Beyond the Pale

Recover your sexual and storied innocence. Get a FREE Chapter and Study Guide for my book THE SEX TALK YOU NEVER GOT just for signing up.

"If you're lucky enough to find a way of life you love, you have to find the courage to live it." John Irving, A Prayer for Owen Meany

The reader is my notebook

A monthly-ish newsletter about faith, life, food, art and creativity.

Notes on community for an age of alienation.

My attempt to share words that are more beauty and goodness, less "obfuscating nonsense" (nod to Stegner)

Decoding the culture swaying American Christian identity.

Pursuing Jesus in a world of flash.

The Quiet Life is for people who love quiet, depth, and beauty, and is read in all 193 countries and all 50 U.S. states. Join us for art, ideas, consolations, and candlelight chats. You'll never be forced to do anything groupy.

Photographer. Writer. Athlete. Widow. Words on love, loss, movement, mountains, and infinite connections.

A newsletter on writing craft and style—from an editor in publishing who believes in the spiritual practice of the creative process.

A place for the outlaws of poetry and the written word.

a modern woman re-learns how to pay attention to the little things

For the believers, the doubters, the halfway in or outers. Saying the quiet part out loud.

The Examine is a reader-supported exploration of curiosity. Here, I explore the world through fiction, non-fiction, and the occasional photograph.

Reflections on faith, fatherhood, food, and a lifetime of writing. Hand-crafted in Portland, Oregon.