Last year, Chad Gibbs flew me out to Birmingham, Alabama to see a football game between his beloved Auburn Tigers and the West Virginia Mountaineers.  Ostensibly, Chad was doing this for his book, God and Football – Faith and Fanaticism in the SEC.  He claimed he wanted a perspective from...

Editor’s Note: Burnside contributor Chad Gibbs recently traveled to the twelve schools of the SEC to explore the intersection of faith and fandom. Chad recounts his journey in “God and Football” (Zondervan). The book is funny and insightful no matter what conference you belong to. It...

“Show me a hero and I will write you a tragedy” – F. Scott Fitzgerald Maybe I’m too old to have heroes… Maybe, but in my defense I first read about Tiger Woods in a March, 1991 issue of Sports Illustrated.  He was 15.  I was 13.  For the next 19 years I watched in awe as he...

Before I went to Alabama this past weekend, I loved Chad Gibbs as much as was possible, especially considering I’d known him for 5 years and never met the guy. But then I went to Alabama, and now I love Chad, and I love his wife, Tricia, and I love the whole Gibbs vibe. Chad’s baby pictures...

Ah, April Fool’s, when you can trust no one. Last year, Chad Gibbs got me…all of us…pretty good. And, in response, I killed his dog. But it’s not all fun and jokes today. Google has released a disgusting affront to interpersonal communication: Google Autopilot. First Twitter,...

Chad posted a creepy trailer about a children’s book, and I use that as justification to post this. American Girl announced the retirement of their most popular doll, Samantha Parkington. Though the company released a statement October 13, the media has not covered it properly.Fans were sent an...

Rachel’s post with the Focus on the Family word cloud on Saturday turned me on to the fun little toy that is Wordle.net, where you can build word clouds simply by pasting text. I’m one of those self-conscious writers scared to death of cliche, so I figured I’d waste an afternoon...

I still remember the first article Chad Gibbs ever sent. It was about golf, and its writing was vaguely Blue Like Jazz-ish, which did not bode well because we get a lot of entries like that. To understate it a bit, most people cannot write like Don Miller. I’m not sure what made me keep reading....