One of the things that’s lately come up here in the comment threads are questions about the exact nature of the Holy Spirit. The Holy Spirit is God–fully God, not any sort of partial, almost God sort of thing–that any believer in Christ understands resides within him or her. It’s the means by which God [...]
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10 Aug
An Atheist (And Her Atheist Husband) Visit Her Evangelical Family
Dear John [a woman wrote me yesterday], I’m an atheist who was raised in the Bible Belt. I’ve come out as an atheist to most of my family, but many of them are in denial about it; they think it’s just a phase that I’m going through (even though it started when I was a [...]
8 Jul
How To Make a Living Writing
This is a collection of posts I’ve done on this subject. Decide if you really want to make a living writing. If your primary interest in writing is to give expression to your innermost thoughts and feelings, and you don’t really care if anyone reads your stuff or not, that’s a beautiful thing. But if your [...]
7 Jul
What Book Publishers Want Most, But Can’t Have
A continuation of the conversation I started with yesterday’s My New Book Has Taken Over My Head. Here are a few random thoughts floating through my head as I take a break this morning from working on my new book: What kind of stupid business am I in, anyway? Giving your book to an agent, so [...]
23 Jun
The Devil in God’s Bedroom
(In one of the comment threads on my blog here the other day, the idea came up that, in The Book of Job, God and Satan act like frenemies. That notion reminded me of something I haven’t thought about in a great many years, which is a dialogue I once imagined taking place between God [...]
6 Apr
7 Reasons Women Stay in Abusive Relationships
The below was originally a series of individual blog posts. You’re welcome to reprint/distribute this content; if you do, I’d appreciate you linking to my site and/or crediting me. Thanks. Reason #1: The Challenge of Having to Create a New Self Image Many women think they’re going to have to assume a whole new identity [...]
5 Feb
“Penguins,” My “Blasphemous” Christian Book, Finally Returns Home
My first book, “Penguins, Pain and the Whole Shebang: Why I Do the Things I Do, by God” (as told to John Shore), is the only thing I’ve ever written that I think is perfect. (You never feel that way about anything you write–-especially years later.) The story of that book is so unbelievable that [...]
6 Nov
An Atheist, Post-Death, Meets God
[In the afterlife.] Atheist: Wow. I can’t believe I’m dead. God: Believe it. Atheist: Whoa! Didn’t see you there! Who are you? God: Hi. I’m God. Atheist: Ha, ha. No, but seriously. Who are you? God: I’m seriously God. It’s nice to finally meet you. Atheist: You’re God. You’re telling me that you’re God.
11 Sep
It’s a Necessarily Horrible Early-19th C. Hand-Cranked Skull Saw!
In the astonishingly competitive contest that yesterday raged across the internet as thousands hundreds tens of readers furiously vying for a free autographed copy of my book I’m OK–You’re Not hurt their heads trying to guess what this thing is even though after a while I could see nobody was ever going to get it [...]
25 Mar
Why Not “Facenewspaper” or “Facemagazine”?
I’m a word guy. I would be a thought guy, but that’s an insane amount of work. In my (faceless) book, style beats substance every time, because substance necessarily leads to responsibility, which necessarily leads to me putting in earplugs and pantomiming that I can’t hear anything being said. Hey, it’s a lifestyle. Don’t judge. [...]
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