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Queer Awakening
October 9, 2025
Queer Awakening
October 9, 2025

I went to a Christian high school based in the Calvary Chapel movement. In some ways, being a leader in that evangelical environment for four years was more formative for me than my decades in the Church of Christ. I remember, during confession time with just the teen girls and our teachers, one of my friends confessed to being worried she was attracted to girls. My thought was, huh, I had no idea and I cannot relate to that in any way.

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October 9, 2025
She's on Her Way
October 2, 2025
She's on Her Way
October 2, 2025
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October 2, 2025
February 10, 2025
I hate greed
February 10, 2025
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February 10, 2025
Living Memoirs
January 29, 2025
Living Memoirs
January 29, 2025
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January 29, 2025
November 17, 2024
I Have a Thing About Time
November 17, 2024
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November 17, 2024
June 17, 2024
Hospice is Sad, Y'all
June 17, 2024

Maybe this is the most obvious thing I’ve ever written, but hospice is sad, y’all. I’ve started working in hospice as a chaplain. It is so cool to learn a new context for my skills and to build a more well-rounded skillset with every job I take. I thought I was pretty well prepared to spend so much time with death. Having done my internship and residency in a level one trauma center during Covid, getting a divorce after a 17 year marriage, and then doing a fellowship in palliative care at the VA (often a precursor to hospice), I kind of thought I was pretty comfortable around death. Turns out, I am. I have come to see death as a friend. I have totally upended my life in light of my experiences around death these last four years in chaplaincy. So much of the life that I am building now is in light of the fact that all of us are temporary.

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June 17, 2024
Being Present with Myself
February 16, 2024
Being Present with Myself
February 16, 2024

I’ve been working on and through so many things in the last few years. Doing 6 units of Clinical Pastoral Education back to back (a year of residency followed by a year of fellowship) led me down many personal paths of trauma processing, grief work, growth, and integration. Going through my ordination process and a divorce at the same time led to additional depths of pain and healing…

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February 16, 2024
It's Official!
February 10, 2024
It's Official!
February 10, 2024
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February 10, 2024
February 7, 2024
Waking Up Surprised
February 7, 2024
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February 7, 2024
When Ash Wednesday Fits Like a Glove
February 22, 2023
When Ash Wednesday Fits Like a Glove
February 22, 2023
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February 22, 2023