The Tourist Doesn’t Really Believe in Redemption

August 13, 2024.Reading time 8 minutes.

What if you had the opportunity to completely start over, begin again truly, if I may coin a phrase, unburdened by what has been?
By Monica Murray Durr

What I Wish I Could Put On My Dating Profile

September 22, 2022.Reading time 7 minutes.

I believe much of my frustration with online dating, even when using faith-based platforms as I do, is that the process is inorganic from the beginning. You can’t completely remove the “swipe right” aspect of it. You are presented with a picture and a small amount of information, and from there you have to decide whether or not you’re interested. What am I supposed to do with that?

Norm Macdonald, Literary Critic

January 20, 2022.Reading time 5 minutes.

If you’ve seen me since the middle of September, it is a near certainty that I have asked you, “Have you seen the moth joke?” and then—regardless of your answer—proceeded to whip out my phone and play you a clip of The Tonight Show with Conan O’Brien from 2009.

New Year, Now What?

January 13, 2022.Reading time 5 minutes.

Yes, the day we have assigned to be New Year’s Day may be arbitrary, but what it represents is not. There is a reason why new beginnings, fresh starts, and—yes—resolutions dominate our minds as each year draws to a close…