Kirby JonesRolling Stones: My Sexuality is not my Burden to BearI was a junior in high school when I heard the Sisyphus Myth for the first time. It was an otherwise unremarkable Wednesday morning in…Oct 11, 2020Oct 11, 2020
Kirby JonesDiscussions about Mental Health and the Church Must Acknowledge Religious TraumaAlright, Church. I’ve got good news and bad news. Which would you like to hear first? Let’s start with the good news. As conversations…Jul 5, 2020Jul 5, 2020
Kirby JonesTeaching Was my Dream Job. Until it Wasn’t.On a rainy Friday afternoon about one year ago, I slumped dejectedly in the front seat of my car, strewn with ungraded student papers and…Apr 25, 2020Apr 25, 2020
Kirby JonesTroubled Waters: What the COVID-19 Pandemic is Revealing About American CultureIn 2005, famous writer David Foster Wallace delivered a speech to the graduating class at Kenyon College that has become one of the most…Apr 18, 2020Apr 18, 2020
Kirby JonesWhen All is Not Well: Making Sense of Holy Week During a Global PandemicCenturies before the Coronavirus swept the globe, St. Julian of Norwich found herself confined to the rectory of an English church at the…Apr 10, 20201Apr 10, 20201