This morning I jumped off the treadmill at 5:40am and into a side room at the gym to talk to Iowa’s Catholic Morning Show. We had an energizing fast paced chat about all things JOY. Listen in!
Read MoreHow do you even begin to get ideas on what to write: let alone something joyful?
In this generative workshop we will look at work from three joyful writers. Being in conversation with other writers help us develop our own pieces.
You will come out of this workshop with the beginnings of three joyful pieces to develop and sharpen in the days thereafter.
Read MoreI wrote on Pope Francis's words and challenges us to embrace everyday moments made holy instead of letting AI take the creative lead.
Read MoreSome months every single thing you read is fantastic. This was one of those months so I had to share.
Read MoreHonored to write the feature story for February’s Our Sunday Visitor . I wrote about how artistic virtues can help build a culture of creativity in the church.
Read MoreRapt hosts leaders and servants, preachers and professors, writers and filmmakers, makers and musicians and mystics—imperfect people who create and adventure with God. We talked about identity, personal struggles, my new book, Undaunted Joy, the Holy Spirit, daily spiritual practices, favorite resources that equip me to follow Jesus more closely, and the future. You just might be surprised!
Read MoreDetails:
+ Wednesdays in February 4-5pm PST
+Cost $125 (Paid via Venmo)
+ Limit 8 participants
+Participant will turn in up to 2500 words by Jan 29.
+Each week will open with a generative prompt or craft talk. Followed by workshopping two of the pieces each week. I will let you know which ones they are so that each participant will have read it and made notes for the writer.
Read MoreI wrote on my yearly pilgrimage to Surrey, UK to pray with the monks. I daydream about this place. It is featured greatly in my upcoming book.
Read MoreI saw a reel on Instagram showing pictures of Jesus present in our everyday lives. There was Jesus, sitting at one of those low Kindergarten tables, in a much-too-small-for-him chair, coloring with a small child. He looked as if he were having fun.
Read MoreI am pleased to announce that this Friday, November 15, I will be the Keynote Speaker at the Southwest Conference on Christianity and Literature at the University of Dallas. Join me at 5pm as I speak on the topic “May We Never Lose Our Sense of Wonder.”
Read MoreReframing changes everything. When I know God is rooting for me, I don’t need anyone else to. Being my family’s cheerleader is no longer fueled by me but by God.
Read MoreYou may know I love to travel. This is why writing about Finding God in the Airport for Loyola Press was a delight.
Read More“What does it profit a man if he gain the whole world and lose his own soul?”
This is the premise of Oscar Wilde’s compact novel The Picture of Dorian Grey.
Read MoreI get it. You think you are going to read War and Peace on your vacation. You think of all the time you’ll have at the airport, on the plane, waiting in line for tickets, but the reality is that you’ll see the Barbie movie is available on the in-flight entertainment system and you’d rather stare and quietly judge other families, than read.
Read MoreI wrote about finding God in a quotidian painting like Jean Siméon Chardin’s Soap Bubbles for Ignatian Spirituality.
Read MoreWe have a cover reveal!
Undaunted Joy: The Revolutionary Act of Cultivating Delight will be out April 22, 2025 with Zondervan.
Don’t worry—this isn’t the cover. The cover will be revealed soon. But the book Undaunted Joy: The Revolutionary Act of Cultivating Delight is now available to order.
Read MoreThen I saw it: tiny specks of dust floating in the shaft of light. There seemed to be millions of them! ...I was a superhero with super-amazing vision to see such tiny, little specks of dust.
Read MoreParenting has always been difficult. Yet in the last few years, as a Christian, attempting to guide my children toward holiness has become increasingly more difficult. My children are inundated daily with lies about who they are and their place in this world.
It was in the midst of this frustration that I found Sally Read’s Annunciation: A Call to Faith in a Broken World.
Read MoreThrives on moments where storytelling, art and faith collide.
