Interview with Eugene Peterson

One of my favorite stories is of Teresa of Avila. She’s sitting in the kitchen with a roasted chicken. And she’s got it with both hands, and she’s gnawing on

Reflections on the residency so far

It’s been a good second residency so far, different from last year in a lot of ways. The highlight: seeing everyone again. There is wisdom in the cohort idea. You really do

Replica of Thoreau’s house, Walden Pond

When I wrote the following pages, or rather the bulk of them, I lived alone, in the woods, a mile from any neighbor, in a house which I had built myself, on the

morning psalm

based on a night last August in England while visiting my father alone, far away can’t sleep. overwhelmed needs more than I can meet resources I don’t have answers that aren’