Well, this has sorta been a long time coming - something more stable, long-form, and able to stand up against the raging winds of social media algorithms.
The goal, for the foreseeable future, is around depth and longevity.
Something that IG can’t provide.
And something that our modern time doesn’t seem to have space for.
It’s easy to trade off depth for superficiality.
We can watch reels or tiktoks or short youtube vids on just about anything - but seeing facts for a few minutes doesn’t equate depth.
Depth is work.
And it’s always worth it - we want roots to run deep - to be stable, strong, enduring.
In a time when everything seems tossed to and fro on the chaotic seas, anchored vessels are a refuge.
You can be that refuge - and so can I ( and so can this space ).
The same goes for longevity.
Most things are here today and gone tomorrow.
Passing fads that go viral and then disappear into the ether of servers, databases, and buried under millions of new pieces of content.
But life isn’t like that.
Relationships don’t change like IG feeds.
Careers don’t auto-play like on youtube.
Faith isn’t just a trending topic to talk about when it’s popular.
Life is always lived out real time, and the spaces we find ourselves in are central to becoming who we have been made to be.
Depth and longevity.
That’s what spurred this on - the desire to take the vision and community to a more solid space. To build somewhere with more solid foundations that the shifting sands of algorithms.
Anyways -
Thanks for joining, subscribing, or whatever on does on Substack.
PS. I’ll probably post here once or twice a week - some will be more intense philosophical / theological / cultural stuff.
The rest will be my random thoughts on stuff - and a bit of slice of life.
Godspeed !
You’re such an encouraging but challenging person who I look up to so much without knowing you! Please know your awesome influence on a struggling college kid
Here for the journey!! Been praying for you and following you all, as I almost died in 2021 too. So, your story and art resonate with me. I was reading the last issue of Ekstasis and realized your essay was published just before my poem “Afterlight.” Felt kinda like that made sense. Saints trying to live authentically and through the grit.