No Grit, No Pearl
I’m working hard to get this baby done and in your hot little hands next year. I’m excited and hope you are, too. When I
May 23, 2025
Musings
The Undercover Saint & The Man Who Needed a Chance
This story appeared in the Georgia Bulletin in May 2025. Mama was at the grocery store when she noticed a man didn’t have enough money
May 21, 2025
When Love is the Only Antidote
A story about moving from fear to love. Here’s my telling for The Focolare Word of Life Experiences Podcast. The episode is titled “There’s Grace
March 18, 2025
For Catholics Not Feeling It Anymore–Guidance from a convert on how to get the fire back
A funny thing happened when I started writing columns for the Georgia Bulletin, the newspaper of the Archdiocese of Atlanta. I kept receiving responses from
March 13, 2025
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
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