On the Silence of the Heavens
A reflection on Job 10 and the strange permission Scripture gives us to voice our anguish — and why I wanted a chaplain whose curses land while his prayers do not.
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Essays and notes on the work, faith, and the honest dark. The full letters live on Substack.
Why Horror Can Be Holy
On the Incarnation as a descent into suffering, and why the darkest genres may be the most honest place to carry a light.
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Notes from researching the Battle of the Somme for 1916 — what the historical record does, and does not, let a novelist say about faith under fire.
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