TINY GRASS IS DREAMING
A lawn sign appeared a few years ago, becoming a popular meme across the internet: Chinese characters with the quaint…
THE FOGGIEST IDEA
For a few years, now, I’ve been seeing more and more references to the Dunning-Kruger Effect, usually in articles about…
HOSTS WITH THE MOST
I’m in rehearsals again, for a beautiful musical called Come From Away. It’s a story of kindness, generosity, and radical…
MAKE LIGHT WORK
Last Sunday night, Travis and I went to a concert at The Mothership, a fantastic outdoor venue on the Hondo…
RAISE A GLASS
It’s wise to be aware of how we’re looking the world. The “glass” through which we view it. We’re always…
WON FOR ALL, ALL FOR ONE
“Whatever you are meant to do, do it now. The conditions are always impossible.” - Doris Lessing I don’t think…
SWEAR TO GOD
In my decade-and-a-half of ministry, I’ve been called-out a number of times for being vulgar. People tell me that coarse…
MOTHER NATURE
I spent a lot of time this week scouring collections of poetry and pouring through my usual go-to books for…
C IS FOR CATS
At the beginning of the month, we had a really wonderful trip to see my family in the northeast. The…
IN A PICKLE
When I’m worked up and stressed out, my angst usually arises out of sense that I’ve got to “get it…
The Hole Thing
This may be a bit obvious as far as wordplay goes, but I’m thinking about “whole” and “holes” this week. …
THE BOSS OF ME
When I was 22 years old, just out of college, living in Manhattan, I worked for a while at a…












