Disappointed by Prayer
What's the point of prayer in a world where humans are free to inflict pain and suffering on one another at will? Where violators and...
Book Release: Strange Fire
I’m excited to share my latest book with you: Strange Fire: A Collection of Peculiar Short Stories (Story Sanctum Publishing, 2022)! It’s...
Just Be Kind.
I wrote this song at the start of the pandemic. It summarizes my philosophy of life at this stage of my life. Since there is a lot of...
Forgiving the Sins of Martin Luther King, Jr.
I've been intrigued with the life and legacy of Dr. King for many years. I've studied and written extensively about Kingian theology and...
Heritage: A Novel (excerpt)
This is an excerpt from Heritage, a novel I wrote during the pandemic. It's a family saga about how we make peace with the broken parts...
The Codependent Next Door
I just finished the Shrink Next Door on Apple TV starring Paul Rudd as Dr. Ike Herschkopf, the narcisstic therapist who takes advantage...
Love...in one word (a homily)
I was asked to officiate the wedding of my childhood best friend so I reluctantly came out of ministry retirement to do it. The reason I...
All is well (a song)
People who know me well know that I love songwriting and have been writing songs for over twenty years. I've been in a couple small...
I am a writer (a vocational declaration of independence)
Writing is therapy. For me anyway. I'm not saying writing has replaced my therapy or even that it compliments therapy. In some ways...
North Lawndale (a love poem and a lament)
You are raw but lovely Worn by time and neglect Weighted down by a hundred burdens Your terrorized eyes sunken Beneath forced Midwest...
