Unearth The Church

Unearth The Church

I am writing to you all today to let you know that my book—Unearth the Church—is complete. It has cleared all of the hurdles of copyediting and typesetting and cover design and publisher review and it is, as you read these words, published and available for purchase....
Trust the Process

Trust the Process

He told me that my body would feel like garbage. He said that I might feel weaker and not stronger. He said that healing would be more costly than ignoring my condition. Despite this lackluster sales pitch, he emphatically called me to “Trust the process.”[1] Process...
Healing Lightly

Healing Lightly

I have found myself in the Emergency Room on a number of occasions. Normal: stick in the eye. Not-so-normal: E coli vaccination for cows administered in my thumb (really, but that is a long story).  Whether normal or not-so-normal, I have never hoped the doctor would...
Sardines and Churches

Sardines and Churches

Sardines. They do not get a lot of positive press. Canned sardines smell, well, fishy. They were popular until the 1950s, and since then they have fallen off the menu. I have been told that the only cultural impact of sardines in North America is the history of places...