• The Wrap: January ’19

    I’m on the hunt for jobs (hire me! I post Christmas pictures in February and forget to post the Wrap for an entire quarter), leases and subleases, and, currently, some kind of working phone. Somehow, through all of that, I’ve read a few books and seen a few shows. I have a lot of posts…

  • Trust Falls with Strangers

    What is a leap of faith? And what is it not?

  • #TTWBATS EP Review

    The boys behind Tenth Avenue North have been busy. In May, lifelong drummer Jason Jamison stepped down to pursue a career with the band’s ministry partner Compassion International. In June, frontman Mike Donehey announced the band had launched a record label called ReMade Records (no doubt a nod to their song You Are More off their…

  • The Wrap: September 2018

    I’ve been back at school for a week (yes, I know, it’s soooo late, but just remember we do the same three and a half months of work; we just do it in 10 weeks) and I’m already drowning. Before I got too into conferences, homework, and work, I was able to sneak in a…

  • Couch Churches: Confronting Trauma, Friendship, and Tomorrow

    Part Three: The Couch My thoughts drift again to communion, and then to worship, the kind that brings you to your knees and throws your arms in the air without prompting. The kind of worship that leads you to speak in tongues. The kind that makes a fool out of you. The kind of childhood.…

  • Couch Churches: Confronting Trauma, Friendship, and Tomorrow

    Part Two: Buildings and Bodies Sitting on a couch, legs tucked under me and sipping on milk and kahlúa, I’m thinking about holy communion. I’m thinking about it so much I move towards interrupting my friend to ask if he has any salted crackers downstairs, and a bit of wine to rinse. But I don’t.…

  • Couch Churches: Confronting Trauma, Friendship, and Tomorrow

    Part One: Trauma I have a complicated relationship with church, both as a building and as a body. As the son of a church worker, I suppose some of that is to be expected. Long days spent at the church instead of daycare, hearing typical workplace drama about your pastoral staff, and the like make…

  • United Hate of America

    In the first of the “United Hate of America” series, Bryce examines the 1880’s Chinese Exclusion Act.

  • True Strength and Courage

    Read Joshua Chapter 1 On Your Own It begins with the death of a father. In a valley, they bury a 120 year old man. For 30 long and bitter days, a nation weeps. And then, out of the chaos and longing, a call is heard: Pick up your stuff and go, no harm will…

  • Miley Cyrus Eating Salad

    For this week’s Funny Friday, I’m rifling through the  archives to bring you a real gem from November of 2016. For those of you who don’t know my story, I began college at a community college down the road from my house. So, while I was a sophomore in the fall of 2016, it was only…