A few months ago, I wrote about America’s racial conflict in the wake of George Floyd’s murder. The linchpin of that blog post was my desire to shut up and listen—as openheartedly as possible, for [...]
An obscure verse from the Christian Bible has brought one of my longest-held beliefs into question. Ever since my days as an evangelical Christian 40 years ago, my working model of God’s will has remained [...]
A few months ago, I told my spiritual director I couldn’t see any clear purpose to my life. He responded with “Who says life has to have a purpose?” Well. Ever since my writing took [...]
Every year, like many other people, I get birthday greetings from people on Facebook. Birthday greetings are lovely, of course: it’s wonderful to know people wish you well. But my brain makes them a challenge [...]
The wind blows where it chooses, and you hear the sound of it, but you do not know where it comes from or where it goes. So it is with everyone who is born of [...]
Two months ago I wrote about my latest idea for a news blackout. (It’s more of a dark-brownout, really.) So how’s it going? Well, my blood pressure’s probably down. My anxiety level certainly is. I’m [...]