John Shore

Big poll out this morning. You tell me.

Herein is the text of the ad that the United Church of Christ ran in yesterday's New York Times. (Barack Obama's Trinity Church is a UCC church.)

I think the fact that we can't really define what exactly happens to us after we die is meant to show us how to live.

I just spent two days in Hollywood. I'm blinded by the light of it. Or by something, anyway.

Today is Good Friday. It's also my 50th birthday. And I heard from my friend who goes to Rev. Wright's Trinity Church.

Here are some selections from the transcript of the speech that yesterday Barack Obama gave on race relations in America. I'm turning 50 this week....

The Gospel reading of the The Revised Common Lectionary for today, March 17, 2008, the Monday of Holy Week, is John 12:1-11. Read carefully. These...

Sure, sure, iPhones are the hottest thing since my laptop started burning holes in my legs. But remember 8-track tapes? Remember how hot THOSE used...

There's just something about properly applied Kaopectate that can really break a guy of his smoking habit. It sure did mine, anyway.

A little refresher course for husbands out there who may have forgotten the basics.

The other night, in the course of a Lenten class I'm leading, someone asked me if I believed in Satan. I think that's the first time I've ever...

One minute I was just another little kid. With one lit match I took my place beside James Bond, Clint Eastwood, and the Marlboro Man. That was the...

Is Venus spinning backwards the aetheists' ultimate weapon, or God yet again trying to tell us something vital?

They're a feisty group, but the atheists have finally seen the light. Whew. I wasn't sure I could do it.

I've got atheists and Christians stridently arguing, again. But can we all just step back, and admit that believing in a God must make exactly as...

Those annoying atheists, with their endless questions. This time they're asking me to explain the Atonement. Okay, fine. BUT JUST THIS ONCE!

I think Christ had himself viciously slaughtered for two reasons: He knew we'd never forget anything that terrible, and he knew that we knew that...

You think you know stuff about American presidents? No? Neither do I. Well, here's our chance to learn just enough to at least satisfactorily...