John Shore

• You Want Me to Emote About My Wife? Fine! Here It Is!
  "When we met we were like two rats in madly rushing waters who bump into each other and then cling together in hopes of staving off their inevitable drowning."
  Friday, September 4, 2009
• Welcome to "The John Shore Show," with Tonight's Special Guest, Death.
  Last night I dreamed I was a big deal television talk show host, and that my guest that night was Death.
  Monday, August 31, 2009
• My Wife: Beautiful on the Outside--But That's It
  They say beauty is only skin deep. But praise the Lord for that quarter-inch of skin.
  Sunday, August 30, 2009
• Lady at Starbucks Loudly Accuses Mom of Child Abuse! Just Now!
  One minute you're just sitting there wondering if you feel like writing a blog post, and the next you're ready to commit suicide. Or murder.
  Friday, August 28, 2009
• "Born Into Sin" Just Means Born, Period
  Christians, Jews, Muslims, atheists.... We're all fighting the same fight. We're just using different tools.
  Thursday, August 27, 2009
• "If the Holy Spirit Is Within Us, Why is Church Necessary?"
  In which I overhear a Christian woman telling her friend the reason for which she is beginning to wonder about the necessity of going to church.
  Tuesday, August 25, 2009
• "God Can Love Me or Send Me to Hell. But Not Both."
  Sitting at Starbucks yesterday I overheard the following exchange between two men I'll call Bob and Dan. I recount it here not to make any point of my own, but because it perfectly captures the...
  Sunday, August 23, 2009
• Let's Be Real: No One "Walks" and "Talks" with Jesus
  "No one EVER gets feedback from Christ any more real, specific, or pointed than you do. God became an actual, living human being once. And he'll do it again. But he hasn't done it yet. And that...
  Thursday, August 20, 2009
• You Guys Are The Best: Thank You
  A note of thanks to those who wrote in about my wife having The Big C.
  Tuesday, August 18, 2009
• God and I Discuss My Wife Having Cancer
  A short dialogue.
  Friday, August 14, 2009
• Question of the Week: Does My Wife Have Cancer?
  Funny how God works. Or not.
  Tuesday, August 11, 2009
• God is Love; Christ is Pain
  "So yeah, I think 'God is love' pretty effectively covers it. To be honest, I'm almost surprised there are any other words in the Bible at all."
  Friday, July 31, 2009
• Top 10 Qualities to Look For in a Wife
  Fellas, all you've got to do is find a woman with these qualities, and then set the date!
  Thursday, July 30, 2009
• My Life as a Major Criminal, Pt. 2
  The rest of the caper that, if only for a morning, left our oppressive overlords without their weapons.
  Monday, July 27, 2009
• My Life as a Major Criminal
  "The implementation of my plan was scheduled to begin at five seconds after 3:00 p.m. on Wednesday, March 27, 1968. At 2:45 p.m. that day, in hopes of preserving my sanity, I released into the...
  Thursday, July 23, 2009
• The Unique Notion of "Parenthood"
  "Adolescence is a useful contrivance, midlife is a moving target, senior citizens are an interest group, and tweenhood is just plain made up."
  Monday, July 20, 2009
• "Away, Gay Christians! But About That Charitable Work You Do ..."
  You "show the door" to the gay and lesbian Christians who attend St. Paul's Cathedral in San Diego, and children in Tijuana, Mexico start starving. Now what?
  Wednesday, July 15, 2009
• Proof God Wants Me to Learn Math
  Can't God be a LITTLE subtle in his messages to us?
  Monday, July 6, 2009