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  • Late (summer) better than never.

    I’ve been debating about how to use this space, social media, or a potential newsletter. I’ve grown less fond of social media, a newsletter feels a bit too far, and this has been my internet blogging home for the last 15 years—so here we are. Looking at the last entry, it’s been a minute. I’m…

  • Rabbit Trails for the New Year

    Happy New Year! As the last six months have entailed hundreds of hours on zoom calls, I spent the last two weeks away from screens as much as possible. I wanted to join the end of year post crowd and couldn’t bring myself to it—so here is an edition of Rabbit Trails to kick off…

  • Young Again – A poem I wrote for my friend, Lore.

    My friend Lore Ferguson Wilbert has written a beautiful and needed book entitled, Handle with Care. Before the book made its way into the world, she asked a few friends to consider writing poems based on portions of Scripture for a collection given to those who pre-ordered her work. I had the pleasure of spending…

  • At some point you have to take responsibility for yourself.

          This last weekend in our Residency Program, we discussed Who God Says You Are by Klyne Snodgrass. This is easily one of my favorite books from the last few years, as it deals with issues of identity from a distinctly Christian perspective, and with the reality that much of who you are…

  • Rabbit Trails 9.12.19 – a poem, the care of souls, & sabbath rest.

    § George Herbert – Aaron  I work through a few Herbert poems each month, and am increasingly convinced the man was a literary genius. The structure, turns, and endings are layered in such powerful ways. Here is one that I have really enjoyed lately: Aaron Holiness on the head, Light and perfections on the breast,…

  • Holy Baptism – George Herbert

    One of my favorite books is The Complete English Works of George Herbert. It’s a bit of a poetic anchor for me. Here’s one I enjoyed this week. Holy Baptism (I) As he that sees a dark and shady grove, Stays not, but looks beyond it on the sky So when I view my sins,…

  • Shame on us.

    Shame gets on us from the inside. Wielded like a sword by sin, it separates us from our own selves, from others, and from God. As you head into another year, may this be a space for you to sit still enough to begin to hear where shame drives you apart – from yourself, from…