We’re three weeks past the launch date for Act Normal. The initial jolt from the launch is over, and it should be pretty steady going forward. I figured this would be a good time to review,…
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My Greatest Temptation
When we talk about temptation, we’re usually talking about vices. My biggest temptation doesn’t look like anything obviously sinful. It looks like an Instagram picture of a clean table (with no leftover jelly smears), a…
Mandatory Year-end Blog Post 2017
Well, hot dang, y’all. I finished my memoir this year. It’ll be available in January 2018. I actually started working on it during Lent of 2015, so I’ve been working on this for over…
Waiting Around (Again)
This is part of the synchroblog on waiting, to celebrate the release of Those Who Wait: Finding God in Disappointment, Doubt and Delay by Tanya Marlow – out now. See more here and link up to the synchroblog here. The…
Why Did I Write a Memoir?
Before I get into this, I want to congratulate Tanya Marlow. Her new book, Those Who Wait: Finding God in Disappointment, Doubt and Delay, launched today. So I bet you can guess what I’ll be reading…
How to Identify Venomous Snakes
Image credit: flickr: Annie Chartrand I run faster than a snake flies. But only sometimes. A rat snake pinwheels, open-mouthed, through the air. Jessica screams. I want to scream too, but if I open my…
Two Mennonites Walk Into a Catholic Literary Gathering…
Full disclosure: Neither of us are actually Mennonites anymore. Sometimes we just pretend to be for the pie. A few months ago, my friend, Timothy Putnam, gave me a head’s up about the Trying to…
Mandatory Year-end Blog Post 2016
2016 started rough. I was still working on the first draft of my memoir, and writing a book is hard, y’all. This is the hardest thing I’ve ever done (and I once managed to get my…
Next Steps for My Book and Dirk McPecks
I’m sitting here, glasses on, burned coffee beside me, and water dripping off my hair and down the back of my shirt because I’m not going out today, so who am I trying to impress? Right…
Lot’s wife looked back
the light shines in the darkness but the darkness has not understood it you prostitute the word of the lord came to me hate what is evil cling to what is good burn down your…