Calling the American church out of the shallows and into the deeper waters of the faith
I didn’t think I would sleep last night, but I did. It was a troubled sleep, restless and full of bad dreams. Waking was worse, though, as no bad dream could be as bad as the darkness to which I opened my eyes. We are resting today, in keeping with the commandment, but I don’t … Read More “Peter’s Story – The Sabbath” »
They crucified Him between two common criminals. It shouldn’t have been like that. I should have been with Him. When they accused me of being one of His disciples, I should have stepped forward and said, “That’s right, I’m a follower of Jesus.” I might have ended up hanging right beside Him, but at least … Read More “Peter’s Story – Good Friday” »
It was strange, the Teachers’s instructions. Go into the town, find the man carrying the jar, ask him about a room for the Passover. But, we have learned over the years that Jesus doesn’t always like to tell us everything, so we went and did what he asked. The Passover was strange too. Jesus spoke … Read More “Peter’s Story – Maundy Thursday” »
Starting tomorrow, I plan to re-post a series of brief reflections on the events of Holy Week from Maundy Thursday to Easter Sunday, written in a fictionalized way from Peter’s perspective. These are from a couple of years ago, so if you’ve been following this blog, you’ve seen them before. Whether you have or haven’t, … Read More “Peter’s Story – Replay” »
Or even free. That’s right. You understood me correctly. You can buy “Beyond the Summerland” for just 99 cents! Here’s the deal. My publisher, P&R, has just made the first book of The Binding of the Blade available for Kindle for 99 cents. You can download it from my Amazon page for BTS here. I … Read More ““Beyond the Summerland” for just 99 cents!” »
Well, with the scene I just added to my new book, I’ve crested the 90,000 word mark, so progress is being made. My best guess is that I’m still on pace for about 140K total for the book, at least in draft form. With some good, thorough editing, I’d imagine that number will shrink. At … Read More “90K & Bloody Death” »
So, I don’t often stray from matters of writing or faith, but something happened yesterday that I can’t let pass without comment. I have a former student, an ’09 graduate of the school where I teach, who was taken 9th overall last year in the MLB draft by the Detroit Tigers. His name is Jacob … Read More “Former Student Strikes Out Mark Teixiera” »
All right, so this has been brewing a while. To explain myself well, I should supply some background. As my little progress-o-meter in the sidebar shows, I’ve crested the 60% complete point in the novel I’m working on. What this means, in general, is that several things are coming to a head in the story … Read More “Update & Mini-Rant on ‘All Action, All the Time’ Stories” »
The point of this brief post is to apologize to anyone who tried to access my blog over the last week or so and ran into technical difficulties. The service that hosts my site migrated it to a new platform just over a week ago, and that’s where the problems began. Thankfully, my friend Rob … Read More “Technical Difficulties” »
Well, I’d hoped to finish the new chapter I started last week on Saturday, but I didn’t quite get there. I did finish today, though, so I was almost on target. The main reason I didn’t get there on Saturday was that I discovered as I edited one of the key scenes in the chapter … Read More “Gaffes & Progress” »
