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Of Gods and Men
The Monastery Notre-Dame de l’Atlas of Tibhirine, Algeria The other night, I finally watched Of Gods and Men (Des hommes et des dieux) – a French film based on the true story of seven Trappist monks...
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Creation vs. Consumption
I write for a living – in two different ways. I’m a web content writer/editor for an Internet marketing firm, which means I output around 13,000+ words a week, translating into nearly a thousand...
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The Epic in the Ordinary
One of my favorite modern parables is G.K. Chesterton’s Tremendous Trifles. It’s short and sweet – just over a thousand words – but it’s become something of a touchstone for me in the years since I...
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Survival of the Indifferent
We seem rather preoccupied with the end of the world lately. From The Hunger Games to The Walking Dead, the end of life as we know it has become commonplace in popular fiction. At least half of the...
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Shadows and Mirrors
Dear God, I cannot love Thee the way I want to. You are the slim crescent of a moon that I see and my self is the Earth’s shadow that keeps me from seeing all the moon. The crescent is very beautiful...
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Yes, I Have a Pulse
If my relative silence here (since December 2013, good Lord) didn’t tip you off already, I guess it’s time to admit: 2014 has been a doozy. In some respects, this has been the most challenging year...
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All the Ages I’ve Ever Been
I am still every age that I have been. Because I was once a child, I am always a child. Because I was once a searching adolescent, given to moods and ecstasies, these are still part of me, and always...
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Peace in the Dark
David Morrow – The Milky Way Galaxy Exploding from Mount Rainier You do not have to sit outside in the dark. If, however, you want to look at the stars, you will find that darkness is necessary. But...
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Learning How to Embrace Being Wrong
Image: Eri Griffin I’ve adopted a new morning prayer. I wholeheartedly recommend it, despite the fact that (warning) it’s terribly effective at sabotaging my ego throughout the day. It goes like this:...
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Three Lightning Rods: or, What the Universe Tells Me About God
I’m no scientist, but I’ve been reading a lot of science lately. My reasons are threefold: I’m writing a science fiction manuscript that is in no small part influenced by the little I understand about...
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