Permission to Speak Freely: Essays and Art on Fear, Confession and Grace will be releasing at the end of August. (You can pre-order it here if you’d like!) It’s currently being printed and I have … Read More
Want to Write Timeless Content?
“What goes in must come out.” That adage is something I always heard growing up, especially from my parents when I would read R.L. Stine books as a kid. And they were right. When I … Read More
Drenched & Whole & Healed
I heard somewhere once that during Billy Graham’s crusades, after he finishes his message, he returns to a chair and closes his eyes and prays. From what I understand, he doesn’t want to see how … Read More
The Boy Made of Post-Its
Sorry it’s been quiet here lately. Really quiet. The manuscript for Permission to Speak Freely is due in a couple of weeks, and I’m traveling to six cities (from San Diego to NYC and everything … Read More
Should Sex Offenders Be Allowed in Church?
I just woke up an hour ago. Flooded in my “@” column in Twitter were tweets about an article TIME magazine released about sex offenders attending church, and in some cases, being arrested for it. … Read More
Free Stuff for Your Church
I am so excited to announce that the official site for my new book Permission to Speak Freely: Essays and Art on Fear, Confession and Grace is LIVE. Huge thanks to Brad Ruggles for his … Read More
In My Heart For A While…
When I first started talking about Permission to Speak Freely, I said it had been brewing in my head since May 2008. But I think it has actually be inside my heart for a LOT … Read More
An Essay from Permission to Speak Freely
I’ve been frantically dutifully writing, deleting, loving, hating, closing my computer, eating too much ice cream and crying because I’m a terrible writer, opening my computer, eating too much ice cream to celebrate because I’m … Read More
It’s Never Too Late for Confession
Some of you have asked if it’s too late for you to send in a confession for Permission to Speak Freely. The answer is no! We will always be taking submissions, even after the book … Read More