writer, editor, overthinker
Almost exactly one year ago, an hour before our church's Ash Wednesday service, Kyle and I sat across from two good friends (our pastor and his wife) at a local restaurant. We laughed about each other's dinner choices. And we laughed about our pastor friend's insistence that he was a "prepper" and they would be … Continue reading A Gentler Lent
I have several drafts of blog posts about several things that have been on my heart, but as we all know, most of the space in my heart is occupied by characters in TV shows everyone else is done talking about. To that end, I wrote an article about my messy feelings about "Nice While … Continue reading Finality and Forgiveness in ‘BoJack Horseman’
This post is sort of a (non-spoiler-y) book review of Courtney Summers' The Project, sort of a love letter to truly good storytelling, sort of (surprise!!!) existential naval-gazing. Here's a short plot summary of The Project from Courtney's website: After a tragic accident kills most of her family, Bea Denham is determined not to lose … Continue reading Seeing and Believing in ‘The Project’
Here is something wise my friend Melanie wrote me a few months ago: I think there's something dangerous about assuming that because we have gone through our own phase of enlightenment about something that everyone else has necessarily gone through the same realizations and that it's no longer worth discussing. ... this process of reflecting … Continue reading Practicing the Practice
Today is Pentecost Sunday, the day on the church calendar when we remember and celebrate the Holy Spirit coming to the early church. The Scripture we read today tells the story of people who aren't from the same place and don't speak the same language being united in a sudden ability to understand each other: … Continue reading we hear them in our own tongues speaking of the mighty deeds of God
