'Often the Dying Ask for a Map'

Poem by B.H. Fairchild, published in Image Journal

'Let's not be sentimental about beauty.'

James K.A. Smith on Beauty, Gregory of Nyssa, and a quietly stunning poem.

'After reading our daughter's poem'

'the tiniest bird fell from above them, where it belonged, to land below them, where it did not.'

Book Notes: Klara & The Sun

Post-reading impressions on Kazuo Ishiguro's "Klara & The Sun."

The Thing Itself

You cannot contemplate everything, all at once, all the time. But you can enjoy it.

Notes & Miscellany #1

An occasional status update

Faithfulness at the kitchen sink

Life is maintenance.

I Am From

A secondhand poetry prompt from my mother.

From Monk to Marketer

Some thoughts on 'Church for Normies' and allowing myself to be an unsatisfactory Christian.