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The edits to The Recovery-Minded Church: Loving and Ministering to People with Additions (IVP) have been substantial and time-consuming, thanks to a talented editor (a shout-out to Helen Lee) performing her job well. The editing process has also kept me away from this intersection for far too long (and I hope to be back soon);…

You may have noticed that I’ve not shown up at this intersection during the last week or so.  A new job, and, with the new job, the promise of a new book project, have conspired to keep me away.  Much of last week I was out in L.A. on a business trip meeting new colleagues—hence…

This past weekend as I lay sunbathing on a beach in Santa Monica, California, it seemed like everywhere I turned there was somebody beautiful. The tan, toned, athletic bodies were everywhere, which had me wondering whether, after two pregnancies, I really dared peel off that top layer of clothing and bear my own now pale-white…

The news of popular evangelical pastor Rick Warren’s son taking his own life over the weekend hit close to home. And, if you have ever struggled with the disease of depression or have loved ones who do, maybe you can identify. My prayers go out to Warren, his wife and family in the aftermath of…

We were sitting across from one another in the monastery dining hall, eating our lunch in silence per the rule.  We hadn’t met yet. “Would you like to come to my party?,” she blurted out.  Loudly. Heads turned. “I’ll think about it,” I whispered back, a bit embarrassed. Two days earlier we had been sitting in…
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