It had to have been the early 2000s. My bride and I were sitting in a church auditorium listening to Kevin Leman speak, and the phrase he kept using made me chuckle every time I heard it: drive-through talking. I kept mistakenly calling it drive-by talking in my head — which, as I’d later realize, … Continue reading Drive-Through Talking
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The Reciprocity Gap
The researchers brought them in expecting a fight. Two groups of people, opposite sides of a topic so polarizing I don’t need to name it for you to picture the room. Each side walked in believing the other side was the enemy. Each side believed they had nothing in common with the people across the … Continue reading The Reciprocity Gap
The Impostor
I look in the mirror and I see a different version of me staring back. Someone who doesn’t know me now, but thinks he has the right to speak into my life. It doesn’t matter that I’ve spent twenty years building a career. It doesn’t care that I’ve published a novel, or that I’ve given … Continue reading The Impostor
Substack Confucius
I’ve been spending a lot of time on Substack lately. Reading Notes, engaging with other creators, trying to learn the platform and find my voice inside it. And I keep running into the same thing. Substack Confucius. You know the type. They post Notes that sound profound until you read them twice. “Conceal your strikes … Continue reading Substack Confucius
He Fell the Wrong Way
I’ve been posting daily Bible illustrations for four months now. One image per chapter, every day, using AI to generate scenes from scripture. This week, a video of David and Goliath crossed 110,000 views on Instagram. I’ve gained over 1,500 followers in a week. And at least ten people have told me Goliath fell the … Continue reading He Fell the Wrong Way
