Here is an interview I recently gave to Dove TV, on their daily talk show “Focus Today”. The interview begins with a bit of my story… spends some times discussing my experiences with Muslims in Albania… continues through my burn-out and recovery… Reed College… and finally some discussions of spiritual health, wholeness, freedom, authenticity and […]
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I am speaking this weekend at the Faith and Culture Writers Conference 2014 at George Fox University. At the end of my talk, I asked the packed room of writers, creatives and aspiring communicators, to turn in their seats and look at one another. While they looked at each other, taking in the hundreds of […]
Growing Up with Learning Challenges (or The Gift of a Unique Brain)
In response to the Steve Brown show, a father named Bill sent me the following note: Tony, Heard you on Steve Brown Etc and am a big fan of Don Miller’s writings. Looking forward to reading “neighbors and wise men”. You mentioned on Steve’s show that you had a learning disability. I was curious about […]
Publications over the Last Couple of Weeks
It has been a busy couple of weeks. In addition to completing the initial manuscript to my new book, “Aloof: Figuring out life with a GOD who HIDES,” I have also been traveling and publishing. Look here to see some of those places…
A Moment to Think About Me
I am tired of loving others. It is exhausting. I am tired of “love thy neighbor.” I am tired of “these three: faith, hope and love, but the greatest of these is love.” What about me? What about a little me-love? When I imagine me-love, I imagine a place that is all about me. This […]
Integrated Relationships and Helicopter Lifestyles
Here is a video produced by The Parish Collective that I thought you might like to see. It talks about an idea I call “Helicopter Lifestyles.” I think you will find it stimulating.
Why I am Not a Universalist
I recently gave an interview where I was asked to plainly state what I believe. Among other things (trinitarian, Jesus followin’, Bible lovin’) I said that I am not a Universalist. Following the interview, Andrew asked me to clarify what I meant. He believed that my confidence that any person could be God’s voice to […]
Red and Black: Everybody Sub-plots from Les Miserables. Everybody Sub-Plot #1: Big is Small and Small is Big
I am a “musicals guy.” There is no way to get around it. I should also tell that I had arguably the most transcendent “non-religious” experience of my life the first time I saw Les Miserables on stage in the spring of 1994 from the first balcony of a London theater. Because of these facts, […]
Jesus and the Other: A Survey of Matthew's Gospel
This week, I asked the question, “What did it look like for Jesus to engage the “other”? Here is a summarized list of my many observations. Most every bullet point is a personal parable. May I be a hyper-local and global neighbor.
Dr. Martin Luther King Jr., Dr. John Perkins and 'Loving Your Enemies'
Today we commemorate Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. In my own small way, I would like to share some of his words, followed by my own writings in response to time I have spent with Dr. John Perkins.