Work
Guideposts (edited)
Betty Kilby Fisher Baldwin and Phoebe Kilby, Brought Together, Guideposts, Aug./Sept. 2021
Derrick Shields, A More Perfect Union, Guideposts, Feb. 2021
Christy Johnson, Love Wins, Guideposts, Feb. 2020
Jim Hinch, A Message of Hope, Guideposts, Dec. 2019
Kate Bowler, A Question of Faith, Guideposts, Sept. 2018
James Choi, Faithonomics, Guideposts, Aug. 2018
Jim Powell and Kamil Mufti, Love Thy Neighbor, Guideposts, July 2018
Jan Rader, We Will Never Give Up, Guideposts, Feb. 2018
David Beddoe, Out of the Shadows, Guideposts, Jan. 2018
Religion
How the Pandemic Radicalized Evangelicals in The Los Angeles Review of Books, Aug. 15, 2021
Did the Pandemic Rejuvenate Christianity? in Zocalo Public Square, July 28, 2021
Evangelicals Are Losing the Battle for the Bible. And They’re Just Fine With That in The Los Angeles Review of Books, Feb. 15, 2016
A New African Revival Comes to Orange County in Boom: A Journal of California, Winter 2015
Forty Years’ War in The Los Angeles Review of Books, May 24, 2015
Evangelicals Are Changing Their Minds on Gay Marriage in Politico Magazine, July 7, 2014 (cover story)
Religious Freedom Advocates Turn from Ballot to Courtroom in The Orange County Register, Mar. 15, 2014
The Decline of the Revival in The Los Angeles Review of Books, Feb. 13, 2014
Religious Teaching and Prayers Just Part of a Day’s Work for Mosque Leader in The Orange County Register, Feb. 7, 2014
Where are the People? Evangelical Christianity in America is Losing Its Power. What Happened to Orange County’s Crystal Cathedral Shows Why in The American Scholar, Winter 2014 (cover story)
How on Earth Did Crystal Cathedral Go Catholic? in Zocalo Public Square, Oct. 25, 2103
Speaking up for a Seat at the Table in The Orange County Register, Oct. 21, 2013
Sexual Evolution Arrives at Church in The Orange County Register, Sept. 23, 2013
Group Says Immigrants Mistreated in O.C. in The Orange County Register, Aug. 7, 2013
The Real Imams of O.C. in The Orange County Register, Jul. 22, 2013
Gay Students Speaking Out at Christian Schools in The Orange County Register, Jun. 29, 2013
O.C. Exports Asian-American Churches to the World in The Orange County Register, Jan. 27, 2013
Youth Increasingly Seeking New Salvation in The Orange County Register, Dec. 12, 2012
Genesis for a Bishop in The Orange County Register, Dec. 9, 2012
Effort to Reach Out to Muslims Stirs Outcry in The Orange County Register, Mar. 11, 2012
Rick Warren Builds Bridge to Muslims in The Orange County Register, Feb. 26, 2012
California and the West
California’s Wildfire Dilemma: Put Houses or Forests First? in Bloomberg Opinion, Oct. 13, 2021.
To Help Rural America, Forget the Red/Blue Divide in Bloomberg Opinion, July 4, 2021.
Illegally Brilliant: A California Dreamer at Berkeley in Boom: A Journal of California, Spring 2014. View as pdf
Lost on the Pacific Crest Trail in The Los Angeles Review of Books, July 25, 2013
Brilliance Documented: Terrence Park is a top math student at UC Berkeley. He’s on his way to Harvard. And he’s in the country illegally in The Orange County Register, Apr. 21, 2013.
Mogul of the Fanboys in The Orange County Register, Dec. 2, 2012
O.C.’s Saigon? Nothing Little About It in The Orange County Register, Nov. 1, 2012
Parched in Pinnacles in The Orange County Register, Aug. 16, 2012
Pay Me No Mind in Boom: A Journal of California, Winter 2011. View as pdf
Paz Americana in DoubleTake, Spring/Summer 2007. View as pdf
Art/Culture
111th St. Jesus: The Art and Faith of Muralist Kent Twitchell in Image, Fall 2014. View as pdf
Why Stephen Greenblatt is Wrong — And Why It Matters in The Los Angeles Review of Books, Dec. 1, 2012
Walking Mural: Asco and the End of Chicano Art in The Los Angeles Review of Books, Aug. 23, 2012
Corona de Espinas in Image, Spring 2012. View as pdf
A Spade is Not a Spade in Image, Fall 2011. View as pdf
Medium Size Me in Gastronomica, Fall 2008. (Selected for Best Food Writing 2009). View as pdf
