I wrote a piece for Eleven in June about the Baltimore based indie rock/shoegaze duo Wye Oak. It went through a couple of edits before arriving at the version that was printed. I don’t like the printed version much, but I’ll eventually scan it for the portfolio. Here’s two different versions of the article, plus [...]

Why was Jesus baptized? Genesis 1:1-5 Psalm 29 Acts 19:1-7 Mark 1:4-11 While I was a student at Greenville College, my favorite classes were the ones I took taught by Dr. Scott Neumann of the History department.  Neumann’s teaching style is right up my alley because it combines both the auditory and visual learning methods [...]

I need to talk to you about Son of Laughter as soon as I finish it (hopefully tomorrow.) I have less than 100 pages.  It’s by far my favorite Buechner so far, and it’s incredible how simple yet profound his insight is into the biblical story of Jacob… I’ll call you about it soon, Kate. [...]

I just want to say, very quickly, that I just finished the first Harry Potter.  Quite some time has passed since it’s release, yes, tell me about it.  I enjoyed it very much, I will start Chamber of Secrets shortly, but not until I read Son of Laughter by Frederick Buechner. Seriously, if you’ve never [...]