Against All Human Hope: Dealing With Disappointment
When I got home from Christmas break, I celebrated one week without falling. A few days later, a brutal combination of COVID and a symptom
Read moreConfidence. Courage. Hope.
When I got home from Christmas break, I celebrated one week without falling. A few days later, a brutal combination of COVID and a symptom
Read moreThe first time I lost my ability to speak it lasted three days. I woke up from a seizure and the words were gone. My
Read more“I had been my whole life a bell, and never knew it until at that moment I was lifted and struck.” – Annie Dillard. I
Read moreMy Dear Wormwood, I understand that you are trying a new tactic on your patient – the sudden onset of physical pain. Even my hardened
Read moreThe fog had smote the world beneath, A misty haze under his feet, A lonely road before him spread, A road to which he saw
Read moreFor over a year now, despite this constantly being on my mind, I have been afraid to write this post. First, not many people have
Read moreI didn’t look up the video intentionally. It popped up on my newsfeed one day as I was scrolling through – the last moments of
Read moreI didn’t have a favorite parable of Jesus until I was 19 years old. I remember sitting on the deck outside, allowing the sun to
Read moreHe sat among the shadows deep, In the corner in the bar, And he looked weary in their sweep, Like a man who wandered far.
Read moreWhen visiting a friend back home, I took a wrong turn and ended up two hours deep into the backroads along the water. At first,
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