WRITE AWAY! The Dangers of “Self-Editing” Your Life

I watched a short video clip of a best-selling author named Jon Acuff discuss the writing process. Acuff is the author of several inspiring books that I recommend to anyone in any profession: Start & Quitter.  In the presentation he explained the perils of “self-editing” before you even begin a task. Acuff pointed out that […]

Nomadic Book Club Tour is coming to Your Neighborhood: Spring/Summer ‘13

I wrote in Holy Nomad that you can (and probably should) be nomadic from the very same zip code; in the spirit of that idea, I am hoping to join your book club, reading group, small group, or church study for a discussion of Holy Nomad: The Rugged Road to Joy via Skype over the […]

“A Call for the Christian Imagination” from Relevant Magazine

It doesn’t take long as a Christian to realize there’s a wide and ugly gap between the bare-walled reality we feel captive to and the joy Jesus offers. But I have realized the tension of this dilemma is something Jesus acknowledged in His Sermon on the Mount—and in it, we find we already possess one […]