Truth Trust Fear Forgiveness is a collection of essays, poems, and short fiction exploring the questions that have shaped my life—meaning, identity, consciousness, creativity, love, loss, and what it means to be fully human. Some pieces are deeply personal. Others invite you to wonder alongside me. Together, they form a conversation more than a collection.

Read from the collection

If you’d like to spend some time with the book before deciding whether it is for you, I’ve made three complete selections available — just click on the title to download.

“Don’t Trust Your Wounds”
A poem about the danger of allowing old wounds to define us.

“Whatever You Can Spare”
A short story about an unexpected connection and a love that asks for nothing but whatever we can spare.

“Boat Sinking Baptism in a Flooded Missouri Cornfield”
A personal essay about one memorable mishap during my 1994 walk from Ohio to Seattle.