News and Events

I’ve been honoured to be a contributor at The Banner, a Christian Reformed Church publication, for the past two years. I write four times a year for a column called “As I Was Saying.” Most recently I’ve written about my unabashed affection for personality typographies and tests. I love them. So do many Christians. But they have some limits and drawbacks. I take a quick look at some of their strengths and weaknesses in my article “The Limits of Personality Typography.”

To peruse some of the other pieces I’ve written for The Banner online, go here.

In keeping with the parenting during pandemic theme, I wrote this article back in March and Plough magazine published it. “When the Sickness is Over” looks at parenting a toddler while in social isolation, as well as some reflections on the theological concept of already-not-yet.

It’s been too long since I’ve posted here. I’m just going to say sorry for neglecting my “news and events” and then jump ahead to what’s been happening in the last few months.

Sorry for neglecting my “news and events.”

So, things have been busy being stuck at home during the COVID-19 pandemic with a baby and a toddler, but I’ve still been able to do a little bit of writing so I’ll post a bit about that here.

Two months ago I wrote a blog post for my publisher, Touchwood Editions. It’s part of a great series they started early in the pandemic called “At Home With” wherein Touchwood authors write about what their lives have looked like while socially isolating/quarantining. You can learn a little more about what I’ve been up to by reading my post here.

I’m honoured to have an article featuring a review of my book, along with two wonderful books, published in Image Journal. In “Piercing the Fog of God,” author and professor Samuel Martin, who is also an alumnus of Redeemer University and the U of T Creative Writing program, explores connections between Flannery O’Connor’s short story “Revelation,” my short story, “Ears to Hear,” as well as stories from collections by Kristin Valdez Quade and Chanelle Benz. I’ve long been a fan of Image and am grateful for the work they do in exploring faith and the arts.