Brand new!
Day by Day
Here is a straightforward, no-nonsense journey into the Bible that’s suitable for personal or small group study.
Not bound by the constraints of pop religion, it offers a fresh look at familiar passages and frank evaluation of interpretive issues.
The format is conducive to one-year study but is easily adapted for other uses. As Richard of Chichester and a memorable song say, its purpose is to help you see Christ more clearly, love Christ more deadly and follow Christ more nearly, day by day.
Find it on Amazon, Wipf & Stock, Barnes & Noble
Still fresh!
Change of Heart
In accessible, non-academic style, this book introduces John and Charles Wesley and the rich theological and cultural heritage of the movement they founded.
It weaves historical and theological narrative with the personal testimony of a second-career pastor who “married into” the United Methodist Church, was led by God to seek ordination as a pastor and remains loyal to it after 30 years of ministry.
Find it on Amazon, Barnes & Noble, Wipf & Stock, Christianbook.com, Cokesbury
Still available!
Keeping Christmas
Part survival guide, part history, part cultural commentary — all laced with spiritual reflection — this book is about how you can celebrate in ways that are most meaningful to you and your family.
It’s not easy to thread your way through the Christmas maze, but if Ebenezer Scrooge could learn to keep Christmas well, so can you.
Find it on Amazon, Barnes & Noble
Sorry, out of print
Death Rides the Rails
Death as as close as the nearest railroad track.
That’s what the people of a small Illinois town learn when a leaking railroad tank car explodes, leveling part of the town and creating huge fires that threaten to cause even larger explosions.
Published in 1979, this was my first book and was never widely distributed because the publisher, Manor Books, went out of business shortly after it came out — coincidence, not cause and effect, I’m sure.