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Confederate Treason

I attended a high school with rebel roots. We were a Southern school on the south side of town. Our rival high school was on the north side. We were the majority white school. They were the majority black school.

The school mascot in those days was Johnny Reb, our unofficial themesong was Charlie Daniels’ “The South’s Gonnado it Again.”Under the Friday night lights, the parking lot was filled with Confederate flags. After every touchdown, the band played Dixie, and we sang “I wish I was in th...

Recovery Room: Writing My Identity

This year, I’ll be releasing my first book,Coming Clean(Zondervan, 2015), a book about recovery and the abiding presence of God. In conjunction withComing Clean, I’m hostingvarious writers, pastors, and counselorsas they step into the Recovery Room.Here, we’ll discuss the things that supplantinner sobrietyand connectedness to an abiding God. Couldn’t we all use a little recovery from something? Today, welcome Jennifer Camp. Jennifer is the founder ofGather Ministries,and the author of Loop: W...

Boy Again

My family took a much needed vacation to the Gulf last week. It was fantastic (and accounts for my silence), and this week I’m sharingbits and pieces of it with you. I’ll write very little, and am opting instead for a more photo-blog sort of feel. Enjoy.

And join us Thursday for a guest-submission to the Recovery Room series.

As always, thanks for reading.

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Boy Again

To be a boy:
strange to the laws
of war and gravity;

curious as high tide
drawn by the moon,
drawn to the moon;

all f...