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2010-11-02T10:33:12-08:00

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God Votes Republican and/or Tea Party? Really?

Last updated on: November 2, 2010 at 10:33 am By John Shore

Show me someone who's sure what political party God belongs to, and I'll show you someone so dumb they shouldn't be allowed to vote. Read more

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2010-11-01T08:24:05-08:00

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Morcheeba’s Singer Sings to Me Over the Phone; Roving Gangs of Soon Sick Teens; Ghostly Me

Last updated on: November 1, 2010 at 8:24 am By John Shore

Ah, Monday. It’s just like Friday or Saturday—if you strapped on a backpack full of rocks and put an anvil on your head. But enough about me. Let’s talk about you. Wait: let’s talk about you and me. Have you gotten your entrance into the Photoshop Gesturing John contest? Don’t forget the deadline is … well, it was noon today, but let’s make it at midnight tonight. That’s better. So. Midnight tonight it is. Voting begins tomorrow (assuming I can... Read more

2010-10-31T16:33:59-08:00

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And the Difference Between Life and Halloween Is?

Last updated on: October 31, 2010 at 4:33 pm By John Shore

Ah, Halloween. The name is derived from the Latin word hollow—meaning temporary, fleeting—and ween, as in, “How are we gonna ween our kids off all that sugar?” So we combine “fleeting sensations” with “how will this ever end?,” and what do we have? But of course: life itself. (more…) Read more

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2010-10-29T04:28:44-08:00

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Protection from a witness program

Last updated on: October 29, 2010 at 4:28 am By John Shore

Shame on this Christian---and on any Christian who does what he did. Read more

2010-10-28T15:00:43-08:00

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An Important Note About Me From a Pastor

Last updated on: October 28, 2010 at 3:00 pm By John Shore

Far be it from me to in any way try to influence the extraordinary creativity some of you are showing via your entries in the Photoshop Gesturing John contest. But here’s a note I just got in from the pastor of the church I was speaking at when the very photos of me were taken that are now providing so many of you with the kind of fun that (and I’m sure this is probably just rumor) attracts Satan. (more…) Read more

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2010-10-27T20:40:40-08:00

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Announcing the Official “Photoshop Gesturing John” Contest

Last updated on: October 27, 2010 at 8:40 pm By John Shore

Okay, fine. I wanted to innocently share a bit of what it was like during my talk this past Sunday, so I posted these pictures of me doin’ my thing. And then you guys started being … well, you guys. First (from Ben Husmann), I got in this: (Man, that is awesome.) Then I received this, from reader Leslie M.: Which I must admit I’m mad for. Then, today, reader Kara sent me this, which actually kind of took my... Read more

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2010-10-26T11:32:52-08:00

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This is so, so wrong …

Last updated on: October 26, 2010 at 11:32 am By John Shore

Curse you, Ben Husmann! (And I’m not thrilled with you either, Don Whitt! You started the whole … sandwich routine.) Read more

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2010-10-26T02:47:10-08:00

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Toward a Christianity of Common Sense

Last updated on: October 26, 2010 at 2:47 am By John Shore

Sure, we all had some fun yesterday with the pictures I put up of me speaking. (Some of us you had a little too much fun.) Oh, you jokesters, with your funny photo captions! But about the talk itself. Without question, I’m a Christian. I believe in the core stories of the gospel: that Jesus Christ was God incarnate; that he performed (what from our point of view we’d have to call) miracles; that as a means of providing for... Read more

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2010-10-25T13:22:21-08:00

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Surely I Gesture

Last updated on: October 25, 2010 at 1:22 pm By John Shore

Here are a few photos snapped of me snapped yesterday morning during my talk at Gloria Dei Lutheran church in Dana Point, CA. Hey. No one said religion was pretty. I see. So some of you thought it would be “funny” to write faux-captions of the pictures above. Fine. You leave me no choice but to also show this picture, which I am confident cannot possibly be captioned: Read more

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2010-10-24T05:26:47-08:00

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It’s Like You’re God — Except Really Different

Last updated on: October 24, 2010 at 5:26 am By John Shore

Jesus turned dead people back into alive people. That gave him, shall we say, a certain amount of authority. When you, too, can raise people from the dead (or, take a stroll across the surface of a lake, or instantly transform tap water into an ambitious yet insouciant little cabernet), then you too will have every reason to expect people to readily accept your truth as theirs. Until you’re so gifted, though, do your best to understand why claiming to... Read more

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