I Think About This Once a Week
On good days, I think about John and that chalkboard and the dog under the lectern and I remember the joy of learning new things and the inexhaustible opportunities the world presents for just that.
Reflections on the Required Reading for a Calvin Religion Degree
It’s safe to say that the reading for religion majors lacks the representation of the diversity of the religious world.
A Love Letter to Games
I would sometimes, alone, take out all of the pieces, marvel at the details of the board and plastic gizmos, and read through the rules like a sacred text.
The One Where She Watched Friends (and Liked It)
I started watching Friends a little late in the game. And by late, I mean a quarter of a century after it debuted on television,
Pretty, Crazy, Dead Girls and Taylor Swift
The body in the wet shroud of transparent ivory was Lizzie Siddal’s. She was a painter’s model.
Nainai
My presence that summer must have been a shock to Nainai, but oddly enough she never questioned why a tall, thin, white, American guy was living in her home.
The Wall Tent
An 8×10 waterproof canvas tent with metal poles and the space for a wood stove, that tent has seen most of Oregon.
Not Quite: The Ballad of Songbirds and Snakes
Set roughly sixty years before the Hunger Games trilogy, Ballad is, essentially, two origin stories in one.
A Review of the Books in My Closet I Can’t Get Rid of But Will Never Read
If the title is in a sans-serif font with one word per line on the front cover, you know it must be good.
The Once and Future Writing
This is where greatness begins, should we choose it.
