Words

Writing

Essays, reflections, short stories, and fragments from the long work of truth, grace, memory, repentance, and becoming.

A traveler holding a map at a fork in the road with a city and sunrise in the distance

Truth & Grace

Whose Map Are You Following?

A reflection on inherited directions, sacred destinations, and learning to draw the next stretch of road yourself.

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Bible with warning label and candle

Truth & Grace

Bibles Should Have a Warning Label

A reflection on why the Bible sometimes hurts to read, why we avoid it when it does, and why that pain might be doing more good than we realize.

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Four children at a bay window looking toward a milkman

Short Story

The Milkman

A short story about what children see, what fathers carry, and the distance between them.

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Monkey trapped by holding onto a coconut despite abundance around it

Truth & Grace

Freedom Is a Matter of Letting Go

A reflection on desire, identity, and the quiet trap of holding onto the very thing that keeps us from being free.

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Hunter alone in the wilderness beneath an approaching mountain storm

Truth & Grace

The Bible Lied to Me

A reflection on silence, fear, wilderness, and discovering that stillness exposes more than it comforts.

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