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I Want You In My Face

Jul
23
2011

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I hope this doesn’t seem too obnoxiously self-serving, but, if you haven’t yet, it would mean a great deal to me if you’d join/”Like” my Facebook page. People hitting the “Like” button on the top of that page is genuine encouragement to me. Thanks! Bye! Next post from me will be … well, actually, I [...]

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I’m Starring at Comic-Con!

Jul
22
2011

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I try to be humble. But there comes a time when a man just has to shuck his stolid business suit, don his cape, grab his big stick, put on his form-fitting tights, and declare for one and all to hear, “Verily, shall I rocketh Comic-Con!” Or, really? Doubt I will? Then witness this listing [...]

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As the Traditional Book Business Sinks Slowly Into the West …

Jul
21
2011

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Apropos of my Still Dreaming of Landing That Big Book Contract? is this, from the Association of American Publishers: All major adult print segments—hardcover, paperback and mass market—showed a decline in sales in May, according to the AAP’s monthly sales report. While e-books showed a steep uptick of 146.9% for the month, bringing in $73.4 [...]

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Still Dreaming of Landing That Big Book Contract? This is Your Wake-Up Call

Jul
18
2011

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As many of you know, for at least a year now I’ve been telling any writer who’ll listen to forget about selling a book of theirs to any “real” publisher, and instead get busy figuring out how to sell their own work to their own audience. My case has been that (for one) about the [...]

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Jun
23
2011

LGBT Christians: Tell Evangelicals (and the World) Your Story I’m about to begin collecting/editing the splendid testimonies thus far submitted for this book.

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Gay Christians: Tell the World Your Story

Jun
21
2011

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If you follow this blog at all, you know that I sometimes publish here emotionally excruciating letters from gay Christians (such as yesterday’s “Am I Seeking the Truth Because I Want to Justify My Sin?”; see also “God, Why Did You Make Me This Way? Why Did You Give Me This Life?”, “Help: I Want [...]

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Christian Issues

The Best Case For the Bible NOT Condemning Homosexuality

Apr
02
2012

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No Christian has to choose between their compassion and their faith in the Bible.

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Relationships

Joseph to Mary: “Who could believe such a thing?”

Dec
16
2011

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A conversation between Mary and Joseph the night before Jesus was born.

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Christian Spirituality

What Jesus Left Out of The Great Commandment

Oct
31
2011

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Here’s what Jesus left out of the Great Commandment—and why.

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Humor

Worst Trucking Slogan EVER

Oct
08
2010

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Truck drivers are so weird.

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Pastor Bob's Corner

A Primer on Islam: The Basics (Lesson 1 of 6)

Sep
30
2011

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Hi. I’m Pastor Bob. This is the first lesson of a multi-week class on Islam I taught for a large gathering of folks from multiple congregations: Lutherans, Presbyterians, Methodists, Catholics, recovering agnostics, etc.

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Personal

When Etta James had her way with me

Jan
23
2012

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Right there, in front of all sixteen of us, Etta James became Etta James.

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