Essays
“Family Together,” PublicSource
What three students, their coach, and their city taught me about love.
“Go Hard or Go Home,” Prairie Schooner
A town and a team form family through football.
“Welcoming the Stranger,” Pittsburgh Tribune-Review
A Christian worships with Tree of Life congregants.
“The Cracks,” Hotel Amerika
Photographer Sally Mann, a body farm, and resurrection.
“‘He Wants to Talk to Ms. Betty,’” Pittsburgh Magazine
Unexpected encounter in a garden heals a hungry ghost.
“Re-Seeing the World,” INTER
Students daring to dialogue across divides.
“The Conversation: An Appreciation of Paul Kameen,” The Fifth Floor
In praise of a teaching mentor and friend.
“Shaping the Spiritual,” Creative Nonfiction
On things that take our breath away.
“Explode,” Gulf Coast
Water, a lost uncle, and those he left behind.
“Ritual,” Image
Searching for a free-range God with the Dudes.
“New Country,” Gulf Stream
Risking love in California.
“Eschaton,” Arts & Letters
One boy’s passage.
“This is My Body,” Explorefaith.org
The Mission, Maundy Thursday, and the washing of feet.
“Getting Darker with the Other,” The Witness
Embracing difference amidst polarizing politics.