Bitter Scroll

Learning how to live here.

My attempt to share words that are more beauty and goodness, less "obfuscating nonsense" (nod to Stegner)

A newsletter for people who've been frustrated by community in any configuration—churches, governments, group chats—and are still convinced of its necessity.

Reflections on Reading, Community, and Formation from The Englewood Review of Books

Contemplative notes to link our modern lives with our ancient faith

True Myth for a Hypermodern Age

Notes on living shalomsick. * Shalom /SHəˈlōm/ : wholeness, restoration, completeness, flourshing *Homesick /ˈhōmˌsik/ : a longing for home *Shalomsick /SHəˈlōm,sik/ : a deep longing for wholeness, restoration, completeness and flourishing

Learn. Ponder. Question. Connect.

Thoughts on contemplative activism & holistic spiritual formation in a malformed world.

Meredith Lee and I were sitting on the back deck a few weeks ago, she was telling me a story and stopped to ask, What are you looking at?" I guess I'd left eye-contact or something. I answered, "Everything."

Analysis and reflections on religion, white Christian nationalism, & protecting a pluralistic democracy. Hosted by NYT bestselling author Robert P. Jones, president/founder of PRRI.

A bi-weekly (sometimes weekly) newsletter exploring the practice of wonder and our connectivity to place, people, and the divine.

Anti-reductionism through liminality, paradox & nuance.

For the believers, the doubters, the halfway in or outers. Saying the quiet part out loud.

essays + episodes on the communal life, where we explore the intersection of faith, belonging, and being an actual person

A kind + smart word from the Christian Left. Curious reads, empathy for all. 22', 23' Webby Award Nom., 23' Hon. Mention Blog (Best of the Church Press Awards). Read my debut book, Knock at the Sky: Seeking God in Genesis After Losing Faith in the Bible.

letters for living at the intersection of sorrow + joy.

A newsletter on writing craft and style—from an editor in publishing who believes in the spiritual practice of the creative process.

The Examine is a reader-supported exploration of curiosity. Here, I explore the world through fiction, non-fiction, and the occasional photograph.

Pursuing Jesus in a world of flash.