In his latest book, Learning to Speaking God from Scratch, best-selling author and religion writer Jonathan Merritt, discusses a chronic pain condition that left him “blurred” and “helpless like Job” (Merritt 96). In a recent post, Merritt adds that he sought out mindfulness meditation and yoga in order …
Lent 2018 officially ends with Maundy Thursday, when we remember Jesus’s last meal with his friends. You may remember that I pledged to keep “Tech Shabbats,” this Lent, a 24-hour periodin which I’d put away my smartphone. Guess how that went? It’s hard to …
“That’s it?” I asked. “Makes you realize things aren’t always what they seem, huh?” She answered. My cousin, Britainy, and I were parked at the gates of Graceland, the mecca for those who travel from as far away as Japan to pay their respects …
Hushpuppies North Carolina’s State Fair is ten days of crispy deliciousness. This annual fall celebration beckons residents from all over our state to our capital, where “in the name of agriculture!” we deep fry everything. The autumn after my father’s death, Fred and I made …
“They’re leaf cutter ants. They won’t go in.” It was 9:00 or or 10:00 p.m., somewhere in the central time zone in a remote jungle of Costa Rica, and I thought I was hallucinating from motion sickness and fatigue. The stone entrance to the …
Friends, I’m honored to have written a guest post today for the Rev. Elizabeth Hagan’s blog. Elizabeth is a dear friend, fellow writer, and classmate from Duke Divinity School. You all may remember her popular post from earlier this summer on “Interfaith Conversion.” Elizabeth …