Paul Brand in his well-known book, The Gift of Pain , proposes that pain is a gift of GOD that is meant to protect us from danger and...

If reading about my life makes you uncomfortable then STOP READING.  Better yet, unsubscribe.  This is what writers do.  We learn how to...

“I guess its message is more important than its circumstance…” -Cynthia Erivo As promised, here is the remainder of my list of...

One of my favorite scenes from Hamilton is “Satisfied.”  I identified immediately with Angelica Schuyler’s role as the eldest sister...

John Mark Comer once said something like this: (and I'm paraphrasing here) If we spend roughly 1/3 of our lives sleeping by design, then...

I tried to turn off my cell phone today.  I recall being able to do so relatively easily in times past, but a recent update must have...

The outpouring of concern and responses to my last post was unexpected.  I had no inkling how many people were reading and cared so...

I had an incredibly helpful yet potentially devastating revelation recently. I was reflecting on some recent tense conversations my...

When you’re a person who is practiced at practicing humility, it eventually becomes easy to get prideful about how humble you are. Weird...

This has been a less than stellar year.  My hopes that it would miraculously turn around were abandoned somewhere around the Ides of...

2024 was heralded by the distinct sound of glass shattering against linoleum--thousands of champagne flutes in rapid succession. So...

I haven't blogged in over five months. This wasn't intentional, but a natural byproduct of needing to, once again, examine my motives, do...

Confronting my consumerist demons

Americans—immigrants and non-immigrants alike--are encouraged to dream. How many sappy movies are out there about characters chasing...

Is racial trauma a thing? I talk about why it is.

In America, Christians are largely known for professing faith while living faithless lives. The Bible and cross are mere photo props here.

I pride myself on being self-aware. All good writers are incredibly introspective. Writers in my preferred genres (personal essays and...

I am a big fan of the writings of Tish Harrison Warren--a female Anglican priest in a denomination largely divided on whether or not...

Gracious Father in Heaven I lift up this Precious One before you Someone you lovingly knit together in their mother's womb and imbued...

I examine some of the unexpected fruit of publishing this book. Including, some thoughts this has inspired regarding the heritage of Indo-J