Why, yes – I did fly from NYC to Chicago last week for a road trip to Michigan. Friends and strangers alike have declared me insane for footing the bill for a round-trip plane ticket and three days in a hotel, just to spend seven hours in a car with the end goal of picking…
The featured image in this post is a photo I took with my phone from the window of the train on my way back from Connecticut a couple of months ago. I’m not quite sure why, but to date, it’s still one of my favorite NYC views (although, in the interest of full disclosure, I…
I had the incredible privilege recently of hearing Rob Bell and Peter Rollins speak during their Brooklyn stop on their Holy Shift tour. Both of these men have been instrumental in shaping my faith and praxis, so the chance to see them both in person was really exciting. The evening did not disappoint; it was a…
I played hooky from church this morning. I felt a little guilty about it at first – after all, one of my goals for 2018 is to make a more serious effort at finding a true community in this city – and showing up on Sunday mornings is part of that. Skipping church tomorrow, I…
It seems a lifetime (or two) has happened in the interim, but I used to write a weekly post entitled “7 Quick Takes Friday.” It was part of a link-up that Jennifer Fulweiler at Conversion Diary started years and years ago, and when her schedule became too busy for her to continue to host it,…
