I'm a teacher and writer living in Portland, OR who spends time baking sourdough, parenting teens and walking the dog.
This is a collection of my favorite writing from the last 10 years.
My dad passed away in May this year. Here are poems from his time in the hospital and about our ongoing process of grief.
After working as a Children's Ministry Director I went back to school to become a teacher. Here are journal entries from my first summer of trying to find a teaching job.
Several years ago I wrote a series of reader's theater plays starring characters I named "Angel 1 and Angel 2." This year I wrote a reader's theater called "Screwtape 2025" and created new characters: "Demon 1 and Demon 2."
David chose five smooth stones before facing Goliath. Here are poems aimed at our current political system.
From 2013-2015 I wrote a blog about following Jesus as a family with young children. Here you can find a collection of articles including the story of how we moved from Pullman to Portland.
During the years I worked as a Children's Ministry Director I led Godly Play stories and wrote my own in a similar style. Before I started my teaching program I put the stories I wrote together in a book called Stories from the Tabernacle: A Year of Curriculum Honoring the Spiritual Lives of Children. It is available as an eBook on Amazon.
I've recently been experimenting with visual collages and poetry collages. Here are some of the cards I've made.