Archives for January, 2009

This was originally posted at EpinoiaCafe.com Dear Brian McLaren, I woke up this glorious inaugural morning–when he-who-must-not-be-named is leaving the white house, and a man who is beloved, who offers hope and change, takes his place–I woke up to your invitation to the Mobilization to End Poverty. And I was sad. I opened the email [...]


Once in a while, a novel is published that seems to have wings. It takes off, without anyone really having to work at it. But most of the time, a novel takes off because the publisher and the author are energetically and enthusiastically promoting it. There is no end to the books you can read [...]


...So I got to be a little less sanctimonious about being a freethinker. That was an improvement. A little healthy remorse.