A couple weeks ago, I interviewed Linda Boulanger, author of Becoming, a collection of faith-based, short-short stories. After the interview, a pseudonymous Internet hacker promptly distracted me by breaking into my hosting provider and swiping a friend’s domain name. So it took over a week for me to get back on track, but I’m actually reading Becoming now, which Linda was gracious enough to send me in electronic form. She’s also reading my book From the Ashes of Courage. (I say this in the interests of disclosure.)

Today, I’ve invited Linda Boulanger to visit me in my virtual living room, to talk about her latest book Becoming, which is a collection of inspirational, faith-based short-short stories.

Hi, Linda.

Hi, Tim!

Becoming starts with a story about a young woman whose father bails her out of jail, which will inevitably have political repercussions for him.

The story is called “A Ready Heart.” It’s actually one of my favorites. I’ve been asked multiple times by individuals if they can use the story with their youth groups, this one and “Sweet Success for My Teen & Me,” which is also in the book. I believe it is because the story clearly focuses not on the fact that we make mistakes, but more so on what we do with the lessons learned from those mistakes.

That’s a wonderful theme.