Essays

Everything I’ve written here, grouped by where it comes from.

Essays & Reflections

Starcross Friday Reflection & Project on Lived Theology

• Praying for Justice Amidst Violence
• The Longest Day in the World
• What’s in a Dumpster?
• All the Chains Were Unfastened
• Zen and Art of Bus Building
• America’s Best Idea
• Miracle March

Pacific Crest Trail

2019 southbound thru-hike

• Mile Zero
• Mile 110
• Adjustments and Enchantments
• Mile 500: Goodbye, Washington!
• Wildfires are real. Trail magic is too.
• Mile 1150
• Mile 1800: Off Course
• Mile 2200: I Found What I Came For
• Mile 2,650: The Desert and The Monument
• Means and Ends.
• My Season in the Sonoran Desert
• San Rafael

Colorado Trail

2022 thru-hike

• Colorado Trail: 5 Words, 500 Miles
• Colorado Trail: Hitting the Trail!
• Colorado Trail: Internal Terrain of Thru-Hiking
• Colorado Trail: Absolution and Endurance
• Colorado Trail: trailmances are like never-ending first dates
• Leadville and The Colorado Trail House
• Colorado Trail: Panic! At The Grocery Store
• Colorado Trail: Hitching, Hope Pass, and Heartache
• Colorado Trail: No Feeling is Final, Just Keep Going.
• Colorado Trail: Salida, I love you.
• Colorado Trail: the Delight of Doing Hard Things
• CT: A Hailstorm Beats A Shitstorm
• Colorado Trail: Into the San Juans!
• Colorado Trail: The Peace of Wild Things
• Colorado Trail: Lights and Shadows