Hello!

I am an award-winning writer, a photographer, and an advocate for building stronger, more resilient places. I live with my wife, Kate, our two daughters (ages nine and fifteen) in the Mid-Willamette Valley, about 45 miles south of Portland.

Some of the things that are most important to me (and that I often write and speak about):

• Spiritual Life: Following a God who is simply wild about us (and all of God’s creation) is an invitation to adventure, enchantment, and deep purpose.

• Home Life: Being a husband and dad is the most rewarding, most challenging, and most interesting thing I get to do.

• Neighborhood Life: We are created for community. Yet there is so much about our culture—the pace of life, digital technology, what we’re taught to value, how we build our towns and cities, etc.—that pulls us apart from one another. I write and speak a lot about neighborliness, the land, and the built environment. (This is also my day job.)

• Creative Life: I’m a professional writer and an amateur photographer. I’m fascinated by how people make things and make things happen.

Throw in a couple other topics I spend a lot of time thinking about—books and analog tools—and you have a pretty idiosyncratic mix of topics. Yet all these things somehow come together in me, and I’m hoping what I write will be useful (or at least interesting) for others.

My Invitation

Is there something you want to know that I haven’t covered? Other questions for me? I invite you to get in touch.

We live in a beautiful world. A beautiful, broken, amazing world. Let’s slow down enough together to experience the full, rich spectrum of all that world has to offer.

I look forward to connecting with you!