Emails, snail mail, Slack messages, texts, books, tweets, posts, blogs, reports, articles, shared documents … we are awash in communications! Shouldn’t we stop a moment and think about how we write all this stuff? Back in 2020, when the world felt unprecedented, a friend suggested the news service Axios. Short,
The pumpkins are on the front porch and the leaves are falling, so it must be Christmas season, right??? Okay, I know it’s a cliche to joke about how fast Christmas arrives. But when you think about what a BIG deal it is, you can see why people plan early.
I want to be as constantly stupid as the disciples. Or rather, to ask the kind of stupid questions the disciples ask Jesus. A trademark of my writing – especially in my books – is to contradict myself. I embrace the contradiction because we need to evaluate, ponder, and understand
Last week I attended a conference with a plenary session featuring two Senators (one Democrat and one Republican). The facilitator, a former Governor, led them in a conversation about how our faith can inform our public engagement. A lot of the conversation focused on how we can transcend the worst
This post was written years ago, but it’s worth reposting. It’s about a book almost everybody I know should read. A friend mentioned the book recently, so it seemed timely to repost my thoughts. Henri Nouwen was brilliant, of course. He gave a talk on fundraising and somebody had the
Three events in the last few months has reinforced an idea that’s been percolating. They have also reminded me how much we can learn from our past. The first event was during my book promotion. I was a guest on a podcast, and the host was amazed to hear people
A bit of advice for my friends deconstructing their faith. The junkyard is where things are taken apart. There’s a reason people in the business called them auto dismantling centers! We earned our living by stripping cars of every valuable part, then selling the bits and pieces to our customers.
A friend of mine was sitting next to me in the front row of a conference. It was the opening session and we were listening to the host, a pastor, give the welcome. My friend was going to speak immediately after the pastor was finished. But just before my friend