Essays

The work that arrives when something Must be said.

What the church asks of its pastors and won't say out loud.

Duke Divinity Faith & Leadership, April 28, 2026

Garden

Philanthropy’s Drag Coefficient

Physics enforces a silence that the liturgical calendar has been rehearsing for two thousand years.

Mockingbird, April 2, 2026

Hinterland

Radio Silence

Dunning, Kruger, and Jesus Walk into a Home Depot

On expertise, humility, and the particular comedy of being wrong with confidence.

Mockingbird, March 11, 2026

Garden

Congress Is Facing a Crisis of Courage. Here's a Solution Tailor-Made for Philanthropy.

What if philanthropy could reduce the fear that's silencing Congress? A case for funding security as a precondition for moral leadership.

The Chronicle of Philanthropy · June 12, 2025

Foundry

When the structure philanthropy built to prevent failure becomes the failure.

NPQ — Nonprofit Quarterly, April 6, 2026

Foundry

Yeah, I’m Vehemently Pro-Pastor

More Coming. Obviously.

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  • Three Planes of Motherhood

  • The Italian Farm Table Theory of Heaven

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