What is the relationship between church space and third place?
On how the Centennial Park Gazebo in Holland, Michigan, became engraved into a life story.
On creating space for God in our daily lives.
How our housekeeping tendencies can shape our identities in relation to others.
What is the effective difference between a cathedral and an auditorium? A sparse Protestant dais and Orthodox iconography?
A reflection on the purpose of a home and how to be attentive to the story it tells.
On learning to see a space through the eyes of hospitality.
An evaluation of the messages that limit our household vision.
On making a counter-intuitive move in a time of tightening belts.
On the complexity of simplicity and giving up the closet.
Tracing a family's history and values through home spaces.
Modest proposals for the future life of 22,000 square feet and four acres.
Why confessing our pop culture secrets can be good for us.
On surviving life's seasons of in-between, uncertainty and stagnancy.
An invitation to downsize in the new year.