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A (humorous) meditation on death, loss, and fatherhood at two in the morning
It sounded like a cross between gagging for air and a forced, scratchy cry. My wife and I immediately jumped out of bed, sprinting towards the baby’s room. We flung upon the door and snapped on the...
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Slaying Shakespeare’s Holofernes with a series of tubes (and cat pictures)
“Don’t be humiliated by dinosaurs into thinking yourself inferior because you can’t spell broccoli or moccasins. Just let the words fly from your lips and your pen. Give them rhythm and depth and...
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Why do people hate honor students?
Recently during my morning commute, I saw a bumper sticker ahead of me that read, “My Dog is smarter than your honor student.” Aside from the interesting capitalization (why capitalize “dog” over...
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Emotional hostage
There are those times when, as a father and as a man, you need to grit your teeth and do the right thing. I was faced with that decision tonight. So I gritted my teeth, picked up my bag, and … Continue...
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The ethics of writing
While talking about the ethics of representation with a professor of mine, he asked me, “Look, let’s say you get drunk and then decide to drive home. You know you’re not supposed to do it, but you do,...
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Zen and the Art of Slicing Virtual Fruit
I recently got the Fruit Ninja app a million years after it came out because it was free in the app store because I am a cheapskate like that. My toddler son, of course, quickly discovered this new...
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Practice of Meditation
My friend Jill recently starting asking me questions about Zen Buddhism, which has stoked my curiosity once more. I’ve been wondering what to do with this blog for quite some time now; I guess posting...
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“Gender Is an Essential Characteristic”
“Gender is an essential characteristic of individual premortal, mortal, and eternal identity and purpose.” — The Family: A Proclamation to the World I remember a recent lesson in church on “The...
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“If thou art sorrowful”– A homily on trials and tribulations
This is a homily I wrote for Sacrament Meeting this Sunday. It’s the first talk I ever wrote out beforehand (I usually just rely on a constellation of talking points and loose outlines the other times)...
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A Response to My Own Essay, Or, Are We Allowed to Do That, Who Cares Let’s...
Very recently, I had an essay, “Fallen Bodies, Eternal Genders” published in Sunstone, which I was ecstatic and over the moon for. Then my wife said the magazine mentioned my blog which I had let lay...
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