• We Become What We Behold

    I have a gold necklace inscribed with the words “We become what we behold.” It was a favorite phrase of a mentor whose passions lay at the intersection of faith and culture and who never failed to remind his students that what we fix our attention on will influence who we become.

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  • Who Cares About the Nails? The Critical Question Behind A Curious Debate

    The internet, it seems, will argue about anything. Is the dress black and blue or white and gold? Is it “Yanny” or “Laurel”? Is cereal a soup? Friendships will be broken and new alliances forged by your answer. So when outrage broke out on social media over the suggestion that Jesus may have been held…

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  • Ducks, Dad Jokes, and Thriving in Chaos – A Look at Ecclesiastes 11:1-8

    If Ecclesiastes 11 wasn’t written by the wisest man who ever lived, it would be very tempting to interpret it as a series of Dad jokes – minimally clever, mildly entertaining, but ultimately nonsensical. Verse 3 even reminds me of my dad’s favorite philosophical quote: “Wherever you are . . . there you are.” One…

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