Selected Writing

“Augustine and the Hummingbird,” EcoTheo Collective (Jun 2, 2023)

“For days, we watch the hummingbird build her nest above our noisy street. She seems unaware of the howl of ambulances below and works slowly, with persistence. It is difficult to notice the home she is making, which cleverly adopts its surroundings. Camouflaged, it is small enough for my daughter’s two-inch palm to cradle. If it weren’t for the bird hovering over her work, we would miss it entirely. Enchanted, we study her movement. She glimmers like a jewel, strung invisibly in the flickering air.”

“An Eclipse of Moths,” Ruminate 63/64 (Nov 2022), pages 161–167.

“Our daughter was born in a flame. Up north, a flare of moths. Every corner of our home covered in their pliant brown bodies: the parkade, the balcony, the space between the window and its white metal ledge. Down south, the wildfires. Smoke crept in like a weed, filling our city with late summer ash.”

Awards

Finalist for the VanderMey NonFiction Prize (2022)

Dal Schindell Prize for Theology & the Arts (2020)

Image Journal’s Glen Scholarship for Creative Non-Fiction (2018)

Selected Homilies

“On Scarcity, Greed, and Trusting in Enough (Isaiah 5:1-7)”, Artisan Church, Vancouver BC, Aug 14, 2022

“If living from a place of scarcity means fearing that there isn’t enough—not enough jobs, not enough resources, not enough belonging—then to live from a mentality of abundance means to live as if there is enough for everyone: that provision and grace are hardwired into the fabric of creation, and to trust what’s given."

“Trading the Way of Empire for the Way of the Cross (Acts 10)”, Artisan Church, Vancouver BC, Jun 13, 2021

“Our world, and the world of Acts, both run on taking back power, on struggling against the other, or breaking down power so someone else might have it—which usually leads to violence. Instead, the cross frees us from bad power by exposing its emptiness.”

“Elizabeth and Mary: He Quickens and Sustains All Things (Luke 1:39–55)”, Artisan Church, Vancouver BC, Dec 19, 2021

“Through the incarnation, God showed a felt presence with all created things, charging all life with sustaining grace: a meal, a painting, a body, a sacrament, every ordinary moment, every mess of life.”

“Embodied Advent: The Pain and Suffering of Being a Body”, Artisan Church, Vancouver BC, Dec 7, 2020

“The incarnation shows how God responds to our suffering. Christ’s life is a constant, compassionate experience of and response to humanity’s pain—the pain in our bodies, the pain in our minds, the pain in our relations.”