In honor of mrkimmathclass I am making the following adjustments to my books. If anyone would like to understand my journey from being the #1 ubf fan to the #1 ubf critic, please read my books. If you want to know why I joined ubf, why I stayed for 24 years and why we shut down our ubf chapter and resigned in protest of the abuse, please get my books.

* All 3 Kindle editions of my books are reduced to $.99 USD for all of May (the pricing may take affect today or tomorrow actually)

* All 3 Kindle editions are FREE if you purchase the paperback version

* All 3 Kindle editions may be LOANED to any other Kindle user for FREE

All of the details about my books can be found on my primary website:

Unexpected Christianity | Finding Jesus in unexpected places

It was awesome to see over 50 free copies downloaded in the first 2 days of the give away!

never give up!

don’t you ever say I just walked away

I am about to publish my 4th book the first week in January. This book won’t have anything to do with ubf, however, ubfers might want to process what I’m saying if they want to expand their thinking about the gospel.

And ubfers might also want to realize that there are gay people at ubf. Some of them have reached out to me. Here is a thought: Can your ubf chapter openly welcome gay people? Why or why not?

Here is a preview of my 4th book:

“The Lambhearted Lion: Why Christianity Needs Gay People”

“The flaws in our gospel understanding may lead us to believe that God requires moral perfection and is pleased most by our most pious acts. Yet because we experience day-to-day failures, we know that moral perfection is out of reach. Whatever ideals about humanity we may find in the Garden of Eden, such ideals fail in today’s world. When we try to show our reverence for God by doubling our effort to fulfill ideal religious obligations, our church community becomes a masquerade ball where people put on more and more elaborate masks to hide their real emotions, pain or situations. The yeast of hypocrisy spreads. In such a toxic environment LGBTQA people have no place to fit in, and straight people suffer needlessly as well. Suppose the church does attempt to be more welcoming toward gays, what are we welcoming them into? In many cases, we would be welcoming them into a dance of hypocrisy.” pg 45

I have done a lot of things– I resigned, I criticized, I failed, I shared, I blogged, I visited– but I have never given up.

Yes indeed, Merry Christmas and happy new year everyone!

I also think that your very real stories (over 24 years no less!) do help expose certain longstanding bad practices, and that those who care to read your accounts and your books will find the courage to resist, expose and even denounce such unhealthy un-Christ-like, unbiblical, unloving practices.

Thank God that you have not given up on those of us who are still in ubf, and that you are continually willing to engage us, even if some people will continually refuse to read what you have written—which, if I may add, will be to their own loss and lack of illumination and insight.

Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year!