Growing Up Evangelical, I Was Taught How to Be Good in Private, but not in Public

On Public Character, and the need for gentleness

Hello friends,

I’d like to begin with a plea for gentleness.

My book is on the precipice of release, in just four days. It is personal. I am sharing my life in a very personal way, for better or worse. It impacts me, sure. But it impacts those I know and love as well.

I have seen indications this week that there are some people who hope the book is an a…