On Snowfall, the Resurrection, and Beginning Again
“The scientist goes back over his calculations and renews his experiments by modifying them until he has found the object of his research. The writer shapes and reshapes his sentence…
Something Around the Corner: A New Year’s Eve Reflection
Squirming in his highchair, my son swats the spoon from my hand, sending splatters of yogurt across the floor while my daughter climbs across my lap. What do you get…
To Lose is To Save
Settling into my chair, I open the little white bible gifted to me on the occasion of my First Communion. Sturdy and satisfying to hold, I like the feel of…
Toasting 2022: An Ode to Halfway Dreams
It was sometime in early January of 2022 when I was in the midst of planning a party that would never actually happen. Some of my dearest friends from college…
Handing on the Heritage of Faith
You are my inheritance O Lord.” This response from Psalm 16, in one breath, affirms an omnipotent, all-loving God as a familial treasure, passed down to every generation of the…
Engagement: A Sacrifice for the Beauty of Marriage
Article originally published on As the Builder Builds https://asthebuilderbuilds.home.blog/2020/02/18/engagement-a-sacrifice-for-the-beauty-of-marriage/ The morning after I became engaged to the love of my life, everything seemed aglow with the excitement of marriage and…