I was waiting for a layover in the Charlotte airport and picked up Rick Johnson’s book on a whim in one of those cheesy trinket shops. I’m afraid I was a poor flying companion for the rest of the trip toward the west coast as I pretty much devoured it on the next flight. It’s really encouraging. I hope you all get a chance to read it.

I just love typing “exploding cat” even though it’s rampant hyperbole. Getting great customer reviews on the book, and would love to read yours. (Yes, this is shameless self-promotion—although it’s kind of for a good cause, since the books are free through Amazon until the end tomorrow).

If you’d like to write a wee review, just click this.

And thanks!

The book that we just released for free on Amazon, The day we blew up the cat: And other stories from a normal childhood, is getting nothing but 5-star reviews (16 so far), but downloads are, well…way down.

Sunday: 305
Monday: 115
Tuesday: 46.

From a bookseller’s perspective (even one selling “free” books) that is most decidedly the wrong direction.

But from a faith/trust/joy/contentment/expectation perspective, it means only good—because I actually believe that Romans 8:28 is true.

So here I sit, an author having a hard time giving a good book away. And grinning from ear to ear because God is in charge. 

This is going to sound cooler than it actually is, but our book, THE DAY WE BLEW UP THE CAT: And other stories from a normal childhood, hit #1 in the “Fatherhood” category, #4 in “Parenting & Relationships” category, and cracked the top 2000 overall in the Kindle store on Amazon just five days after it was launched, and just 18 hours after we started a big Amazon promo. The promo lasts until Thursday, so we’ll see what happens. Very exciting, to be sure, but we’re in this for the long haul, so it’s good to keep some perspective. And in the end it’s not about “units moved” but rather “hearts moved”—and that can’t be measured on any sales chart.