wondering.

  • Distance

    While I’m giving my hands these tiny sweaters, and giving my neck another layer of warmth, I’m wondering why it is some lands are warmer than mine. I think about the distance that separates…

  • Brother

    I can see this attempt to settle into your new life Your premature act of packed bags Full of items that carry your name Into unfamiliar places of temporary comfort I can see you…

  • Counseling: Year One

    I have been looking forward to writing about my first year of counseling for some time. It was in October that I realized I was quickly approaching this landmark of sorts, and I knew…

  • Jesus, Bonhoeffer, and Me

    I recently finished a short biography on Dietrich Bonhoeffer. I am not one to purchase biographies, but this one stuck out to me one afternoon as I perused through Myopic’s Religion section. I bounced…

  • Waupaca, Wisconsin

    On Friday, a group of us drove four hours North to Waupaca, Wisconsin in order to celebrate my roommate and best friend, A. Many of us are already familiar with the quietness and slowness…

  • Twelve Years

    It is so strange to be a 24-year-old on a day like today. It is a day that I recall my 7th grade feelings on September 11, 2001. I remember coming home, feeling that…

  • The Goodness of Grace

    I remember the moment that grace took on a life outside of a definition. I was 18 with a bagful of irreversible decisions in hand, and my parents were arriving at a place I…

  • Reminders at St. Mary’s

    This past Saturday, I spent time at a *Seminary that also acts as a monastery for those who are craving solitude … or anything other than the sounds of roaring city ambulances. Most of…

  • Six Shades

    All I’m asking for is a little bit of patience As all I’m trying to do is get through this puzzle It isn’t so much about finding the outer pieces As it is about…