9/21/2010 I’ve just returned from a trip to South America, spending four days in Brazil and seven in Argentina.  During the trip my publisher in Brazil released my next book, What Good Is God?, six weeks ahead of the U.S. release, something they celebrated with justifiable pride. If ever I doubted reports that the center of global Christianity is moving to places like Africa and Latin America, the book convention in Sao Paulo known as ExpoCrista silenced those doubts.  Just ...

On Sunday, the day before Labor Day, Janet and I leave for Brazil and Argentina.  First we fly via Washington, D.C., to Sao Paulo, a huge metropolis of some 20 million people.  I’ve been there before, and the twenty- and thirty-story buildings of the skyline sprawl as far as you can see on the horizon.  My Brazilian publisher is justifiably proud to be publishing the Portuguese version of What Good Is God? a full six weeks before the U.S. edition ...