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- Dirty Little Secrets
The hidden reality of child sexual abuse.
- 2011 Newsletter
“Couple’s disgusting ‘cuteness’ blamed for citywide pandemic.”
- Mixed Motives
Struggling with mixed motives in your Christian life? Try serving the people around you.
- Their Rookie Season
Apprenticing at Actors Theatre of Louisville means a lot more than studying your lines. It also means 60-hour work weeks, very little pay…and a better shot at a professional acting career.
- Dirty Little Secrets
Personal Essays
Awesome Miracle
Remember, the Ruler of the Universe is the one who said you’re an awesome miracle. And as the old saying goes, he doesn’t make mistakes. Not even you.
Doubt
I was only months away from graduating from Bible college, and I had a dirty little secret: I wasn’t sure that God existed anymore.
Un Americano en Mexico
Skeptics say that short-term mission trips are a waste of time–and perhaps sometimes, they’re right. But since we serve a sovereign God, short-termers can also do a world of good.
The Scribe’s Confession
Answers are easier to find inside literature than out in the bracing merciless air of life.
Hear the Weeping
When children turn violent, who should get the priority? The kid who’s abused at home and takes out his frustrations at school, or his innocent victim on the playground? The answer may be more elusive than you think.
Above the Flood
My old hometown was flooding, but God got me out just in time.
Virtual Reality
When life hurts, fantasy looks much more appealing than the real world.
Helicopter Seeds
Sometimes, ministering to others feels purposeless. Is it?
Kamikaze at My Back
“Did I say feeling nothing is the worst part of depression? Perhaps not. Right now, I would give a great deal to feel ‘nothing.’”
Jar of Miracles
It must be hard to stay humble when you’ve just done a good miracle.
On Playwriting
Herein, the writer muses about his fascination with the dramatic form.