There’s a reason our kids don’t ask Santa for a toy casket. And why Disney doesn’t offer a destination funeral experience. When one of our loved ones die, it’s never fun. It’s not pretty. Death is impossibly hard. It’s so, so very messy, circular, cloudy, vulnerable, and tiring. It can hurt, it can be lonely, […]
We’re living cemeteries. We’re full of dead people, and their stories live on in our bodies. – The cemetery that I’m walking in holds my Quaker ancestors, who came over in the early 1700s to escape persecution and find some respite in William Penn’s “Holy Experiment.” – I’m the result of a myriad of my […]
This week the paperback version of my book (the less expensive hold-it-in-your-hands version) is released into the world. The cover is redesigned with a fall color scheme, and each book comes with a complementary ghost (I can’t guarantee the temperament of said ghost). Here’s the deal, if you buy a book you can send it […]
Full disclosure: I traveled to Uganda under the auspices of World Vision (a Christian humanitarian aid, development, and advocacy organization) to write about the programs World Vision is implementing in Uganda, including their efforts to fight ritual child sacrifice. They invited me because they thought I might be able to process and compose some thoughts […]
I finished writing this post at 1:30 AM EAT after a 12 hour day of traveling the Ugandan countryside listening to some intense stories. The long day, the jet lag, and the emotions of this whole experience created this post … something that’s slightly more passionate in tone than my normal style. It’s 6 AM […]