Archive - The Foundry

Watering Holes & Hope

How a word from heaven, an Aboriginal artwork, and a new business are bringing us into 2025 with fresh hope. Also: Our bonkers year 2024 in review.

Jan 30 •

September 2024

Dinner with Jesus (and the notion of “charity”)

Who needs charity anyway? Perhaps we all do.

Sep 12, 2024 •

August 2024

Break bread together

Are you lonely?

Aug 12, 2024 •

July 2024

June 2024

A preview of my next book, Tethered to Hope

A little something from the vault for my paid subscribers.

Jun 27, 2024 •

Brothers: A dirge

(a poem of lament for Gaza and for us all)

Jun 20, 2024 •

January 2024

It's not "woke" to bow out of Australia Day

Learning to walk softly, listen intently, and receive humbly.

Jan 29, 2024 •

December 2023

When Holidays Hurt: An Interview with Bo Stern-Brady

Pain, loss, grief, sorrow—all of it feels amplified when we're in seasons that are meant to feel festive.

Dec 19, 2023 •

September 2023

Disarming Our Knee-Jerk Reaction to Grief & Loss: An interview with Dr. Mekel Harris

What would happen if you could relax into the pain? Dr Harris helps us explore different types of grief: disenfranchised, complicated, anticipatory…

Sep 19, 2023 •

August 2023

This is How You Prosper (A poem)

A poem based on Psalm 122.

Aug 20, 2023 •

Calling quits on what isn't working

I’m not writing the book I started to write.

Aug 7, 2023 •

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