When That Little Voice Inside Tells You to Do Something Crazy
I did what the voice directed me to do, but it was the LAST thing I wanted to do. Here’s the story from The Georgia
March 1, 2025
Musings
I Have Entered Another Dimension Called Parrott, Georgia
I’m a history fanatic, so a long trip through Southwest Georgia did not disappoint. The landscape was dotted with family cemeteries, 200-year-old pecan groves, abandoned
March 1, 2025
Writers Playing Big Workshop
Last month we gathered around a common goal: to “play bigger” as writers. To make concrete, highly-achievable plans of action that would break us out
December 26, 2024
The Baby in the Woods
On this Christmas day, a very personal story of a mother and a newborn with nowhere to turn.
December 25, 2024
For Writers Thinking It May Never Happen
My first book deal: 2004. Second book deal: 2007. Third book deal: 2024. Seventeen years between book deals, and I have a word for fellow
December 25, 2024
About the NEW BOOK…A Priest Walks Into a Waffle House: Stories From a Gritty, Grace-Filled Life
In this era of unprecedented division, hopelessness, distraction, and cynicism, we’ve lost the ability to recognize the goodness all around us. But it doesn’t have
December 25, 2024
Nothing Compared to Her
So PSYCHED to have authored an essay in this evocative book on the inimitable Ms. O’Connor. Simon & Schuster will publish, and the estimated publication
November 25, 2024
New Book Update: A Priest Walks Into a Waffle House
The book proposal is in my agent’s hot little hands, and I feel 133 pages lighter! Next up: she’ll review, give feedback, and I’ll revise
October 4, 2024
Rich, Rich, Rich
Whew. September has been rich, rich, rich. A writing residency in a sweet little mountain cabin overflowing with books. Paying homage to a Civil Rights
September 27, 2024
I Turned 55 & Got Old Overnight
I turned 55, and something strange happened. Suddenly 50-year-olds were saying “yes ma’am” and “no ma’am” to me. The people in the TV ads for
September 23, 2024