Prefer to skip the scrolling? No problem. Here are a few featured pieces that might interest you. They cover different topics, different genres, and different stages in my own development. You’re welcome to check them out for a quick taste of who I am and how I write.
The most popular and widely shared article I’ve written:
An Open Letter to Chuck Hockema
Dear Mr. Hockema, Congratulations on this week’s election victory, and welcome to the board of the Lafayette School Corporation. Although you don’t know me and I don’t know you, I commend your desire to support public education in our community. I firmly believe that our schools are some of our most important cultural institutions, and…
The most recent installment of my annual reading recap:
My 6 Favorite Reads of 2022
There are plenty of things in this world that are more important than books. Stuff like food, shelter, and medical care — you know, the basic necessities that keep us alive. But books are indispensable for other reasons. They have a unique ability to enrich our lives in a way that few other things can.…
The beginning of a 5-part series about my spiritual evolution:
Back to the Start
The spiritual road I’ve traveled hasn’t always been the one I’ve expected. I’ve taken turns I didn’t plan to take and ended up on roads I didn’t know existed. There have been dead ends, detours, and more than a few flat tires. If you trace my steps (Family Circus style!), the resulting path would look…
A reflection about relationships after 15 years of marriage:
When the Flowers Die
I stood by the compost box at the back of our yard, staring at the wilted roses and lilies I had just tossed inside. Only a few days ago these same flowers had been at the center of our dining room table, bursting with vibrant shades of pink and purple. Now they had been overtaken…
A poem about embracing new ways of seeing the world:
Sunday Morning (a Poem)
Liner Notes: Somewhere deep in my past, there’s a long trail of really bad poetry with my name attached to it. As an angsty late adolescent, I found poems to be reliable forms of self-expression. There was something about their structured rhythms and rhymes that made me feel safe to explore my feelings regarding faith,…
One of my niche short stories exploring uncomfortable truths:
Promised Land
“When the Lord your God brings you into the land that you are about to enter and occupy, and he clears away many nations before you … and when the Lord your God gives them over to you and you defeat them, then you must utterly destroy them. Make no covenant with them and show…
Drew Thomas Humphrey 