I Prefer True Over Happy Now.

I Prefer True Over Happy Now.

I've Left The Church - For Many Reasons That I've Written About Publicly - But It's Still A Large Part Of My Identity, And I Still Have My Faith, If Not My Church.

I Believe That One Of The Most Damning Things About Our Culture Is The Adage To Never Talk Religion And Politics. Because We Don't Model This Discourse At The Dinner Table And At Thanksgiving, We Don't Know How To Do It Well And We're Not Teaching Our Children About The World And About How To Discuss It.

Writers Are Socially Observant. We Find People Endlessly Fascinating, And Real Life Is Mysterious. Sometimes It's Hard To Stop Staring At The Strut And Squawk Of My Fellow Man. They Can Be Quite Inspiring. Sometimes It's Hard To Stop Talking To Them To See What In The World They're Thinking.

Writing Across Genres Has Made Me More Prolific. When One Is Fighting Me Or Simply Not Cutting It, I Turn To Another.