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Author: Chris Wheeler

Posted on May 6, 2019January 20, 2021

endgame | a war of fathers

[ SPOILERS AHEAD ]

Last week my sister and dad and I trekked out to Linway Cinemas to watch Captain Marvel, the last movie we needed to see before Avengers: Endgame. It was cathartic in the best possible way, … read full post

Posted on April 29, 2019January 20, 2021

contempt (four poems)

“I do not understand what I do.” The Apostle Paul (Romans 7:15)

i. the mirrors

The day arrived
when the darkness crept in
like a lame animal
and wrapped itself
round my feet in repose.
It sighed, and I sighed,… read full post

Posted on April 22, 2019January 20, 2021

ring in the resurrection!

For the last few years, we’ve had an Easter tradition of popping open a bottle of bubbly with family (church and otherwise) to ring in Eastertide.

And I say Eastertide, not Easter Sunday, because in the church calendar Easter is … read full post

Posted on April 15, 2019April 14, 2019

palm sunday, ’19

I was reading about a church
that did away with the Palm Sunday processional this year
for clarity’s sake,
to add weight to the final days of Christ,
when my wife asked me to take out the trash.

The bag … read full post

Posted on April 8, 2019January 20, 2021

how to create when you’re crunched

As a dad of four young kids, it’s a given that my time is usually full to the brim. When I’m not at work, I’m supporting the extraordinary efforts of my long-suffering wife to raise up our kids in the … read full post

Posted on April 1, 2019January 20, 2021

kid pick: miss rumphius

My children have books they return to, over and over. This one is brought to you by Nadia.

As a creative dad, I’m a big fan of any story that uplifts beauty, but this one is way more than just … read full post

Posted on March 18, 2019March 18, 2019

grief (four poems)

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me & you

Ice
at the tip of my finger,
smooth
on the glass, a smudge
against my other eyes,
staring back at a face I know.

I see you in me,
all backwards in the mirror,
all wrong within … read full post

Posted on March 11, 2019January 20, 2021

we’re going on a bear hunt: loss for little ones

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My children have all grown up reading the children’s classic, “We’re Going on a Bear Hunt,” so when it showed up on Amazon Prime as a 25-minute special we were all over it.

We expected a fun, endearing story, but … read full post

Posted on March 4, 2019January 20, 2021

the struggle is the priority: a birth story

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My wife had our bags packed a month out. If there is anything you learn as a parent of three little people under five, it is to prepare early and often. And if you learn anything as a husband of … read full post

Posted on February 25, 2019January 20, 2021

the substance and purpose of affection

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There’s some sort of ruckus in the living room, involving the theft of a beloved toy he hasn’t even been playing with. So I send Kai to his room, all 2.75 years of him, TNT with scabby knees, and the … read full post

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