The first step on the Pacific Crest Trail, for me, happened on the internet. Big life decisions are like that.

An introduction to what I hope will be the funniest book you've read about losing faith in God.

The Lower Hudson, Between Albany and NYC, is a criminally under-appreciated and accessible multi-day paddle.

New Caledonia. Never heard of it? Here's why you shouldn't overlook this Melanesian dot on the map in the middle of the Pacific.

I'm not an authoritarian, usually. But I've learned some things on the psych unit that make me worry.

Running the Camino de Finisterre was both pure suffering and real pilgrimage.

A Camino de Santiago packing list as an illustration of why it's such an amazing adventure.

My first book only had a couple hundred readers. One of them, randomly, was my favorite musician's father.

I was deconstructing when it was still called emerging church, and Islamic Punk helped me become exvangelical before it had a name.

I wrote this post about my own book, but the information stands as a proven list of 6 ways to support any book you love.

Lessons from thru-hiking, cancer, and Covid-19 about managing modern life's rolling existential crises.

On my first visit, I didn't know I wasn't supposed to fall in love with Veracruz, and I did. After falling in love, I learned that the...

Someone else can teach you to travel safely in Mexico. I want to teach you to travel fearlessly.

Hopelessness is a hallmark of modern life, but the solutions for overcoming an existential crisis are as old as humanity.

The Loowit Trail around Mt St Helens is the prettiest, hardest 32 miles you could hope for.

After years in the game, these are three non-negotiable principles that I've come to see as essential to building a creative life where you'

Anish's second solid addition to the adventure writing canon.

I didn't expect 'Jolene' to help me cope with American politics, but it did.

The 2020s have been a mess. These books help make sense of the era.

There's an anxiety in the air that makes me feel like something's wrong in America.