Religion

Theology, church history, and lived Christianity. Questions are welcome; proof-texting is optional.

Colored-pencil illustration of a small white clapboard country church at dusk under an orange and lavender sky. Its two wooden front doors stand wide open, and warm lamplight falls across rows of empty pews inside and down the wooden steps. On the steps sits a gift box wrapped in gold paper with a red ribbon and bow. To the left, a dirt road winds back through dry grass, and far down it a lone figure walks toward the church.

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By Their Fruits

A gift blinds the wise. A generation watches the fruit. One man came home.

Colored-pencil illustration: in a sunlit oval office, a man in a dark suit sits at a carved wooden desk with his back to the viewer and his head bowed. Seven Catholic bishops in black cassocks, magenta sashes, and skullcaps stand behind him with their hands folded in prayer, one resting a hand on his shoulder. A small gold commemorative coin glows on the desk. In the foreground, a hand holds up a phone that is recording the scene.

Directed to Stand Behind Him

Twelve bishops were told to stand behind him and pray. Then the video went up.

Oct 27, 2026

Colored-pencil illustration: a man in a dark suit stands alone in a dim penthouse at night, city lights behind him and a glowing phone in his hand, facing a large gilded mirror. Instead of his reflection, the mirror shows a sunlit workshop where a younger, smiling version of him stands beside a rocket engine with engineers in work clothes and a red roadster.

The Man in the Mirror

In 2010 he played himself in Iron Man 2. In 2026 he posted a sad face.

Oct 26, 2026

Colored-pencil illustration: an empty wrestling ring with wooden posts and thick hemp ropes stands on a rocky riverbank beside a shallow stream at dawn, dry hills behind it. The sun is just clearing the horizon under a navy sky streaked with orange. A bearded man in rough, plain robes steps along the scuffed apron, bent forward, one hand pressed to his hip, limping.

The Oldest Booking Sheet

The 1-2-3 Kid pinned Razor Ramon on Raw. David had a sling.

Oct 24, 2026

Colored-pencil illustration of a wooden table at dusk. A smartphone with a dark screen lies beside a large open Bible with a ribbon marker hanging over the table's edge. Above them a hanging lamp glows orange, and a pale moth flutters just below it. Through the window beside the table, birds fly across an open evening sky that fades from orange at the horizon to deep blue.

Ye of Little Faith

A four-minute phone call I put off for three days. Jesus had a name for that.

Oct 22, 2026

Colored-pencil illustration of a lone man sitting on an ash heap at the edge of a wide desert at dusk, head lifted toward a towering whirlwind of dust that rises from the horizon into a sky beginning to fill with stars.

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Where Were You

Job lost everything. God's answer was a question: where were you?

Colored-pencil illustration of a wide, empty field of dry grass under a pale afternoon sky. In the foreground, a smartphone sits on a black tripod with a small red recording light glowing. Beside it, a gray metal folding chair holds a closed black Bible with a red ribbon marker. In the distance, a single leafy tree and an old wooden telephone pole stand at the edge of the field. No one is there.

The Sword in Vain

The Pentagon will livestream the firing squad, set for the hour of the shooting.

Oct 9, 2026

Colored-pencil illustration of a long wooden kitchen table set for a crowd that has not arrived yet. In the foreground lie four Bibles side by side: a black leather one with gilt edges, a large one lying open with a red ribbon across its pages, a navy blue one, and a burnt-orange one, each with a ribbon marker. Behind them sit two woven baskets heaped with bread rolls and a plate of two small fish. Mismatched empty chairs surround the table: wooden spindle-backs, a blue-painted chair, and a gray metal folding chair.

An Open Book Test

645 million people faced hunger in 2025. Matthew's crowd had seven baskets left.

Oct 9, 2026

Colored-pencil illustration of a crowded, cheerful baby shower: pastel balloons, bunting, and a table piled with wrapped gifts, surrounded by smiling guests in conversation. Above their heads, their talk is drawn as one dense, tangled black scribble. In the right corner, a bearded man sits on a couch, smiling and petting two golden dogs, with a baseball game on the TV beside him. On a side table next to him stand three red soda cans and one blue one.

Neurodivergence

A Pepsi in a World of Coca-Cola

Our baby shower was full of love. To me, every conversation became one blob.

Oct 8, 2026

Colored-pencil illustration: three men in suits stand with arms crossed behind the glass doors of a modern office, watching a man walk away carrying a cardboard box holding a mug, a small plant, and a Bible. The paved sidewalk under his feet turns into an ancient dirt road through olive trees and rocky hills, where a small group of robed first-century travelers walks ahead of him toward a walled hilltop city in golden evening light.

In Good Company

Matthew's Jesus is not serene. I read him while my job was coming apart.

Oct 7, 2026