Collected Writings

The Mystic Scientist

A reflective essay on a passage from C.S. Lewis's That Hideous Strength, exploring how Mark's misplaced mysticism in abstractions mirrors our own temptations today—in education, relationships, and even the digital age— and how presence continually breaks through.

Who Really Observes?

This essay explores how what we call the “hard sciences” rely most on mediated observation and hidden layers of trust, while the “soft sciences” and faith remain rooted in direct, disciplined noticing of life—flipping our cultural assumptions upside down.

The Kids These Days

A reflection on how the tone of conflict has degraded over generations—and how to restore kind, responsible speech without romanticizing the past.

In Defense of Normalizing Liminality

A contemplative essay on why the in-between is not an exception but the shape of human experience.