The Global Refugia
Refugia are important because they offer islands of hope in an otherwise stark landscape. They aren't significant just because they are unblemished (holy) spaces, but because they offer potential.
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Emotional Finitude
Last year I ran out of words. It's not that I had nothing to say, exactly. It's just that I couldn't put thoughts together in a way that made sense to me anymore. Writer's block? Procrastination? The lingering effects of COVID? Whatever
Stillness, War, and The Micro Zen
Be still, and know that I am God. The phrase is so familiar that if it weren’t
for reading the words in Psalm 46, one might suspect it to be an extra-Biblical
motivational mantra like those often attributed to scripture on Pinterest. A
trifle stillness, perhaps. Stripped of its
Exercise as Love
Lately I’ve been using an audio training app when I go for a morning run.
Various coaches talk me through running techniques and remind me of the purpose
of each workout. While I was on a jog last week, a coach said something that
caught me off guard—both