Letters from the Deep
Quiet dispatches on healing, meaning, and becoming—where theology, psychology, and lived experience meet. Written slowly, offered with care.
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Midlife Is Not a Crisis. It’s a Threshold. (opens the original)
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Hope as a practice (opens the original)
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Here’s another poem I wrote Friday morning. At the bottom, a note for the few who are interested. How do we cultivate hope in a dark world. When the light of day seems overwhelmed by utter darkness?What do we do when the sheer volume of information freezes the body? When every morning brings news of another war, another climate disaster, another technological disruption? What can we possibly do facing raging wars, a changing climate, and the rise of AI?Perhaps, we begin by noticing.Notice the su
For those who do know what to do (opens the original)
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I am going to try something new. A mix-up. I’ve written poetry for as long as I remember. Little of it have I ever shared. Poetry is not the kind of art form that you voraciously devour. A collection of poems are never a page turner. Poems are like wine to me. Something to be read out loud and savored. So, part of my letters to you will be to share some poems that I write. Later this fall, I’ll be sharing more poems and some updates on my business. As you all know - I hope - my work has always b
A conversation I want you to argue with. (opens the original)
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Two years ago I sat down with a stranger named Tommy Christie and talked for an hour about God, therapy, and the sacred. I forgot most of what I said the moment the call ended — that’s usually the sign a conversation was real.I found the recording again last week. Listening back, three things stood out that I haven’t said this plainly here before.The sacred isn’t a place you arrive at. It’s a way of paying attention.We spent a long stretch on what makes a space “sacred” — and the honest answer i
More than thinking machines (opens the original)
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