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February 15, 2026 Leadership and Personal Growth

The Difference Between Vision and Daydreaming

The Difference Between Vision and Daydreaming

Both start with imagining something that doesn't exist yet. The difference is in what happens next.

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February 1, 2026 Humor

A Brief History of My Relationship With Technology

A Brief History of My Relationship With Technology

I have always been approximately eighteen months behind whatever the current thing is. I have made peace with this.

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January 18, 2026 Poetry

The First Week of January

The First Week of January

A poem about the particular feeling of January — the blank-page quality of it, the cold, the hopeful and the apprehensive.

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January 4, 2026 Food for Thought

On Silence and What It Teaches

On Silence and What It Teaches

We live in an age that has declared war on silence. I've been thinking about what we lose in that war.

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December 21, 2025 Lectionary Reflections

On Waiting: An Advent Reflection

On Waiting: An Advent Reflection

Advent is, structurally, a season about waiting. Which makes it countercultural in the best possible way.

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