O Me of Little Faith

Farewell, O Me of Little Faith

Jason Boyett — Wed, 01 Jun 2011 10:11:49 +0000

You said you had a big announcement coming today. What is it? The announcement is this: Right now you are reading the final post on this blog. Ever. Ever? Ever. So you're shutting this blog down? Well, I'm going to stop writing any new posts for it. But the blog will still be here. There's no deletion or anything. If, at some date in the future, you want to know some stuff Read the full post here »

My Introvert Interview

Jason Boyett — Wed, 25 May 2011 19:05:36 +0000

On Monday, author Adam McHugh delivered a guest post about the "snarling 8-headed monster" of the writing process. Today I return the favor -- sort of -- via an interview at his blog, Introverted Church. We talk about how my introverted personality has impacted my faith and doubt, and how the extroverted nature of the evangelical...

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Harold Camping: “Invisible Judgment Day”

Jason Boyett — Tue, 24 May 2011 13:06:24 +0000

When the rapture didn't occur as predicted on May 21, 2011, Harold Camping had a few options. Here is how he could have responded to the failed prediction, in descending levels of crazy: 1. He could announce that he was wrong. This is the most reasonable option and was therefore unexpected. I would have been shocked had this happened. Failed prophets rarely do this. 2. He could announce that God, in his great mercy, had intended to bring...

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The Phases of Writing (Adam McHugh)

Jason Boyett — Mon, 23 May 2011 11:46:00 +0000

If you've ever felt out of place among all the exciting, expressive, emotional enthusiasm of a contemporary church service...or an evangelist's demands that you need to constantly be sharing your faith boldly to strangers...if it simply wipes you out to be surrounded by people...

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21 Things You Should Know About Harold Camping

Jason Boyett — Thu, 19 May 2011 19:34:40 +0000

Do you have Harold Camping fatigue yet? I'm pretty close. After a few articles and radio interviews about it (thanks, book I wrote six years ago!), I'm growing a bit weary of the subject. But I also realize that people are VERY interested in it. And I like people to be educated, so here's one last blog post before...

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I’m Having an End-of-Days Sale

Jason Boyett — Mon, 16 May 2011 11:38:30 +0000

My apologies for the shameless self-promotion, but while supplies last, I'm having an apocalyptic blow-out sale right now at jasonboyett.com. Just in case we all need it this weekend, I'm offering Read the full post here »

Is Judgment Day May 21?

Jason Boyett — Wed, 11 May 2011 13:27:59 +0000

I brought this up several months ago, but seeing how we're almost a week away from the big supposed event it seems a good time to revisit the fact that...

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Rally to Restore Unity

Jason Boyett — Wed, 04 May 2011 14:33:32 +0000

This week, my friend Rachel Held Evans is hosting an online "Rally to Restore Unity" at her blog for a simple reason: she believes "we can disagree without calling each other heretics." I'm totally on-board...

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The Death of Osama bin Laden

Jason Boyett — Mon, 02 May 2011 13:55:36 +0000

Miscellaneous thoughts upon the death of Osama bin Laden: • I feel pride and a national sense of accomplishment, because finally, we got him. Good job, U.S. intelligence, U.S. military, and President Obama. • I feel happy that justice has been done. Yes, it's a human kind of justice -- a guy who killed lots of people has himself been killed -- but it's the only kind of justice we've got and I think it's OK to find some joy in it. • While I can find joy in justice,...

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Fatherly Advice Needed

Jason Boyett — Thu, 21 Apr 2011 13:31:35 +0000

I need your help. I'm working on a magazine article that will publish in June around Father's Day. I'm looking for two kinds of advice related to fathers: Advice you received from your father and advice you have for fathers. So if you have a moment, drop in on the comments and answer the following questions: 1. Where do you live? 2. What's the best advice you ever received from your father? 3. Based on your own experience, what advice would you give to fathers?...

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