No Perfect Time: Brief Essays on Life and Faith

My new ebook is now available! Order at these retailers: SmashwordsBarnes and NobleApple Books A young pastor walks into his first church, and immediately begins discovering what it means to do ministry among an imperfect community while being imperfect himself. In this series of essays, he processes some of what he’s learned along the wayContinue reading “No Perfect Time: Brief Essays on Life and Faith”

Announcing my new ebook: No Perfect Time

For 17 years, I kept another blog before moving to this site. While there, I wrote several times a week about a variety of topics, mostly spirituality, pastoral ministry, and popular culture. On January 6th of this year, I finally bade farewell to that site. I wanted a change in online venues, and to approachContinue reading “Announcing my new ebook: No Perfect Time”

My Many Notebooks

Ever since I was in elementary school, I’ve had a love of notebooks. In those earliest days I would fill spiral-bound school notebooks with drawings. In college, I’d keep an extra notebook or two in addition to those designated for classwork, just to scribble random thoughts or doodle in my spare time. The summer beforeContinue reading “My Many Notebooks”