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Relationships

Soul Stitches

Once upon a time, there lived a wealthy prince in a vast kingdom. His word was law, so there was nothing he could not have. One stormy night, he threw a party in his opulent castle. A poor old woman came to the door seeking shelter, offering a rose as

Life & Living

Slower, slower, slower

It takes centuries for a civilization to build a city. It takes minutes for a bomb to blow it up. It takes decades for a tree to reach maturity. It takes hours for an axe to chop it down. It takes years for a wound to heal completely. It takes

Humanity

The Light Side

There was a man riding a motorcycle through my neighborhood with a swastika on the back of his leather jacket. It’s easy to write him off as a bad egg. He is evil. He is the enemy. He is wicked. But when Jesus says to love our enemies, he

Books

The Best Books I Read in 2023

In no particular order, these are some gems I stumbled across this year: Walking on Water by Madeleine L'Engle I have read some good books on the creative work we're called to do. Steven Pressfield, Seth Godin, and others have written extensively and helpfully on the

Gratitude

25 Things I'm Grateful For

Little things

God

How Much More

if a human can...

Books

5 Books on the Kingdom of God

Some books that changed my view of Christianity

Gratitude

It would have been enough

Dayenu

Humanity

All Our Doors Were Open

Two Learned or Too Learned?

Birthday

22 Questions for Year 22

I turned 22 this year, and most of the lessons I've been learning have come in the form of questions. Here are a few I've been asking: 1. Who would I be if I didn't need to be important? 2. What would my days

Reflections

If Grace is an Ocean

Seeing God in the sea

Religion

Pull the Thread

God, religion, and the fragility of belief

Love

Loving and Liking

Can you love someone you don't like?

How to

Becoming Curious

Ask questions, wait for wonder

Craft

Clearing the Mud

Writing for the words I'll write ten years from now

Life & Living

Stopping for Sunsets

Something worth watching

Move

Beats the Couch

A philosophy

See

Nothing to Give

Greater cost leads to greater transformation

Humanity

Timeless Struggles

The surprising comfort of dystopian novels

Books

The Best Books I Read in 2022

Classics are classics for a reason.

Love

Better than Gold

The Gift that Never Gets Old

Life & Living

Only Human Dancers

Harder than it looks

See

The Bush was Always Burning

The ground was always holy.

Reflections

24 Things I'm Grateful For

Family, friends, and strangers

Life & Living

Virgin Lemons

"...for those who struggle to make this life, such as it is, enough."