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On Being Lost

This article was printed on paper and sent via snail mail to our mail-club subscribers in March. If you want to get fun mail with stories and other great stuff in your mailbox each month, click the red button! I have a terrible sense of direction. At 14, I was on a rabbit hunt. RabbitContinue reading “On Being Lost”

Culture and Tradition

Introduction This essay looks at three figures from the 1940s, Strom Thurmond and Julius Waring. It examines both the culture and tradition of the south from this era and the stance of these two figures within it. Further, this essay will consider how white supremacist tactics have operated and evolved. Finally, it will argue aContinue reading “Culture and Tradition”

Split the Skies

The following short essay is from the January edition of our monthly publication The Savannah Post. Subscribers to The Savannah Post received it in an envelope in their physical mailbox at the end of January. Also included were: a piece of artwork by an artist friend, a recipe we love, as well as a responseContinue reading “Split the Skies”

The Savannah Post, Our Snail Mail Club

As of January 30th, 2026 our little family has moved to Savannah, Georgia (more on that below)! One of the downsides of moving to a new city is the loss of connection with those you leave behind. So we are starting something called The Savannah Post. It is a monthly piece of mail which willContinue reading “The Savannah Post, Our Snail Mail Club”

Am I the Conservative Here?

This piece touches on current, politically charged events. Many of my readers may disagree with me – that is fine. My purpose here is not mainly to convince. Rather, I enjoy writing, and I think it is of great importance to bear witness in real time the best we know how. So reader, now orContinue reading “Am I the Conservative Here?”

We Go East

This is a post about the change in our lives. Where we’ve been, are, and going. Phoenix, Westminster, Savannah. “Infinite Things” is the title of the collection of new songs I’m releasing in a few weeks. I look forward to sharing them. *at the bottom of this post you can listen to one of theContinue reading “We Go East”

Faith as Re-Enactment

This piece will briefly overview the concept of re-enactments and then discuss how a concept of God could be understood in light of this phenomenon. It is often perplexing to watch those around us place themselves repeatedly back into the same circumstances which have wounded them. And when we have the insight, so watch ourselvesContinue reading “Faith as Re-Enactment”

The Right Things

I’m not sure where I got the idea that therapy was magical. I had never really seen a therapist before. If I had, I’d probably have given up that idea. As I went to school to become a therapist, the shine of that notion sort of began to wear off. But probably nothing wears itContinue reading “The Right Things”

“The Crowd Is Untruth”

One way of seeing things is that Jesus being crucified was a surprising event. That it was a real pity that the son of God should find himself rejected by the ones he came to. That this was a tragedy which could have been avoided if other, better people had been in charge when heContinue reading ““The Crowd Is Untruth””

Changes Now

This post was written by Jackson Locke. Jackson and I both chose communication studies as our major at Toccoa Falls College – me a few years earlier. Reading some of his writing brings back a lot of my own memories of similar “shifts” which happened during the college season of my life. Jackson was kindContinue reading “Changes Now”