On Sunday morning, my son Chandler and I were in Houston, sitting beside my friend (and Chandler’s godfather) Chris Seay at Chris’ church, Ecclesia. Chris’ brother Robbie played a couple of songs off his great new album, “Rise.” Everyone got to their feet and sang along. And then, after a while, Chris walked up to […]
Four years ago, shortly after I became Episcopalian after many years of being nothing, I learned an important lesson about Jesus. I was working on a project that has occupied much of my time since then, a Bible for seekers and twenty- and thirty-somethings called “The Voice.” It was while I was retelling the Gospel […]
This morning on my long drive from Austin to Baylor University, where I teach, I was listening to Bruce Springsteen’s “The Rising,” and as I was listening to and loving it all over again, I was also marveling at all that has gone wrong even since he recorded those redemptive songs about 9/11. There was […]
