Writing

During the spring-summer of 2020, I was working part time at my home church to help cover a paternal leave. Covid was a difficult time in many ways, and I found myself learning a lot about lament. Out of my own learning and trying to provide spaces for others in my church to mourn what was happening around them and in the news, this video project was born. The video was made with the help of some friends, and was created to be used as part of a lament service I hosted on zoom and for other groups and people at home to be able to use as a resource moving forward to continue to learn how to lament well.

As my home church began to explore the liturgical calendar more, we also found ourselves using more liturgy or planned readings during our services. I have fallen in love with both the BCP and the art of crafting our own liturgical readings, whether short prayers, intentional guiding parts, or collects that help tie together the liturgical season, the message, and the series we are in.

At the link above, you will find the Advent liturgies I crafted for the 2025-2026 season. They include collects, confession & assurance, and prayers for the 4 Sundays of Advent, Christmas Eve, and the 2 Sundays of Christmastide (leading to Epiphany). Some of the prayers are taken directly from the BCP, and others are created by modifying existing prayers to fit our series.

From 2018 to 2025, I had the privilege and joy of working on Advent devotional books for my church. What began as a small project grew each year, with increasing congregational participation, expanded offerings, and content thoughtfully coordinated with the sermon series.

Unless otherwise credited, the writing is my own. From 2020 onward, I selected and organized the Scripture passages for each book’s theme. I also coordinated volunteers, edited contributed writing, and helped develop the themes for each book.

Though I have migrated the posts from my original wordpress blog to this website, the formatting etc. is still best viewed in it's original glory. Or at least that's what I tell myself! This original blog grew out of some reflective essays I started writing in highschool and turned into a private blog to share my thoughts with a few close friends, and then turned into a fully public post that I was fairly dedicated to for a number of years. I haven't posted much in the last 5 or so years, but I am happy to get to start up again!