The worst part of a big family are some of the people in it — eccentric uncles, hypercritical aunts, lewd grandpas, and gloomy cousins; there are divorcees, perverts, swindlers, and moralists. Yep, every family has its weirdos. And make no mistake about it: God’s family is BIG. So big that, in the Book of Revelation, [...]

I’m filing this under the “Bash the Church” category — Anne Rice “Quits” Christianity. But after hearing Ms. Rice’s description of Christianity, I’m thinking it deserves to be quit. In a series of controversial Facebook posts, the recently re-converted author describes Christianity as a “…quarrelsome, hostile, disputatious, and deservedly infamous group.” As part of that [...]

Who would’ve thought that a kid from the Midwest would be on the cutting edge of cool? Okay, so “kid” and “cutting edge” are negotiable. Brett McCracken and I crossed paths (in the cyber sense) when he was then senior editor of Relevant Magazine‘s Progressive Culture section and he accepted my essay Let Us Decompose. [...]

Fellow blogger, SoCal resident, and Christianity Today film reviewer Brett McCracken, launches his fascinating new book Hipster Christianity next week. The book explores trends, both cultural and religious, that have shaped an emerging new demographic of believer. Brett analyzes the Christian hipster movement with his typical wit, wonkishness, and theological sensibilities. Next Monday, I’ll be [...]

Believers are fond of saying that “Christianity is  not about ‘religion,’ it’s about ‘relationship.'” Nowadays, however, that adage has been tweaked to read, “Christianity is not about ‘theology,’ it’s about ‘relationship.'” But is a right relationship with God distinct from right theology? Even more so, can right theology be antithetical to a right relationship with [...]

Not long ago, I was contacted by an unpublished author who was looking for a crit partner. They had acquired my addy from a mutual friend and was wondering if I’d be interested. I was flattered. Really. Nevertheless, I emailed this response: Thanks for the consideration. I’ve kind of given up the crit partner thing, [...]

I’m up at Novel Journey today with a post about Eric Wilson’s Open Letter to Readers, Writers, and Publishers of Christian Fiction. An excerpt… After nine books and well-over a decade as an author in the Christian Fiction industry, Eric Wilson is throwing in the towel. Why? Is it because he has forsaken the faith? [...]

We’re in the final stages of assembling the book trailer for my debut novel “The Resurrection.” Should be able to make it public in a few weeks. Below are a few screen stills from the footage. These captures are all in Super 8, a film used by many professionals to replicate age or create a [...]

I have followed with interest a series of cyber discussions about the Christian publishing industry that started yesterday. Spearheaded by novelist Eric Wilson in a post entitled Is It Time for Christian Fiction to Die?, the conversation is honest, provocative, informative, and quite civil. One of the positive elements of the discourse is that it [...]