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Table of Contents for “Mad About God”
This is the Table of Contents for my book on trials and suffering, called Mad About God. The book also talks about True Detective, Louis C.K., the Serial podcast, the pressure to be “radical” and do...
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I Don’t Have It All Figured Out Yet / Perpetually Skeptical
Hello dear friends! This is an audio preview of my book Mad About God: When We Over-Spiritualize Pain and Turn Tragedy Into a Lesson, about persevering through pain and suffering. Preface 1 – I Don’t...
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Thank you, Rachel Denk!
Very thankful for Rachel Denk’s wonderful review of my latest book, Mad About God. An excerpt from her review: “How many times do you feel like you have to be ‘in the right mindset’ or at a ‘good...
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On Sale! — My Book on Persevering Through Pain
My book on persevering through pain is on sale for only 1.99 for one more day! The ebook works on every device. The paperback is also only 8.99. I talk about the church’s tendency to gloss over pain...
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Encouragement For Your Hurt.
Writing this one meant a lot to me as it contains real stories from real people with heartache, loss, and (not-so-easy) redemption. I often recounted these stories with tears and prayers. Life doesn’t...
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Ocean Electricity, Carry Me.
Photo from Alter1flo, CC BY-NC-ND 2.0 Part of my hospital chaplaincy duties is to write a reflection on how it’s going. Identities may be altered for privacy. All the writings are here. — I have a...
View ArticleMy Greatest Fear Is Death
Anonymous asked a question: Do you have any idea as to how I can combat my death anxiety related to a generalised anxiety disorder? Despite having been a Christian for the entirety of my life, I’m...
View ArticleThe Three Hardest Words
Dear friend: I know you might have had a picture of how you wanted your life to be, but some terrible tragedy swept it away. We all have a certain picture of how we want our lives to be, and sometimes...
View ArticleThe Storm Doesn’t Always Pass
Not everyone can stay home to wait it out. Some have to keep working. Some have lost their jobs. Some have never had a home. Some will never go back. Maybe things are “not that bad” for you. Maybe...
View ArticleYour Hurt Does Not Determine Your Worth
For those who have been severely hurt by COVID-19, whether you lost your job, freedom, have tested positive, or know someone who has: When you become ill or lose something valuable, it’s easy to tie up...
View ArticleI Messed Up. I Hugged Someone.
View this post on Instagram We’re supposed to practice social distancing, but my friend badly needed a hug. I know I shouldn’t have. I couldn’t help it. #grief #loss #covid19 #coronavirus #mentalhealth...
View Article3 True Hospital Stories and What They Taught Me About Grief, Hope, and Unseen...
View this post on Instagram For my live video on my book launch team, I shared three true hospital stories that were “deleted scenes” from my upcoming book. The first story is about a family member who...
View ArticleBook Launch: The Voices We Carry
Happy day, friends! My book The Voices We Carry is officially released. The Voices We Carry is about wrestling with our voices, such as self-doubt, people-pleasing, trauma, grief, and family dynamics,...
View ArticleIf You Hurt, I Hurt Too
I never want to politicize, moralize, or spiritualize someone’s pain. I am always on the side of the wounded. Where there is loss, I am for the bereaved. Where you are hurting, I want to bring healing....
View ArticleInterviewed by Sean Bloch of Soul Tears
I was interviewed by Sean Bloch of Soul Tears. We talked about navigating grief through the pandemic and how I helped to plan a funeral, plus my book The Voices We Carry and what it means to own your...
View ArticleInterviewed by Ben Amoah of The Auricle Podcast
I was interviewed by Ben Amoah of The Auricle Podcast. We talked about having a healthy skepticism for our beliefs, what brought me from atheism into faith, and my work as a hospital chaplain. On Apple...
View ArticleTrauma Has Ruined My Life: How to Recover? Here Are Six Ways to...
Anonymous asked a question: I went through a traumatic life experience about 3 years ago. As it played out over the last 2 years, I feel like I’ve lost my inner drive to do anything. What do I do? Hey...
View ArticleMy Voice Was Taken
These last few week I’ve been reading about the many assaults against Asian-Americans, and I was hit with a lightning bolt of a memory I had nearly forgotten. It is my very first memory. I was four on...
View ArticleEverything I’ve Seen Is Almost Too Much
This is my face near the end of a chaplain shift at the hospital. I entered chaplaincy almost six years ago. I have loved every second of it. And every second of it has been brutally, insanely,...
View ArticleWhat I Used to Believe
What do you no longer believe? What are old beliefs you grieve? I used to believe all anger was wrong, so I was the captain of the tone police— until I discovered politeness is not rightness, that...
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