I’ve put off writing this one for a day, partly because I wasn’t sure how to tell it without sounding like I was selling something. I’m just a guy who loves Jesus, living in the piney backwoods, trying to live my faith and love others the way He does, and some days the line betweenContinueContinue reading “The Folding Table”
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What the Story Is Actually Doing
People ask sometimes if a certain kind of story is off limits for a Christian. Usually something with teeth in it. Addiction, violence, a character who does something ugly and doesn’t get punished for it. I don’t think that’s quite the right place to look. A story can put something dark on the page withoutContinueContinue reading “What the Story Is Actually Doing”
Late to the Argument
The date turned over again. September 10. It’s been a year since Charlie Kirk was killed at Utah Valley University. I’ve sat with this one longer than most. Six versions, give or take, each one trying to get closer to what I actually meant. This morning the coffee was still hot when I decided thisContinueContinue reading “Late to the Argument”
Scars
I’ve been listening to U2’s ‘Scars’ a lot lately. The more I hear it, the more it seems to carry the weight of its own words—the voice, the guitar, the drums and bass all leaning into the same ache. It gets inside my head. The first thing I thought about was a scar on theContinueContinue reading “Scars”
Deep Blue Intro: The Art of Sylwia Perczak
I recently came across a post that placed a Chesterton line—“If there were no God, there would be no atheists”—beside Sylwia Perczak’s painting of Saint Christopher. The pairing felt odd; the quote and the image seemed to have little to do with each other. Yet the painting itself held me. The longer I looked atContinueContinue reading “Deep Blue Intro: The Art of Sylwia Perczak”