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A Conversation with Michael Dechane
Michael and I discussed his debut poetry collection, The Long Invisible. I love this book and I encourage you to buy it. I also love Michael's heart. You will, too, after watching this video. You have to scroll down a long way. If you know how to fix that, please...
My Novel The Former Hero available here
Occasionally I need to do a little advertising. I have recently heard that a few people have been attempting to buy my books but couldn't find them on @m@z0n. But you can get brand new copies right here at my website. I have a small stock of copies available, and if...
My faith journey part 3
So, the happy ending. There came a point after eight months of living with my parents that we decided to officially give up on trying to find another pastoral position. They didn't want me, and I didn't want them either. The antipathy was mutual. I started looking for...
My faith journey part 2 – I was a Presbyterian golden boy
[After posting part 1, my naturally taciturn personality suddenly lost all energy for self-disclosure of my painful past. But I have already baited the hook and opened up a can, and other metaphors of having set one's hand to the plow. So I will continue. Please know...
My faith journey part 1
My faith journey has been an unusual one. I say this because, judging from dozens of friends and acquaintances around the country, it is uncommon for a person raised with conservative values and politics, as I was, to swerve from that ethos to something else. Why is...
Two new articles
It's been a busy couple of weeks. First, by popular demand, I've rolled out audio versions of some short stories. You can listen to them in the car or while exercising. They can be found at this link on my website. Second, some of my readers may not know, or may have...
Audio-short stories now available
Hello friends, It's been a while, hasn't it! You don't get much email from me. That's because I make it a policy not to become annoying with too frequent blog posts filling your inbox that you probably, if you are like me, must endure every day. I'm trying to be...
Calling all Catholics
Writing a modernized account of the biblical gospel comes with a new challenge I've never encountered in fiction writing. I continue to add material to my forthcoming book Blue Gospel, and I've recently added an account of the central figure's birth by a young girl...
PSA: Whitworth Writer’s Workshop
You may have heard that my Alma Mater, the MFA program at Seattle Pacific University, will come to an end this August. I and my fellow students cannot express our heartbreak at learning that forces within the conservative board and administration had decided to fire...
Book Cover Reveal
My latest novel is called BLUE GOSPEL. It could be available as early as this summer. But this week I got cover art finalized, so I am happy to show off the new book. BLUE GOSPEL is a 20th century update of the biblical gospel story from the perspective of the minor...
