No more Limbo?  The Pope is putting an end to the Catholic theological hypothesis of Limbo.  For years the Catholic church has wrestled with what happens to unbaptized infants after they have died.  Their reasoning has been:  Hell?  No.  Purgatory? No  Heaven?  No.  Limbo?  Maybe.  Recently the Pope is saying that there is no real…

I’m writing a book!  (Actually, two books…) I am grateful to my wife, friends, an incredible group of literary agents (Wolgemuth and Associates) and Zondervan for encouraging, supporting and believing in me. I’ll be writing about the implications of jazz upon our faith.  What does a jazz-shaped faith look like?  What can jazz teach us…

There have been many times that others have told me that I should write.  The idea has always been appealing but I have had reservations. First, there was the question of motivation.  Why write a book out side of being able to say that I did? Then there was the practical question of what I…

Every Lent I take all of my unresolved dreams and place them in the tomb with Jesus on Good Friday.  The weeks leading up to the celebration of Christ conquering death I take my dreams to God and allow them to die.  It’s a ritual that focuses me back on Christ rather than on what…

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