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I like good strong words
that mean something.
—Louisa May Alcott
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Short Essays & Reflections
“Finding Creative Voice: How Imitation Nourishes Originality” - Vermont Conference on Christianity and the Arts
“Finding a Vocabulary of the Heart: What Poetry has Taught Me about Prayer,” chronic-joy.org (originally published in Ruminate)
“The Subversive Necessity pf Beauty,” a review of Beauty is Oxygen by Wesley Vander Lugt in The Englewood Review of Books
"How We Wait: A Poet's Spiritual Practice," Scraping Raisins
"Dear Francis: Letter Writing as a Spiritual Practice," Eerdword: The Eerdmans Blog
"Poetry As Sabbath," Abbey of the Arts
"My Friend, Francis," Beliefnet
“The World is a Cathedral,” a review of City Nave by Betsy K. Brown in Fare Forward
"The Fine Art of Hospitality," Church at the Well
Selected Articles
"The Remains of the Day," New York Times
"Cheese and Crackers: A meal for the ages," Boston Globe
"How Snacking Became Respectable," Wall Street Journal
"The Decline of The Family Dinner," The Huffington Post
"Why Americans Eat Like Animals," Zocalo Public Square/Smithsonian
"Reinventing Home Economics," UVM Food Feed
Selected Interviews
Good Food, KCRW
Word of Mouth, NHPR
Radio Times, WHYY
Topical Currents, WRLN
Vermont Edition, VPR
A Taste of the Past, Heritage Radio Network