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Living Under a Watchful Community

Part of the “Weight of Expectations” series inspired by themes in the novel The Preacher’s Son…
When Your Identity Is Assigned Before You Choose It

Part of the “Weight of Expectations” series inspired by themes in the novel The Preacher’s Son…
The Weight of Being Someone’s Son

Part of the “Weight of Expectations” series inspired by themes in the novel The Preacher’s Son…
A New Series: The Weight of Expectations

If you follow this blog regularly, you may have noticed the past couple of Wednesdays have…
“Is Using AI Cheating?”: A Familiar Panic in a Long Creative History

Once fear settles in, it looks for a moral vocabulary. With artificial intelligence, that vocabulary has…
The Monster We’re Afraid to Name: Fear, Intelligence, and Frankenstein

Humans have always been uneasy around what they don’t fully understand. When something new enters the…
Authorship in an Age with Technological Mirrors

A Four-Part Essay Series on AI, Arrogance, and the Future of Writing January is a strange…
The Loneliness That Comes After You Speak the Truth

We talk a lot about the courage it takes to speak the truth. What we don’t…
When Faith Changes but Home Doesn’t

Returning home gets complicated when the beliefs that shaped you no longer fit the person you’ve…
When Belonging Comes With Conditions

Belonging is a powerful thing. We crave it long before we understand what it costs. At…