Faith is More
Have faith in yourself. I have faith in you. Because you’ve gotta have faith. Faith, trust, and pixie dust. For many, faith is nearly-synonymous with religion—a defined set of teachings…
Who Am I?
The earliest memory I have of using a computer was back in kindergarten. Positioned across a long table in my school’s computer lab were boxy desktops spread equally apart, each…
Play With Sims, Play With Life
Eat. Work. Sleep. Repeat. When framed like this, life seems monotonous at best and dreadful at worst. But in reality, life is far, far more complicated, chaotic, and busy than…
Despair, Anguish, & Human Responsibility
There is a fine line between will and control. A person may will something to be, desiring that it ‘be the case’ or become reality, but that will is rarely…
Leaving Catholicism
I’m not misspeaking when say that I’m leaving Catholicism, rather than saying I’ve already left it. Though I was confirmed in the Episcopal Church two years ago and joined my…
Revisiting ‘Puhon’
Eventually. Soon. God-willing. In the future. Someday. Puhon. I still wrestle this word, and I don’t think my struggle with it will ever cease. Not because of anything linguistic or…
An Impromptu Evening Prayer
While walking around the Haight in San Francisco this evening, I felt like I needed to pray. Not merely that I wanted to, although that may be part of it,…
Load Last Save
I’ve always found it hard to forgive myself, especially when I know for sure that I’ve caused something that went awry. Yet it’s one thing to be hard on myself…
Restless, Foolish, Hungry Hearts
Within our hearts is a longing for something, a desire to find that missing puzzle piece and fix it into place. It’s not likely that we already know what it…
Stained Glass, Broken Windows
It is said that people who refuse to recognize the flaws in something are wearing rose-tinted glasses—willingly and consciously denying an aspect of reality and choosing to stick with their…
