Is There Just One Christian Imagination?

There is no question that religious belief can be freeing and exciting. There is also no question that the opposite can be true also. Certainly, most people outside of the […]

Rhetoric and the Power of Imagination–or the Opposite

A few weeks ago, I was invited to speak at the APU (Azusa Pacific University) Honors College on the topic of “What We Can Learn about Argument from Classical Rhetoric.” As […]

Poetry is Really Worth Trying Out*

This past week, my first chapbook of poems was released by Kelsay Books. I am very pleased with the book and am happy it is out. Yet I know many […]

Seeing Suicide Survival Through TV Time

Tonight my wife and I watched another episode in a network show we’ve been casually following. It hasn’t been our favorite. The writing and acting are not always even, but […]

Things I Learned Hanging Out with Fiction Writers

If I’m completely honest, I didn’t know any fiction writers until I got to college. In high school, we didn’t have a fiction writing class. I knew athletes. I knew […]