A Teacher Named Faith

Cairn Press will be publishing my first novel, A Teacher Named Faith, this July. The story centers on a cynical political cartoonist and a failed seminarian who must face their deepest insecurities against the backdrop of a terrorist attack. It takes place in and...

#RestoringFaith Fridays

I was not a happy member of the human race. It was minus-something. School was cancelled. Our 18-year-old truck wouldn’t start…again. And I was late to meet a friend for a rare breakfast together. While waiting for the car with the giant crack across the windshield to...

Column Throwback: Halloween Humbug

I dread Halloween. As a kid, I loved it. I got to stay up late, run around in weird clothes, pound on people’s doors and get gobs of candy. Being the oldest of seven kids and living in Detroit, my family hauled in enough candy to sink the Good Ship Lollipop. Of...

Toasting Virtual Marshmellows

This is not a blog. I’ve never liked the word ‘blog’. It sounds so…blah. So I’m going old school and calling it a journal. Hey, if it’s good enough for Neil Gaiman, it’s good enough for me. Actually, I consider this my virtual...