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iceland stories
Last month, our family went to Iceland together for the first time. Steph and I have been twice before: honeymoon and five-year anniversary. We rented a camper van and drove around the island. We visited some of the highlights from our previous trips that we wanted to share with them: Godafoss, whale watching, Glacier lagoon,…
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Learning to be brave and mend with gold
There are two books that are actively on my mind now. This summer I started a book discussion group around the recently released (I think April 2026) We Mend With Gold by Kristin T. Lee. The subtitle of the book, An Immigrant Daughter’s Reckoning with American Christianity, says a lot. We’ve had one meeting about…
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Saving a thread
Earlier this week I came across a threads post that I very much resonated with. I would later learn in the comments that it was the result of a “conversation” someone had with Gemini to help him synthesize some of what he was writing and reading, and I found it to be just that: a…
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on place. and a visit.
Places matter to me. When I think about milestone moments in my life or “eras” where I situate a past self, I always imagine a place. And if I visit such a place, memories and images flood back. The first time I walked into my elementary school cafeteria as an adult, I recognized the place…
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Turtle Island Hermeneutics in Japan
During our recent family trip to Japan, I started reading this as book, Reading the Bible on Turtle Island, mainly from just personal interest. The book describes ways that Indigenous communities on Turtle Island (North America) read and interpret the Bible in the context of their cultural traditions and practices: honoring their ancestors who came…
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grounded
Every year I think about this day. It’s gonna be a tradition now to visit my friends, Carl and Macho, giving ashes under the 46th street subway. But it’s also a statement. I’m aware that as I go up to the train, take the 7 into the city and transfer to another train on the…
