Chuck Shingledecker's Blog

Forgive the rambling nature of this post, but it was written on the fly in response to a post Mick Foley made on his Facebook Page, and this version has only been slightly cleaned up. The thoughts are rambling, but that honestly reflects my feelings. I have been a pro-wrestling fan since I first watched it when I was a kid, of maybe 9 years old? I’m unsure, but I was fairly young. I don’t remember the first match I saw, or the first promo I watched on TV, but I have been a fan of wrestling f...

As of today, I am relaunching my blog. In the past, I wrote a great deal about religion and politics. To be honest, a part of me is burned out writing about those topics on a weekly basis. So in the future a lot of my blog posts might simply be about other, less controversial topics that interest me. Of course religion greatly interests me. My faith is incredibly important to me. And reforming the current state of the church is something that I believe if necessary if it is to remain a place...

There is an important holiday celebrated on October 31st that has nothing to do with candy and carved pumpkins. It’s a commemoration of the day when a young Roman Catholic monk named Martin Luther nailed his 95 Theses to the doors of the Castle Church in Wittenberg, Germany. It is ReformationDay.

Luther spent many years trying to follow all of the right disciplines of the church. He went to confession, prayed, fasted, served liturgy. But something inside of him was dissatisfied, tormented by w...

I haven’t mentioned this yet, but I feel it must be said.

Note: this is not an endorsement of suicide. It is only my thoughts that I hope will help people for whom depression and suicide is but a theoretical or philosophical abstract concept. Not something they know in the most intimate terms.

The fear of death is a universal human fear. It is almost certainly the most powerful fear that is hard wired into our brains. Furthermore, the innate instinct to preserve ones life at all costs is the...

This is Part 1 of a 3 part series of blog posts about what I personally find appealing about Epic Fantasy and Science Fiction literature.

It began as a Facebook post, expanded into a full blog post, and now is part 1 of 3.

Life isn’t all about peaches and roses! I know that some people do not like to face this fact, but it’s true. It’s also about pain, sadness and hurt. It’s about love, passion, joy and happiness. It’s about the bluest skies, the darkness days, and the brightest nights. And e...

Holy masculine Jesus, batman!!!

From the world of mega-church stars and the modern day American Jesus (Terminator Jesus) we bring you mega-church pastor Mark Driscoli’s latest media controversy.

It amazes me that this guy is able to have a mega-church of thousands and sell hundreds of thousands of books. And it also terrifies me to think that hundreds of thousands of people probably agree with him and don’t see anything wrong with this sort of thinking. Here’s a quote from the dear Pastor himse...

Disclaimer: I’ve never read an EU Star Wars novel. So these are the opinions of a movie Canon only fan. Nor have I read very many of the Spoilers/leaks about the new Trilogy. As you read on, you’ll see why.

The internet is abuzz with anticipation for the upcoming JJ Abrams Stars Wars films. The YouTube Channel Screen Junkies has several videos discussing the upcoming films. Star Wars fans seem thrilled that JJ Abrams is taking the helm to captain the franchise into the 21st century. In fact, I...

Tonight my brand new interview on the syndicated radio program Religion for Life airs at 8pm EST on NPR affiliateWETS 89.5 FM out of Johnson City Tennessee. If you are not within broadcast range of Johnson City, you can listen live on their website.

For those who’ve not heard the broadcast, “Religion For Life is an exciting program that engages listeners in a subject few media hosts are able to discuss–religion. Religion is too important a topic to be left alone and too controversial to be lef...

I recently saw a self published author claim that the reason their manuscripts (be they novels, non-fiction, short fiction, or poetry) were constantly rejected by publishers is because traditional publishers (and specifically the big 6 New York Houses) “won’t take chances on new authors.” Contrary to popular opinion, publishers — even New York — publish brand new never before seen authors every single year.

When a writer claims that, they’ve just shown in one sentence their complete and utter...

The more I read about the attitudes of people siding with Amazon, the more frustrated I get. If you want QUALITY entertainment then you need to pay for it! Too many Americans in the last 10-15 years have developed the mindset that the WORLD exists to entertain them for FREE!

You know what? The world really doesn’t exist for that reason. People complain that the publishers (and even authors) maketoo much money. Maybe that is true for some of the mega-stars. I would definitely agree that it’s tr...