Category: Apprenticeship

Four days after my arrival in Salt Lake City, and with things not going the way I thought they would, I took the time to write a letter to Michael; to help clarify to him – but perhaps more accurately, myself – what I wanted to learn. At the time I think this was a…

Michael describes The Space – the nonprophet events centre – as “the green building across the road from the strip club”. There isn’t anything particularly special about it; just a dull cement block in downtown Salt Lake City. A vacant lot next door is frequented by the homeless – the unofficial waste collection department – who…

My presence as I enter the classroom is barely acknowledged. The students continue their private conversations with backs turned to the stranger, not bothering to hush their voices. Some slouch in chairs tilted on two legs, testing to see how aggressive an incline they can manage; the loud thud of teenager against wall indicating the…

I’ve thought a lot about this question. Such is my inclination. I have often been told that I overthink. And to a degree, I do, although I am surrounded by those who under think and I have learned to become less concerned with their opinions. Alas, after many hours of deliberation, I have arrived at…

Only psychopaths are awake at this hour. Barely conscious, I lay gazing upward into the early morning abyss. Eventually, my eyes adjust to the blackness and I will myself from the comfort of the bed sheets. Methodically, I move around the dark unit careful not to make noise. For any sound is amplified dramatically in…