A few years ago, an old friend, G. Elijah Dann, had an idea he'd like to edit a book written by a wide spectrum of Christians. Each contributor would share his or her history or perspective of the faith. This would be the group approach to examining a fundamentalist way of life. I wrote a piece and submitted it to him, thinking this would be a good exercise at the least. Gathering my thoughts about my former mindset might help me work through my own history in a healthy manner. But I also had certain misgivings: who'd be interested in reading such stuff?

Turns out lots of people are very interested. The book has been published by Wilfred Laurier Press. Thank you, Gary!

And: Leaving Fundamentalism: Personal Stories is a Foreword Magazine's Book of the Year Finalist

Have a sneak peek at the contents.

Read a review of Leaving Fundamentalism. Read a more recent review.

Read the first few pages.

Here is a book review on David Bergen's The Case of Lena S. (Scroll through the downloadable pdf file to pages 21-23 [JMS Vol 21 (2003), pages 235-237])

Check out a VueWeekly article of mine on bicycling, which is how I get to school, summer or winter.