I grew up in a small American town in the Pacific Northwest on the Canadian border. My dad was a pastor, and my mom's job was raising me and my seven siblings. We were part of a tight Dutch sub-culture dedicated to their beliefs and community. While I rebelled, like many kid, against my parents and their version of Christianity, my rebellion took me deeper into the roots of a faith that I knew instinctively had serious merit.
One question in my search was, how can I relate to a God who is only transcendent but not also interested in humanity? The more I've searched, the more I've been drawn to an incarnate God, who is present throughout history, all societies, and all creation.
This conviction keeps me writing. People ask what I write about. Like most writers, I write about what I experience, what I'm most passionate about, what grabs my curiosity – from the most mundane to the most supernatural event, from a bus stop to floating in a kayak in the middle of pristine gulf waters. It all qualifies.
There is a daily, ongoing story, a drama between God and people and the world. My satisfaction as a writer is measured by the degree to which I can communicate these moments and stories so that my readers are able to share in it also.
One question in my search was, how can I relate to a God who is only transcendent but not also interested in humanity? The more I've searched, the more I've been drawn to an incarnate God, who is present throughout history, all societies, and all creation.
This conviction keeps me writing. People ask what I write about. Like most writers, I write about what I experience, what I'm most passionate about, what grabs my curiosity – from the most mundane to the most supernatural event, from a bus stop to floating in a kayak in the middle of pristine gulf waters. It all qualifies.
There is a daily, ongoing story, a drama between God and people and the world. My satisfaction as a writer is measured by the degree to which I can communicate these moments and stories so that my readers are able to share in it also.