The Spirit’s Whispers: A Poem

The Spirit’s Whispers: A Poem

There is a secret lie that I’ve held since childhood—that prayer is like recipe book or magical spell, wherein the perfect words get the perfect wish fulfilled. But, I often find it’s not the words themselves that matter. Rather, what leads me closer to Christ’s peace...
A New Westeros and a New Jerusalem

A New Westeros and a New Jerusalem

**This post contains spoilers for the series finale of HBO’s Game of Thrones.** This past Sunday, we listened to words from the Book of Revelation: “Then I, John, saw a new heaven and a new earth. … I also saw the holy city, a new Jerusalem, coming down out of heaven...
My Defensive Mask

My Defensive Mask

I put on my best I’m-really-listening-face, sitting in an old, kind of gross, white-ish wingback chair. My friend sits opposite on another identical chair. As I nurse a glass of nice Scotch, I notice the ends of the armrests, stained mysteriously gray from hours of...