Media/Speaking

Latest Podcast Appearance – especially hilarious because our son Nink is the sound engineer and chimes in on the content!

Patrick Chappell, live from Nashville 

Some Fav. Podcasts from 2024 and ’25, have a listen to these live links:

Chicago Writes Podcast with William Turck

Art in Fiction, Cosa Nostra and the Vatican with Carol Cram

Rembrandt’s the Prodigal Son and Caravaggio’s Prodigal Life with Judy Douglass

Let’s Talk Media with Vedant Akauri – How Does The Godfather Meet the DaVinci Code?

Talkin’ Writing with Make Your Day Richer, host Richard Wilmore

 

Latest Speaking Engagements

 

The Heritage Club, Brentwood, TN

Book Talk with Wisconsin ICON Doug Moe, Mystery to Me Bookstore

106.9 – The Lodge, Door County, WI

I absolutely love guesting on podcasts and I’m more than delighted to guest on yours! Let’s talk about writing, publishing, finding an agent, art, art heists, the mafia, the Vatican and Caravaggio, the original Renaissance Bad BOY!

Click Here to Invite Me

House of Honor

House of Honor Official Book Trailer

Everbloom

A discussion with authors on the challenges of writing during Covid19, hosted by Paraclete Press

The Everbloom book trailer, created by Paraclete Press (2017), describes the concept behind this beautiful collection of personal essays and poetry.

A Minor

Talking about A Minor with Larry and Kathy on WOCA radio.
Beautiful promotional video for my novel, A Minor by Circle of Seven Productions

Messy Grace

In the Sitting Room podcast with radio host Kathy Chiero talking about my relationship with my transgender sibling

Messy Grace the best-selling book by Caleb Kaltenbach addresses how to live as a Christian in the tension between grace and truth. The book has a four video study which adds further depth and real life stories about what it’s like to live into this tension. These videos feature rapper Jackie Hill Perry, author of Gay Girl Good God, British Pastor Sam Alberry who addresses his same sex attraction as well as me and my sibling Charlie, now Carly. If you or your loved one are walking this challenging road this is a resource you will want to explore.

Published Articles

Restoring the Geneva Grotto

TRi-City News

Crossing the Road – A Path to Racial Healing

READY print

An interview with filmmaker Janet Craig about her new film Wake Up! which chronicles the horror of human trafficking

Trinity Review

Why Groot is the Greatest Superhero in the Marvel Cinematic Universe

Relevant

An interview with author, Sheila Wise Rowe about her book, Healing Racial Trauma

Patheos

A Biblical Take on Joy

Redbud Post

Deconstructing faith is trendy, even called “sexy,” but how do we reconstruct faith?

Redbud Post

Stop Excommunicating Christians Who Don’t Agree With You

Relevant

When Your Calling is Local

Relevant

Why Mary Matters to all Christians

Relevant

Is the Proverbs 31 Woman for real?

Redbud Post

How Your Marriage Can Avoid the Seven Year Itch

Relevant

Loving my Transgender Brother/Sister

One of C.T.’s top 20 most read articles of 2015
Christianity Today

How to Love the Same Church for Decades

Rez blog

Loving My Transgender Brother/Sister (SPANISH)

Christianity Today

What is the Redbud Writers Guild?

Declare Blog

How Do We Know When We’ve Found “the one?”

Relevant

How to walk out Advent in WONDER!

Christianity Today

Hints on How to Survive the Broken Family Christmas

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So angry Malala didn’t win the Nobel Prize the first time around, She finally did! A perspective on her impact.

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Gratitude to the End – A Reflection on Cancer – John Fawcett

Redbud Post