Just a Few HolesWhen my boyfriend and I decided to move in together, I was so excited to make room for him in my home. I would stand in the living room of…Aug 23, 2021Aug 23, 2021
Nothing Ends, Not Even COVIDThat’s what they tell me, at least. The scientists, about nature. Things don’t end, they change. They transform. It is, as they say, the…Dec 11, 2020Dec 11, 2020
Try This: Make an ‘I Don’t’ ListDo you feel a constant need to do everything? Like, everyyyyythiiinnngggg? Here’s a way out that is saving my sanity.Nov 12, 2019Nov 12, 2019
This Week in Church: Holding Alllllll the Tension Between the Stunningly Beautiful and Deeply…This week in church, we had one part of a community conversation that is both stunningly beautiful and deeply infuriating.Nov 7, 2019Nov 7, 2019
What Does it Mean to Be a Peacemaker?“Peacemaking doesn’t mean passivity. It is the act of interrupting injustice without mirroring injustice, the act of disarming evil without…Oct 31, 2019Oct 31, 2019
The Unexpected Benefits of Giving ThanksYears ago, I made intentional expressions of gratitude a central part of my efforts to claw my way out of depression and self-loathing.Aug 15, 2018Aug 15, 2018
ME TOO. Now can we try to do something to actually make this better, please?Yesterday I woke up to see a bunch of friends with ME TOO as their status on Facebook.Oct 17, 2017Oct 17, 2017
How our cognitive biases are ruining everything, and how we could use them to trick ourselves into…I have a theory about systemic biases in the world and a way we can take a big step in combating them. A lot of people aren’t going to like…Jul 20, 2017Jul 20, 2017
The sucky and less-sucky things to do when living life on the cheapImage by Anna Varak Back in the day, I wrote a column for a local website on cheap things to do in Vancouver. Being that this city is…Jul 20, 2017Jul 20, 2017
