(And Other Idols)
Death Grip
Or…The Grip of Love!
Somebody Back East
Why the Writer Doesn’t Write
Canceled!
The Scourge of the Digital Panopticon in Light of Scripture
The Over/Under on Estimations
A Personal Inventory
The Pianist
A Sermon in Song
For the Good Times
The ninth story in The All-American Songbook
Hurry Up and Wait
Striking a Balance Between Urgency and Patience
The Intermission
also, the confession of a fleshy heart
You and Me and a Long-Tailed Cat
a storm-chaser’s cautionary tale
The Firstfruits: My Introduction to Writing for Public Consumption
The first things I ever wrote for public consumption were sermons. I was a kid writing sermons. I graduated to bible studies and Sunday school lessons. I came across this series, which I wrote some time in the 1980s for the Sunday school at the Turlock California church, my first pastorate. I was in my…
Scattershooting
Quotes to Love, Live By, and Look Up
Dead or Gone to Dallas
a FREE short story!
Moonshine Love: The Proof of Burden
Season Two, Episode on
Robert Duvall, Gus McCrae, My Father, and Me
A Nod to the Greatness of the American West
All My Love
a Valentine
The All-American Songbook
a look around and ahead on a three-year writing project
Mindfulness Redefined and Extracted from the Book of Life
I read and hear so much about mindfulness these days. I have paid it little attention. The word itself feels like it was created as a life vest for the weak in constitution. We have so many who need constant coddling just to get out of bed in the morning. I believe this is at…
Writer's Cramp Beats Writer's Block Anytime
I am ending the year strong and blowing the doors off of 2026
The Big Freeze
a personal recollection