Some of My Favorite Quotes

“Here’s to the crazy ones, the misfits, the rebels, the troublemakers, the round pegs in the square holes… the ones who see things differently—they’re not fond of rules and they have no respect for the status quo… You can quote them, disagree with them, glorify or vilify them, about the one thing you can’t do is ignore them because they change things… they push the human race forward. And while some may see them as the crazy ones, we see genius, because the ones who are crazy enough to think that they can change the world are the ones who do.”
– Steve Jobs

“It is, in fact, nothing short of a miracle that the modern methods of instruction have not yet entirely strangled the holy curiosity of inquiry, for this delicate little plant, aside from stimulation, stands mainly in need of freedom.”

—Albert Einstein

“Real freedom will come only when we free ourselves of the domination of Western education, Western culture, and the Western way of living.”  · · · →

Revelation Translation Beta

I’m currently translating the Book of Revelation. The book is in beta and will remain completely free even after it is finished.

There are many good Bible translations, but Revelation is different. Most Bible translation work is done by scholars or publishers, not by writers. What would the Bible be like if a translation had been done by CS Lewis or JRR Tolkien? I would never presume to compare myself to one of those great writers, but I am giving my best at the Book of Revelation.

Follow the Revelation Feed for updates. With each new chapter, the eBook will be updated and you can download it again.

Translation notes will also become available after the final release.  · · · →

Why I Write

Why I Write

Why I Write (mp3)

In the wise words of WordPress founder, Matt Mullenweg, Code is poetry. While in full agreement, for me Poetry is code.™

Growing up, I was reputed for endless jabber. It’s not that I enjoyed the sound of my own voice, as some have speculated, but there were so many good things that needed to be said.

In my 30′s, with a plentiful combination of experience and ignorance, I’ve honed my many words. I haven’t run out of things to say. I’m just more picky about who deserves to listen. Writing helped train my discretion.

Nonetheless, creative ideas distract me to this day. And I’m just sure that 50% of them will work… And 50% is a good batting average.

After a childhood in the country, two years of home school, 13 years of acting through high school, four years of college in Chicago, thirteen years of learning to think differently from an old school Amway Diamond, another ten years of getting to know Christians in radically different denominations, living in Asia for five years, playing piano for over 20 years, re-inventing the Circle of Fifths, writing two plays, a novel, and a self-help book, blueprinting a third political party, writing my own “95 Theses” of our day, addressing how Jesus relates to metaphysics, podcasting for two years, dabbling in comics and digital art, designing clothes, managing more than 5 different blogs, drafting a 100 page doctrinal statement, writing 300 articles, editing academic publications, and being syndicated on two different news sites… I decided I wanted to branch out.  · · · →