Faith, Hope, and the Things We Cannot Fully Know
What if faith was never meant to eliminate uncertainty? A Sunday reflection on hope, humility, doubt, and why faith may be less about certainty and more about learning to live honestly with the things we cannot fully know.
Figuring Out Why We Are Who We Are
The older I get, the more I realize people don’t arrive at their beliefs through logic alone. We are shaped by family, fear, faith, trauma, culture, and the deep human need to belong somewhere.
Maybe understanding those “knots” matters more than winning every argument.
Practicing What I Published
Just days after publishing my book Thriving Among Time Wasters, I found myself needing to apply its lessons in real time.
A single workplace email shifted the emotional atmosphere of an entire morning and reminded me that some time-wasters can’t be eliminated—only managed.
Sometimes thriving simply means refusing to let frustration consume your focus, identity, and peace.
The Problem with a Believing Pope
A comment from Timothy Snyder about Pope Leo and Donald Trump raised a deeper question I can’t shake: what happens when faith stops challenging power and starts protecting it instead? Reflections on political loyalty, evangelicalism, moral accountability, and the danger of confusing spiritual conviction with tribal allegiance.
The Hidden Stories of the Movies I Never Saw
Looking back at the movies that defined the year I was born, I realized how many of them I never really knew at all. What began as a simple trip through film history became a deeper reflection on growing up in a conservative Christian culture where entertainment was expected to reinforce a carefully curated moral world—and how the stories we avoid can shape us just as much as the stories we embrace.
What Do We Do With Them Afterward?
A viral image of pastors praying around a golden Trump statue initially seemed laughably absurd. But beneath the irony lies a harder question: what happens when a political movement built on idolatry, fear, and spiritual compromise finally collapses?
The Republic of Satire
Has political satire become more than comedy in our moment of democratic anxiety?
Reflecting on comedians as truth-tellers, this essay explores whether satire has become a kind of civic witness—and even a democratic immune response.
Why Tyrants Fear Laughter
Why does ridicule unsettle power in ways criticism sometimes does not?
Prompted by Jimmy Kimmel’s mock White House Correspondents’ Dinner monologue, this reflection explores why tyrants often fear laughter more than opposition.
Two Songs at the Ballpark
A seventh inning stretch at an Astros game sparked a reflection on patriotism, belonging, and why baseball’s organic rituals may unite us better than nationalistic ones.
Randomly Rudimentary Life Stuff 
When Distrust Becomes the Operating System
A reflection on the Epstein files, institutional distrust, and what happens to a society when suspicion becomes the default way we process reality.