September 26, 2024 Well, my latest book is in the hands of its first beta reader, so I might as well make an official proclamation: MY LATEST BOOK IS IN THE HANDS OF ITS FIRST BETA READER *bells, whistles, trumpets* … *alarms, sirens, klaxons* This one happens to be my very first nonfiction book. It’s …
Once again, it’s been a hot minute since I’ve blogged. Is that still a thing? Can minutes still have temperature? Or is that just slang of the Olds? For someone who spends as much time on the internet as I do, I am not current on slang among the kiddos. On the other hand, I …
LONG story short, Elfled’s story is out in the world. Considering how much I love her and what I went through to get her here, I truly am not doing her justice. Sorry, Elfled. But I missed the window of making this post part of my all-too-brief book launch, so we’ll have to content ourselves …
I’m working on an Atheism for Lent book. It’s slow going, but it’s one of the best brain teasers I’ve engaged with in a long time. I’m having a blast. I’m currently writing a chapter on Jean-Luc Marion and his ideas of “experience” and “concept.” And I swear that sometime already this year, I have …
“Let me tell you why you’re here. You’re here because you know something. What you know you can’t explain, but you feel it. You’ve felt it your entire life, that there’s something wrong with the world. You don’t know what it is, but it’s there, like a splinter in your mind, driving you mad. It …
These statements are not comprehensive and are subject to revision at my whim. I frequently don’t know what I think about something until I have verbalized it either in writing or in spoken words. These statements are part of my attempt to figure out where I stand on ALL THE THINGS and how to quantify …
At the end of this post is an audio recording of my phone call with Rob Bell, if you want to scroll past my entire preamble and get down to business. If not, read on! Once upon a time, in a land far, far away, I was a Christian missionary in the former East Germany, …
Well, after a debacle of shenanigans, my Etsy store is finally up and running. Besides myself, I have Jenai and Scott to thank for its existence, because they gave me the cumulative kicks in the ass that I needed to do this, finally, after decades. I mean, Etsy hasn’t existed for as long as I’ve …
Y’ALL. It has been a helluva past six months. Kid finished 4th grade and, therefore, elementary school. I dyed my hair. Kid and I spent half the summer sick with various and sundry. My irises were gorgeous. We camped in the back yard. Grandma fell and couldn’t live at home anymore. We rode horses. I …
