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The Shape Underneath

I spent twenty years as a United Methodist pastor. These are the essays where the theology comes to the surface, with room left for doubt and the dark.

5 pieces so far.

Essays

July 31, 2026 · 5 min read

I Don't Know Which Season This Is

There is a version of loosening up that is health. There is a version that is something else. They feel identical from the inside.

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July 17, 2026 · 4 min read

Does God Have an Opinion About Artificial Intelligence?

The Hebrew Bible from Genesis through Judges is one long argument against concentrated power. The algorithm is the new king.

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July 17, 2026 · 5 min read

What the Triskelion Means

There is a stone at Newgrange, carved before the pyramids. Three spiral arms, a hollow center. I have been living under that shape my whole working life without a name for it.

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July 16, 2026 · 7 min read

Everything Is Running Under the Same Shape

I grew up behind a Walmart. One world ran on six crops. The other ran on ten thousand. It took me thirty years to find the through-line.

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July 14, 2026 · 7 min read

Trust the One Who Walks With a Limp

Never trust a leader who doesn't walk with a limp. The wound is the credential. Not despite. Because.

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