(Editor’s Note: Becky Garrison is awesome.  Sometimes, she sends us stuff to publish, and we feel awesome, too.  This previously appeared at Killing the Buddha, which is also awesome.) God may not have appeared to Mother Theresa, but He needs to promote His book. For the uninitiated, Book Expo...

It seems like everyone I know has been to, or is going to, hear u2 live in October.  They’re out on the west coast doing a tour, and so Christians between 20 and 40 are making the pilgrimage. Before I continue, I’ll offer the caveat that I love u2.  I just returned from running stairs and Bono...

Some attempts at justice are better than others. Bono stood on the stadium’s stage, a briefcase in his hand. This is what I remember he said, “In a few hours I will be taking this briefcase to Gleneagles Hotel, and turning it over to the leaders of the countries you represent.  Inside they will...

Some time mid-June, I got this idea to go to the International Christian Retail Show.  The conference was in Denver this year, and Denver didn’t seem too far away from Phoenix.  I called Dan Gibson and asked if he wanted to join me, and he said “Why not?” According to Josh McDowell,...

I was in Tucson a couple weeks ago, having an early evening beer at a pizza place near U of A with fellow Burnsider Dan Gibson. One of the servers had a Kindle, and we asked if she liked it. “I love it,” she replied. We asked to see it. It was surprising. We expected a glorified laptop...

I’ve never read The Shack, the self-published novel by William Paul Young that has now sold 2.7 million copies and topped the NYT Bestseller List since June. I’ve avoided reading “The Shack” the way I avoided “Blue Like Jazz” for years, the way I’m still avoiding...