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The late Christian author Doris Betts was known for her short stories and essays. In one of those stories she tells about driving down the highway in North Carolina and seeing a highway patrolman beside the road. That’s not an unusal sight. What he was doing was quite unusual (maybe not for North Carolina!). As Betts got closer to the police officer, she noticed that a truck hauling chickens had veered off the road, the crash causing the back of the truck to come apart. The chickens were running free — or for their life, whichever way you want to look at it. The driver of the truck was frantically trying to gather the chickens. Some people who had observed the crash were actually trying to steal the chickens. Chicken parts were everywhere. The scene was a mix of horror and humor, and the lone patrolman was trying to bring…

I’m pleased to announce that I now have three books available for the Kindle: one novel and two short ebooks. The novel is called “Lesser Angels” and tells the story of a brother and sister who discover a secret about their deceased mother and set out to find answers.  I titled it “Lesser Angels” because of the people they meet along the way and what they discover about themselves. “The Cure for Insomnia: Preaching That Won’t Put People to Sleep” offers my perspective on preaching and communication.  Much of this has been road-tested over the past twenty-five years, including those early sermons that inflicted too much pain on my audience.  It’s not intended to be an academic treatise but the journal of a fellow traveller. “Leading with Heart: Faith-Filled Thoughts on Leadership” is designed to look at leadership through the lens of faith.  If leadership is best defined as influence,…