News and Notices from the Writing Trenches #26…

#149: Those readers who have read my Soldiers of God and, to a lesser extent, some of my other books, know I’m concerned with both kinds of terrorism, home-grown and imported. In fact, Soldiers portrayed the dangers of the home-grown kind long before the DHS made it a priority. In that book and elsewhere (including the articles in this blog), I have discussed the distinction between spirituality and fundamentalism.

Many people, from U.S. presidents to megachurch ministers, claim to talk to God...