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August 2026

August 31, 2026

Table Talk: Jesus and a Modern Christian

Sat. Sept. 5, I'll debut Table Talk: Jesus and a Modern Christian at Wild Goose...

July 2025

July 30, 2025

Remembering Ryne Sandberg – Legends Never Die

“Heroes get remembered,” Babe Ruth told Scotty Smalls in the movie The Sandlot, “but legends...

January 2025

January 06, 2025

My new BB gun and the day I nearly shot my eye out

My new BB gun and the day I nearly shot my eye out. Jan. 6,...

February 2024

February 01, 2024

The Day the Music Died: Feb. 3, 1959

Buddy Holly, Richie Valens, and the Big Bopper died in a plane crash, Feb. 3,...

September 2023

September 02, 2023

The Day I Met Jimmy Buffett

“Jimmy Buffett’s here.” I knew he was playing golf that day, that’s why I was...

April 2022

April 03, 2022

Denzel Washington on Will Smith: “The devil got ahold of him.”

Washington offers the Christian response Photo by wikipedia During his International Leadership Summit, Saturday, T.D....

May 2021

May 30, 2021

We’re not prepared for the catastrophe that’s coming

When the computer networks at Colonial Pipeline were hacked with ransomware, within days here in...

October 2020

October 19, 2020

Keep going. Press on.

My new novel is 70,000 words. The way I write, each chapter is its own...

October 01, 2020

God Made You Unique

Garrett Brown invented the Steadicam. He invented it for and used it first on the...

August 2020

August 02, 2020

What is faith?

What is faith? Is it our belief in God? Or the confidence we have in...

July 2020

July 02, 2020

Readers of Faith on the Fringe will enjoy this

If you enjoy reading from a progressive Christian perspective, you’ll love Faith, Hope, and Baseball,...

February 2020

February 13, 2020

Hypocrites in the House of the Lord ~ And a Request

I started Faith on the Fringe in 2015 because I believe much of mainstream Christianity...

February 09, 2020

A Novel Idea – Updates on a Debut Novel

Of the dozen or so people in the world who know and care that my...

October 2019

October 21, 2019

When the World Series Begins — In Three Years

How long will society last without electricity? How long would you last? What would you...

October 04, 2019

The first edits of a debut novel

I’m filled with terror. Terror-filled. Terrified. The edits are progressing. I’ve lost track of when...

September 2019

September 13, 2019

The World Is Too Much With Us

The World Is Too Much With Us By William Wordsworth (April 7, 1770 – April 23,...

August 2019

August 24, 2019

Writing as an Atypical Writer

I’m an atypical novelist and what I write is equally unusual. Writers should read. And...

July 2019

July 27, 2019

The Summer Day

The Summer Day by Mary Oliver (1935-2019) Who made the world? Who made the swan,...

July 18, 2019

A Debut Novel and the Creative Process

I signed a contact with a publisher to publish my first novel. I'm thrilled, is...

March 2019

March 06, 2019

Faith, Hope, and Baseball: A Novel – and a work in progress

Here's a pitch for my novel, Faith, Hope, and Baseball: A Novel: What would you...

January 2019

January 29, 2019

A Writer Writing About Writing

Writing is difficult. Despite that, I have written professionally my entire career. I wrote newspaper...