Preaching the Gospel isn’t reserved just for the pulpit. More often than not, it’s the arts that touch our daily lives most deeply, becoming unexpected means of grace. After all, our liturgies are inherently poetry, and the Psalms were our very first songbook. Read more …

I’ve always believed the most treacherous battles aren’t fought only with weapons. They’re waged with words, with rigid doctrine, and with the aggressors’ arrogant belief in their absolute righteousness. The Heretic Hunters is my attempt to tell one such story.

I’ve written a lot over the years—novels, a self-help relationship book, an illustrated kids book,  a best-seller book about childhood recollections, plenty of published plays, and stories that wander into the odd corners of human behavior. If you look me up on Amazon, you’ll find book titles like A Kid Grows in Brooklyn; Tyrus Carson’s Ride; I’m Wrong. I’m Sorry. I Love You, and Barnaby Brain. Most of my work leans toward humor, because that’s how I make sense of the world. People are funny. Life is funny. And if you pay attention long enough, you’ll see that even the serious moments have a comic edge.

The Billy Chronicles grew out of that same instinct.

Our hope is that these forty questions help you hear Jesus’s voice in a fresh way—not as a lecturer, but as a guide who meets you where you are.