John Shore

• My Five Reasons For Not Having Children
  When young my wife and I decided not to have children. Here's why.
  Friday, November 20, 2009
• A Psychotherapist's (Imagined) Field Notes on Why Church is So Boring
  In the news lately has been the results of a psychotherapist who analyzed why church is so boring. I thought it would be fun to imagine his notes.
  Sunday, November 15, 2009
• The Semicolon: SATAN'S PUNCTUATION MARK??!!
  Do you think it's time for the semicolon to go back to wherever it came from?
  Friday, November 13, 2009
• Holiday Family Gathering Coming Up? Let the Beatitudes Quell Your Attitudes
  Here's how to use the Beatitudes this year to be a distinct blessing to yourself and your family when you meet with them over the holidays.
  Wednesday, November 11, 2009
• Proof of How Easy It Is to Buy Marijuana in California
  You write a check; you get a prescription. Badda-bing, badda-bong.
  Monday, November 9, 2009
• An Atheist Croaks and Meets God
  An imagined dialogue between God and a just-died atheist.
  Friday, November 6, 2009
• Atheists: You've Been Right All Along
  Boy, it feels good to finally get this off my chest.
  Thursday, November 5, 2009
• The U.S. Christian Community Finally Returns My Calls!
  The U.S. Christian community sure isn't afraid to ask the tough questions!
  Tuesday, November 3, 2009
• Why Won't the U.S. Christian Community Return My Phone Calls?
  In which I answer the question a Jamaican reader asks me about how the U.S. Christian community views Halloween.
  Monday, November 2, 2009
• Life is Halloween
  The similarities between life and Halloween pretty much never stop.
  Sunday, November 1, 2009
• We Get the God We Can Handle
  For those of us who believe in his infinite wisdom and power, the question is why God has arranged it so that different people who believe in him believe such wildly different things about him.
  Thursday, October 29, 2009
• The Moment of My Christian Conversion--And How Mistaken It Left Me
  Live and learn.
  Wednesday, October 28, 2009
• The Comfort of the Cross
  Here are six truths about suffering---and four steps to relieve it---that should prove comforting to any Christian in pain.
  Thursday, October 22, 2009
• Blame God or Look in the Mirror. Your Choice.
  So unless I'm missing something, here's the big, hairy Christian theodicy (the branch of theology that defends God's goodness and justice in the face of the existence of evil), solved---in 500...
  Monday, October 19, 2009
• Balloon Boy's Dad: "Feel Like Doublin' Your Allowance, Son?"
  A conversation between Richard Henne and his son, Falcon.
  Friday, October 16, 2009
• What Christians and Darwinists Agree On--And Are Both Wrong About
  Christians and Darwinists offer a completely different diagnosis for the same problem. Both are wrong.
  Wednesday, October 14, 2009
• Letter From a Christian Woman Whose Non-Christian Husband Committed Suicide
  I get my fair share of heartbreaking letters and emails. But this one, which came in yesterday as a comment to my post "When Your Husband Derides Your Faith," is especially painful:
  Tuesday, October 13, 2009
• "Dear Mrs. Epps: We Regret to Inform You That Your Baby is Too Uncute to Insure"
  A letter from the insurance company brings a mother some bad news.
  Monday, October 12, 2009