Following Jesus in rejecting empire
So I was lined up to be interviewed about a Zombie short story that was selected for an anthology. But I decided to turn the tables on my interviewer. “Hey,” I said. “Why don’t I interview you!” She just laughed. “That’d be awesome.” So for those of you stuck with unpublished works of fiction, I…
What do teenagers see as major problems among their generation? According 2018 survey of 13–17-year-olds (now aged 15-20) it’s anxiety and depression. I’d imagine nearly everyone in their teens and twenties today would score similarly. I work with those of you in this age range. You are clever, industrious, hungry for justice, lovers of beauty,…
There may be times where force is needed to restrain evil, especially when evil is directed against the vulnerable. Still, I find myself at home with Christian pacifists. I don’t believe, for instance, that I would use violence to protect myself from an attacker. And if I was called up to fight in a war…
I just uploaded a short story from Nathaniel Hawthorne for my bedtime, short story podcast. In this podcast I am attempting to address the anxieties that many of us face as we lay down to sleep. Seems like certain anxieties simply wait around for us to get into bed before coming to visit us. This…
I am an insufferable optimist. It can be quite vexing to people around me. Whether predicting how much time something will take, what something will cost, or how many people we’ll be able to fit in our living room, my optimistic estimates usually outstrip reality. But optimism is not the same as hope. Optimism is…