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March 15, 2025 Poetry

Small Hours

Small Hours

A poem about the particular quality of light at 4am, when the world hasn't decided yet what kind of day it's going to be.

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February 8, 2025 Food for Thought

On Patience, Which Is Not What I Thought It Was

On Patience, Which Is Not What I Thought It Was

I used to think patience was a kind of waiting. I've come to believe it's something closer to attention — a refusal to look away from what is difficult.

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January 30, 2025 Humor

A Brief Theological Reflection on Self-Checkout

A Brief Theological Reflection on Self-Checkout

The self-checkout machine has replaced the confessional as the place where our deepest moral failures are made visible to strangers.

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