Going on a pilgrimage is not a strange thing to do.

Running the Camino de Santiago, or A Poor Excuse for a Religious Pilgrim

Travel is my church: Using ritual to turn your trip into a pilgrimage (Go on, make it weird!)

This year I decided to become a writer

Kurangaituku: The case to make a surreal Maori myth the next book you read.

Seattle music history, by way of artists that I've behaved strangely around.

The Hero’s Journey: Narrative therapy to write yourself out of a dark black hole.

Leaving religion, playing outside: What's with the post-religious dirtbags sliding into my DMs?

Do you really need to pay attention to the news? In defense of selectively ignoring problems.

A time capsule from a year of post-traumatic growth: How losing faith made my life better.

I Hope I Was Wrong About Eternal Damnation: A free preview

What is a Dirtbag? An excerpt from "The Dirtbag's Guide to Life"

Big Butter Christ Crucified: Is it okay to laugh at someone’s sincerely held beliefs?

I Hope I Was Wrong About Eternal Damnation and how I feel about that.

Why do people accept authoritarians? Lessons from the psych unit

The Camino de Finisterre in a day: An ultra running love story.

Sufjan Stevens didn't read my book, but his stepdad liked it.

How Islamic punk rock helped me lose my Christian faith.

6 ways to support your favorite books (and also me).

Uncertainty sucks, but it's also normal. How to accept reality and move forward during crisis.