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A Dark Novella
So, there were times this year when I found myself writing a lot. And what I wrote was dark, really dark. But it kept flowing. Twenty thousand words later, I had created a novella called The Lepers in Your Head. I just started editing it, to clean it up a bit and make sure it…
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The Smartest Kid in School (Sermon)
This is an adapted form of the sermon I preached yesterday, the Third Sunday of Advent. The gospel text was Matthew 11:2-11. I also began a two-month period of leading the congregation in talking and praying about “pastoral care.” You may see this theme appear in many upcoming sermons. When you’re in school, sometimes you…
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Cat-Sized Hole
I buried a cat yesterday. It was a very difficult process. I don’t mean emotionally — although I’ll get to that part soon enough. I mean physically difficult. The house where I live is adjacent to several acres of woods, and there is an abundance of spots in the woods to lay the body of…
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Forty-Six
I’ve been waiting for this one for a while. I love this story. I first heard about this on the TV show Ripley’s Believe It or Not! There have been several shows over the years with that name; the one I’m referring to is the one that was on ABC from 1982 to 1986, hosted by Jack…
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A Very, Very Quick Survey
I invite all readers of this to answer a very, very quick one-question survey. Unlike the last survey I posted, I promise this one will not cause any discomfort whatsoever. I also promise that you’ll see the results posted here within the next month. Thank you for your time. Take the survey here.
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One
Hold my breath as I wish for death Oh please, God, wake me — Metallica One is the loneliest number that you’ll ever do — Harry Nilsson Just promise me, you’ll always be a friend ‘Cause you are the only one — Ed Sheeran Those are lyrics from just three of the thirty-two songs (according…
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Movember in an Age of #MeToo
It’s day three of Movember, the month in which I join millions of other men in wearing a moustache, in order to bring awareness to men’s health issues. But I’ll be honest: there’s something that seems really off this year about this, especially so soon after the Kavanaugh hearings. There’s something that just seems wrong…
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Disco Gourds
I used to really love Fridays. They’re my day off. The one day of the week when I get to take off my pastor hat, and just be Michael. I used to have a lot of fun on Fridays. I used to go out letterboxing on Fridays a lot, drive for miles and miles to…
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A Trip into Myself
I found this file lying around in my computer. I thought I’d share it here. It was my final project for a seminar I took freshman year in college. I procrastinated it until the day it was due. Then I sat in the computer lab in Trumbauer Hall for a few hours, and this poured…
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On Fragility
I was hesitant to post what I wrote about suicide yesterday. And prior to receiving all the affirming and supportive comments, I second-guessed myself. I wondered if I should have written it, if I had gone too far. If I would just upset people instead of offering something helpful. I was speaking this with my…
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