The Godless Queer Jesus Freak explores how we can get along

Get common sense tips on how to navigate the treacherous waters of political, spiritual, gender and sexuality debates - while dodging the cesspool of mean-spiritedness, fear and hate. The author's immersion in both popular AND liberal movements gives him an unusual perspective on many "hot button" issues. Gee, that sounds like a real snooze-fest.

But wait! This isn't your grandma's dusty etiquette manual. Oh no ... it's packed with zany anecdotes, cringe-worthy puns, amateur poetry and lots of entertaining photos. It's a real page turner ... not a toss on the back burner. CAUTION: these 17 "fun size" short stories may induce righteous outrage. Or a series of snort-laughs. Probably both.

Simply hold on for dear life as Stribling catapults you into one of those circus rides that flunked all its safety inspections. His meandering escapades poke and prod at all the thorny issues - while he zigs where he should have probably been zagging. As the great Kurt Vonnegut once quipped, "The moral of the story is we're here on Earth to fart around."

And if there's a moral buried in Stribling's story, it's to simply be a bit more "moral" as we interact with people who may be very, very different than us - but who are also very, very much the same.