Thanks for visiting my website and for your interest in interviews I’ve done recently about Beautiful People Don’t Just Happen: How God Redeems Regret, Hurt, and Fear in the Making of Better Humans. This list will be updated every time a new interview releases. Already-released conversations: Acts 29 Podcast with Jeff Medders Anything’s Possible with Drew Powell […]

“You suck.” When someone said this to me recently, it wasn’t the sound of the words that surprised me as much it was the person who said them. The insult didn’t come from a stranger on the internet, an upset church member, a partisan antagonist, or some other usual suspect. Instead, it came from someone […]

Recently, I lost my mother to Alzheimer’s. After ten years of cognitive decline, time ran out in what affected families call “the long goodbye.” I didn’t shed any tears when she died—not because I didn’t love her, but because a decade of incremental, ascending grief was already behind me. By the time Mom died, I […]

If you are familiar with my work and story, you may recall that I have experienced anxiety and depression from time to time. I have had other hurts also. I have buried a few family members and lost some friends to suicide. I have been immobilized by hypochondria and chronic sickness, diminished by insomnia and […]