Greetings, readers. As we near the end of 2023, the seventh year of Undertow’s journey into the world, I’m pleased to honor one of the people who endorsed my memoir, Undertow. This post is the behind-the-scenes story of how a former founder of The Religious Right, Frank Schaeffer, graciously read … [Read more…]
Happy Holidays to you, dear readers! Just sliding by on my magic sleigh to spread some holiday cheer from my desk to your email, delivering virtual gifts: a few of my favorite quotes and uplifting thoughts from slips of paper taped on the mirror, tacked on the bulletin board, and … [Read more…]
Greetings, readers. Today I want to honor Barry Lopez (1945 – Christmas Day, 2020), one of America’s finest thinkers and writers. I so admire and love his honesty and especially love and recommend his book Resistance (Vintage Books, 2004). It’s a slim little volume of nine fictional stories about individuals … [Read more…]
Hello, readers. Have you read or heard one or more exposés of The Way by former Way followers? Today, I write about what to consider as you think about or read these accounts, particularly as more such accounts are showing up on social media. People who don’t know anything or … [Read more…]
Greetings, readers. Today, we’re time-traveling to a 1960’s sixth grade rebellion. Long ago, this story was included in an early draft of Undertow, but got cut because it was a detour from the flow of the main story. So, now it’s landed in my blog-post series, “The Kitchen Sink.” That … [Read more…]