The Gospel is Absurd

Brennan Manning just passed away a week or so ago. In honor of his life, I thought I’d share one of my favorite quotes from him. I LOVE this quote from Brennan Manning’s book, The Furious Longing of God (pages 124-126). It’s a lot of what I’m trying to say in my new book Renegade, but…

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Hitchcock: Do You Remember The Fun We Had?

Recently saw Hitchcock on an airplane. It’s the story behind the making of Alfred Hitchcock’s famous movie Psycho. Turns out movie execs were not excited about making the movie, feeling like it was beneath them because it was just horror schlock and too racy. Hitchcock, however, was dead-set on making the movie, and decided to put…

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Hello New Pope, From Las Vegas

Jorge Mario Bergoglio was just named the new pope. I am not Catholic but I am a great respecter of renegades – people who go against the norm and beyond normal. I’m just learning about the new pope, but he seems like that kind of guy: In Argentina he gave up the mansion reserved for…

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