by Kent | Oct 19, 2012 | Faith, Featured Entries, Haiti, International Development and Missions, Uncategorized
(First on Huffington Post.) “Fred,” I ask in Creole last Friday in Port-au-Prince, “do you mind giving us a quick campus tour before we sit to talk?” I work with a nonprofit focused on education in Haiti, and Fred is one of twenty-five Haitian seminary students we...
by Kent | Jul 20, 2011 | Faith, Featured Entries, Haiti, International Development and Missions, Uncategorized
The only thing worse than a book reviewer who hasn’t read the book is one who pretends to have done so. I was kindly asked by Patheos’s Book Club to write this post, though I haven’t read Radical Together. I’m in Haiti so wouldn’t be able to read it...
by Kent | Jun 16, 2011 | Featured Entries, Uncategorized, Writing
Writing is, for many of us, something we want to do and also like weaseling out of. Excuses are easy and plentiful. I wrote my last book in the midst of a crazy workload. Timeline was very short. I’d written my first book under completely different circumstances:...
by Kent | May 11, 2011 | Faith, Featured Entries, Haiti, Uncategorized, Writing
Here are four recent-ish interviews. They’re each excellent shows/websites/radio shows, and I really enjoyed the chance to talk with them: 1. On “100 Huntley Street,” a TV show in Canada: 2. Interview on a ReadTheSpirit.com: “Japan & Rob...
by Kent | Apr 18, 2011 | Featured Entries, Haiti, International Development and Missions, Uncategorized, Writing
[Also on Huffington Post:] I just watched the “60 Minutes” expose on Greg Mortenson, author of Three Cups of Tea. It felt like a punch in the gut, even if it’s of the too familiar heroes-come-crashing-down variety. It must have felt like a punch to...
by Kent | Feb 16, 2011 | Featured Entries, Uncategorized
I’m not writing much at the moment because of travel and speaking on this book tour for After Shock. Look forward to writing more soon, but meanwhile would love to see you if we’re in the neighborhood. Check out the “Speaking” tab above for...
