John Shore
Besides here on Crosswalk, John blogs on JohnShore.com.
Writer, Editor, Author
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From Station WGOD: Love, Love Me Do
We're all walking, talking broadcast stations for God's message. And the song we're sending (and should be receiving), 24/7? Love, Love Me Do.Monday, July 14, 2008
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God, Frivolity, God, a Kodak Brownie Camera
Okay, enough with the funny photo frivolities. We're supposed to be thinking about GOD around here. Of course, for me, one leads to the other. Here's why.Wednesday, July 9, 2008
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Happy Fourth of July? Yes, Despite All
Two wars that feel like one fetid, ever-growing quagmire. A dollar that feels more like bad Kleenex than good money. Stranded polar bears having to figure out how to use sun screen. Can any of us...Thursday, July 3, 2008
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Why A Book Proposal Is Everything
Last time I started a little series on how to write a book proposal. But then I realized it'd be better to talk about the "why" of a book propsal before dealing with the "how" of one. Hence this...Monday, June 30, 2008
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How To Write A Book Proposal, Part 1
If you want a publisher to marry your book, you have to offer a proposal.Saturday, June 28, 2008
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To Sex and Power, Add Constancy
Philosophers, theologians, psychologists, and students of human nature have always understood the drives to sex and power as being our most primal responses to the One Big Human Fear: the fear of...Thursday, June 26, 2008
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I'm Green Like Kermit
Yesterday I was a broke, underachieving, old-car drivin, used-clothes wearin, scraggly-lookin marginal sort of character. Today, though, I'm green like Kermit! What luck!Tuesday, June 24, 2008
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I Just Made (At 50) My First Offer Ever On A House
Apparently God has decided that it's finally time for me to learn how to fix my own garbage disposal.Sunday, June 22, 2008
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Happy Father's Day! Or Not.
For some of us, Father’s Day is a time of warm feelings, for expressing and basking in the love they have for the father who throughout their lives has done so much for them. For others, not so...Sunday, June 15, 2008
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One Woman's Conversion Experience (While Driving!)
A reader from Wisconsin named Candace wrote to tell me of her conversion experience. It's as moving as anything like it I've ever read. Here's what she had to say.Monday, June 9, 2008
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Mr. "Wasn't Having Any" Responds to Christians
The atheist who questioned the meaning of John 14:6 ("No one comes to the father except through me") answers the Christians who responded to his challenge.Friday, June 6, 2008
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How John Wayne Proposed To His Third Wife, Pilar (plus a pic of her Bananas Flambe!)
Ever wonder about the day John Wayne proposed to and married his third wife, Pilar? Ever wonder what Pilar's recipe for Bananas Flambe comes out looking like? Me neither. But here's what we might...Thursday, June 5, 2008
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Jesus the Decider: Who Gets Into Heaven?
A new atheist friend wonders where, in "No one comes to the Father except through me," it says anything about having to be Christian in order to get into heaven.Tuesday, June 3, 2008
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Certainty in Christ: A Blessing -- And A Curse
The one sure way to lose God is to be sure you understand him.Saturday, May 31, 2008
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A Moving Experience
There's nothing like having some of your most precious furniture ruined to put you in the right frame of mind.Friday, May 30, 2008
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Happy/Sad Memorial Day
Some day, this one.Monday, May 26, 2008
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MOVING!
We're moving this week; we start packing today. As I reflect upon the life we've lead in our current home, my thoughts can't help but return to the fact that right now I hate my books.Saturday, May 24, 2008
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My Point: Reject EVERYTHING, So God Can Arrive
I think we all share one deeply personal purpose: to clear, by virtue of our own effort, everything in our hearts and minds that in any way interferes with our communication with God.Wednesday, May 21, 2008