• The Survival of Safety

    Adapt. Evolve. Live. Or, if you don’t, die.

  • The Self of Safety

    Can Christians be good Americans?

  • The Economics of Safety

    A tale about a welfare queen who loved the Earth and saved humanity.

  • The Idolatry of Safety

    The week one topic is introduced. How is safety an idol?

  • What if it’s okay to be okay?

    Last month I wrote a post that blew up. It was seen around the world and became our most popular post. It stirred meaningful, intentional conversation on my Facebook feed, in my messages, over texts and calls. How people felt pretty much boiled down to the same basic points. People couldn’t agree what the root…

  • NWSL Playoff Predictions

    We’re just over a month away from the last regular season games of the NWSL season. Insert all the crying GIFs. To commemorate, I thought I’d make predictions for the last games to come up with who I think the final four will be, and who will ultimately win those games. I also have predictions…

  • The Car Thief and the Terrible, Horrible, No Good, Very Bad Day

    Picture, for a moment, yourself as a car thief. You stick to the shadows and are a master at making yourself ordinary, able to hide in plain sight. You’re a hunter in search of a prey. Then you spot it, a silver 2000 Honda CRV on a dark stretch of 13th West. You peer into…

  • The Wrap: July

    This past month saw a surprise trip home, my first tattoo, and lots of interesting surprises and developments. I’ve also been busy writing book #2, so some reading had to take a bit of a backseat. Make sure you’re paying attention to my reading lists, though, you just might be able to guess what book…

  • An Open Letter to the President

    Dear Mr. President, The first and only other time I have written a President of the United States was in December of 2013, after a shooting occurred at one of three high schools in my district. Many of my friends at the time were in the building. I wrote an impassioned plea to then-president Obama…

  • No Shame Album Review + ARC Review of Mike’s Book!

    Three years ago, after the release of their album Followers, Tenth Avenue North looked to be on the brink of a breakup. A brutal touring schedule, a loss of commercial relevance, and a wandering of purpose led the boys to reconsider their vocational identity. Then I Have This Hope and Control peaked on the Billboard charts. They dramatically…