Collapse of a young adult: My journey through life – Part IV

Turns out the first thing that can go wrong is not having a clue what you want your major to be in college. Archaeology had been my earliest aspiration, but as mentioned, the dread of traveling all over and chasing jobs across universities made me shy away, along with the fact that I was interested […]

Saving the universe in adolescence: My journey through life – Part III

Coming out of my experience with panic, I began to read even more voraciously than I had before. Somehow I got it in my mind that I was going to read the entire Bible. So, without a “plan” in mind, I started in Genesis and just read. And read, and read, and read. I made […]

Dark dreams of childhood: My journey through life – Part II

We are impacted as people by sharing life with others and learning how their stories can shape our own, so here is mine. I was born and raised in rural northern Florida to a middle class, Christian family in the very early 1980s. My dad is from Indiana, where most of his family remains, but […]

Caring: My journey through life – Part I

Often I feel like I just don’t care. “Don’t care about what?” you may retort. Well, a whole lot of anything, according to how I feel. Getting out of bed. Going to work. Interacting with people. Thinking. More often than I care to admit, I’d rather just take a nap or read books or watch […]

Loneliness (and being human)

*sigh* Well, I’m lonely again. Those of us who have been single for any significant period of time can relate, as can a lot of us who are in or have been in challenging relationships. Loneliness is a kind of depression, or it’s at least closely connected. There is a sense of hopelessness and despair […]

Racism and Christianity

A Southern, white, Anglo-Saxon, Protestant male in his mid-thirties writes about racism – a lot could go wrong here. Racism was never a topic I was interested in while growing up. I didn’t hate anyone, so – WASP that I am – why would it have been? But a funny thing happens when one is […]

The weight of guilt and shame

Living life with feelings of guilt or shame stinks. If you’ve lived any significant number of years, chances are you have some regrets. You’ve probably made some choices and done some things you wish you could take back. I know I certainly have. And it’s been really tough for me to make peace with myself. […]