In a moment of either weakness or desperation — maybe both — the president of the university where I teach asked me to be the 2010 commencement speaker. Not at another school, mind you, but…
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That’s what this reviewer did in the prominent magazine Books and Culture. She said that if only the modern day Job character in the movie A Serious Man had read my book, he wouldn’t have…
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My department at Point Loma Nazarene University asked me to give a reading and discuss my book, God Hides in Plain Sight. We talked about publishing, rejection, strange neighbors and what goes into writing a…
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So ForeWord magazine has nominated God Hides in Plain Sight as a finalist in the religion category for Book of the Year! If you look at the list of other finalists here, note that I’m…
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Risen Magazine is one of the most interesting magazines I’ve come across. I was first turned onto it with their cover story on Alice Cooper. Then on Carlos Santana. Every issue had an interview that…
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That’s what Scot McKnight said in his Jesus Creed blog on Beliefnet about my chapter on Vocation. McKnight is doing a series based on my new book. Here’s one of his installments: How does our vocation…
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I have been a fan of Donald Miller’s ever since reading Blue Like Jazz. The humor, the depth, the doubt, all drew me into his attempt to live a life that was honest, difficult and…
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