Kurt Armstrong is a builder and a lay minister at Saint Margaret's Anglican. He's the author of Why Love Will Always Be A Poor Investment (Wipf&Stock), and has written for Image, Paste, and Geez among others. He and his wife live in Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada with their three kids.

The Unflinching Introspection of David Bazan’s ‘Blanco’

Bazan all but ignores the news headlines, opting instead to spill his guts about love, sex, self-destruction, fatherhood, mortality, family, and hope.

David Bazan, a Musical Counterfeit Detective

When he still called himself a Christian, David Bazan only sang a handful of Jesus-y songs, but since his religious defection, he seems to find it hard to sing about anything else.