Against being against epiphanies
Some of you may like my latest essay on the Good Letters channel at Patheos. It covers everything from Oliver Stone to a young Whittaker
Gentle disagreement
I’ve been wrestling for weeks with how to be at peace with fellow Christians who also happen to be harmfully heretical (and popular) teachers. On
Uninterested
Finally, fiction from me that doesn’t involve death or melancholy or predestination or anything else likely to induce heavy drinking. It’s all dialogue, and I
The difference between being blessed and being spared
Some of you may like my latest Good Letters post. Here’s an excerpt: This quiet slaughter is perhaps the greatest perversion wrought by the devil
Sheep and wolves
Because I am a father I think about the parents of that boy torn to pieces, of his sister whose leg was taken. I think
Everybody dance now
Some of you may like my latest essay, “Art as a Common Gift.” Here’s an excerpt: Imagine that. Millions of people, many of them knowing
The lies in truth
Michelle Obama called herself a “single mother” last week and we’ll probably be hearing about it years from now. Some Obama opponents consider it evidence
Benediction from a bad man
I guess I stopped writing about personal things here because I didn’t like the person I had become. I felt stupid, the faith and family
On feeling Godforsaken
Some of you might like my meditation on what Good Friday means to the parent of a dead child. Here’s an excerpt: “It is a
White ashes
Last I checked there were 36,000 mentions of Jimmy Fallon in the news, and 8,820 of Kermit Gosnell. It’s understandable if you haven’t heard of
Sodas and guns and minimum virtue
On the radio I heard a shill for some agglomeration of sugary drink manufacturers inveigh against NYC mayor Bloomberg’s attempted regulation of soda sizes. “We
On the separateness of preaching and healing
Preach and heal. This is what Christ asked of his apostles, before sending them out in pairs: “And as you go, preach, saying, ‘The kingdom
