunctional father begins. Read more

Personal

2016-01-15T13:04:55-08:00

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I was in an insane asylum

Last updated on: January 15, 2016 at 1:04 pm By John Shore

I don't wonder too much about what hell might be like. I already know. Read more

Personal

2011-01-27T22:54:00-08:00

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I’m Too Sexy for My Codpiece

Last updated on: January 27, 2011 at 10:54 pm By John Shore

A look at hormonal-driven fashions through the ages. Read more

Humor

2016-09-27T16:22:56-08:00

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The Tortured Old Lady Who Died Holding My Hand When I Was 10

Last updated on: September 27, 2016 at 4:22 pm By John Shore

When I was ten an old lady held my hand as she died screaming of her sins. Read more

Personal

2011-01-26T05:33:06-08:00

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“Welcoming and Affirming”: Like Lawrence Welk Break Dancing?

Last updated on: January 26, 2011 at 5:33 am By John Shore

What exactly might a church mean by "Welcoming and Affirming"? Read more

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2011-01-25T18:15:44-08:00

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Hey There, Dan Savagers

Last updated on: January 25, 2011 at 6:15 pm By John Shore

If you’ve come here via the ever-spectacular Dan Savage, looking for the post of mine from which he read in his podcast today, that post is here: How Is Being Gay Like Gluing Wings on a Pig?. (It’s also here.) You’re also of course welcomed to peruse other of my pieces regarding the relationship between gays and Christians, at Love Jesus? Hate Bigotry Toward Gays?. If you’re interested in discovering a version of Christianity that … might work for you,... Read more

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2011-01-25T06:16:32-08:00

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Death, Be Not Stupid

Last updated on: January 25, 2011 at 6:16 am By John Shore

The bad news is that, by all accounts, my father is dying. The good news (such as it is) is that I've been preparing for this moment my whole life. Read more

Personal

2011-01-23T13:51:21-08:00

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“And Verily Did They All Then Shutteth the [Bleep] Up.”

Last updated on: January 23, 2011 at 1:51 pm By John Shore

Why Jesus never gets any credit for this miracle, I'll never know. Read more

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