Selected features and essays
“Venture Missionaries” (The Baffler, 2024)
On treating the church like a startup.
“Trash Talk” (The New York Times Magazine, 2024) [print]
On terrible Southern accents in movies.
“Digital Deconversion” (The Baffler, 2022)
On Jehovah’s Witnesses and the false promise of identity construction online.
“The Persistence of the ‘Ring by Spring’ Phenomenon” (Vice, 2021)
A deep dive into the pressure to marry at Christian colleges.
“‘Exvangelicals’ Are Living a Uniquely American Crisis” (Vice, 2021)
On evangelicalism’s personal and political effects in the U.S.
“What Hillsong’s Post-Carl Lentz Future Looks Like” (Vice, 2020)
On hypepriests and leadership churn in megachurches.
“How Young Evangelical Women Are Navigating a Sex-Positive Internet” (Vice, 2020)
A feature from inside the Girl Defined conference.
“David Biespiel” (Willamette Week, 2020) [print]
A conversation with Biespiel on A Place of Exodus.
“Vanessa Veselka” (Willamette Week, 2020) [print]
A conversation with Veselka on The Great Offshore Grounds.
“Miss America” (The Southern, 2020) [print]
On the beauty pageant circuit in rural towns.