Wit has truth in it.

There is a joke that circulates among my group of friends that I am, in fact, an elderly man trapped in the body of a college student. Perhaps unsurprisingly, I do little to resist this label. I like wearing cardigan sweaters and bow ties; I do, in fact, prefer to sit at home on Friday […]

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I’ve taken an extra-long break from blogging. I’m sorry. Lots and lots and lots of things have happened in the interim, and I promise I’ll report them eventually, but right now I’m neck-high in training for SAB and the SALT House (where I live now, which I moved into on Saturday) and my time for […]

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I’ve been reading alot about funerary customs lately. In ancient Rome, the funeral party would walk long, public processions to the pyre. Buddhists observe a period of offerings to the poor as part of their bereavement. The Jewish people hold shiva, a week-long gathering wherein relatives congregate in one house to mourn and pray. They […]

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They call it a wake, apparently, because in its ancient origins the word meant “to be active.” We gather together and combat the stunning, paralyzing effects of grief with intentional acts of distraction. We cook. We clean. We refill glasses of water. We move constantly, vigilantly. We press against the overwhelming sense of loss even […]

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We’ve been diligently documenting the goings-on at General Conference. You can read about it here, and check out our photos below. (Click on the badge to see the whole photostream.)

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Yesterday, the team from the BIC General Church spent ten hours in a van with too many Type A personalities. Last night, we ate dinner at a gloriously gimmicky Italian buffet. Today we woke up early, got tea from Tim Horton’s, stuffed bags, and watched Bible quizzing. Nate, Kristine, and I have established our Multimedia […]

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Apologies to those of you who have bookmarked this page and (as I do with many of the blogs I frequent) checked every-day-or-so for an update. I’ve been remiss.
In the two weeks since last I wrote, I’ve packed up the majority of my worldly possessions and moved them back to my parents’ house in Gardners. […]

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Poets, I believe, are some of the most comforting people that exist. I’m talking not just about real poets like Billy Collins, wordsmiths whose verse welcomes like a freshly brewed cup of tea or a familiar cardigan sweater, but poets of all kinds: songwriters, filmmakers, actors—thinkers and feelers, magicians and alchemists, translators and tour guides.
I’m […]

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With only four days left in the City of Brotherly Love, I wanted to slowly look back on the semester that was with a collection of photos. In compiling this list, I realized that what I’ll take away when I leave this place in mere days are the unexpected blessings from the last two semesters: […]

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Every so often, I take the opportunity to close myself up in my room—often dressed in pajamas (as I am now)—while I crank up the quiet acoustic stuff, brew a big cup of tea, and allow myself to get properly sentimental. I’ll flip through old Facebook albums or read lyrics or meditate on wise sayings. […]

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