Don’t have an affair with a cop’s wife

Or you may end up like this young man.

Tags: Faith and Doubt

1 Tim Stroud // Oct 1, 2008 at 12:38 pm

Ohhhh, too late. Wish you had told me that last week.

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"Losing My Religion: How I Lost My Faith Reporting on Religion in America" will be in bookstores February 2009 (we'll have the cover up soon). The memoir, published by HarperCollins, is about Los Angeles Times journalist William Lobdell's spiritual journey while covering religion in America, which took him from evangelical Christian to someone who, reluctantly, no longer believed in God.
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