I sat in the back seat of the truck’s cab, where i could see Hank’s hands, where I could either strangle him or dive out of the truck if he pulled out a gun, depending on how brave I felt.

“It’s coming up, on the right,” Hank said. “Just past that telephone pole.”
We pulled into a dirt driveway and passed a few single-wide trailers.
“That one,” he said, pointing to one in the back.
Phillip parked in front of the door and killed the engine.
Why did he turn off the engine?

I only have a handful of friends that are Christians, and about half of them are struggling with what that means. Most days, I am too.
One of these friends, a guy active in his church, confessed a few weeks ago that he doesn’t know if he still believes the stories in the Bible are true.
“I mean, you can believe they’re true, and you can live like they are, but there’s no way to really know they are.”
I talked about this with my friend Mandie when we had church at a …

I never sleep. The three of us have opposite schedules, and I have no walls. My loft is also their home office.
Nick bought a two-bedroom condo for him and his fiancé. Then he called off the wedding. His best friend, Geoff, moved into the spare room and they offered me the loft.
“But I hate that part of Charleston,” I said.
“I’ll only charge you $200 a month,” said Nick.
“How about this: Instead of me living there I’ll give you $200 a month, buy you a shovel, and let you beat the …

I’m not certain of anything anymore. I’m a teenage lover sitting on a bed, skin tingling, scared to death but unable to stop, not having the slightest idea of how anything works. Until now life was so simple. I was a child, a child living in a world where everything was beautiful and was made up of baseball and summer crushes and black Reebok Pumps. Life is more complicated than that now, and during honest moments I admit that I can’t handle my life. It’s a rip tide. I can …

Nothing.
Empty.

Void.
but there was You
so there was everything
and for the first time
the expanse heard Your voice