In a recent devotion, I came across a Christmas story in an unexpected place: the middle of Luke’s gospel, fifteen chapters after the traditional Christmas story. Luke 18:35-43 tells of a twice-burdened man: a roadside beggar who is also blind. Each day he’s forced to plead and scrape—in darkness—just to
As Christmas Day draws near, here is a reflection inspired by the conclusion of Salvaged. Whether in medieval art or contemporary holiday cards, you’ve seen Christmas scenes with the newborn Jesus and his pudgy little feet. Yes, his feet. Hang with me a minute. They are tender, soft, and adorable. Those same
D’Aun and I made five short videos to promote my new book Salvaged and I thought you’d enjoy seeing them. Obviously we’re not professional actors — and it shows — but the videos capture the whimsy of the book and I hope they make you laugh. As I wrote in
Bob Goff and I met in kindergarten — can you believe it? He was kind enough to write the foreword to Salvaged, and also to give this endorsement for me. Hope you enjoy the short video! Buy the Book here!
The publisher just shipped me actual hardback copies of Salvaged! It’s fun to have the actual book in my hand. These early books are meant for “influencers” who will tell the world how great the book is and, hopefully, drive preorders. Can you suggest people who should get a copy? Typically,
Last year I posted about ten good Thanksgiving wines and it seemed to be popular. Well, this year I’ve scaled it back because who really needs ten wines anyway? Let’s begin with the same caveat I used last year: Turkeys are basically stupid, oversized geese who don’t know how to fly,
Please don’t call me a thought leader. Last week I had coffee with an acquaintance who used the phrase to describe me. He meant it as a compliment — and I took it as such. But I still corrected him. “No,” I insisted, “I’m not a thought leader. Please don’t
Two months till launch of my second book, Salvaged! With just two months to go the focus now is to get as many preorders as possible because they drive those indecipherable algorithms on the bestseller lists. The more preorders we get, the higher the book moves up the sales charts. The