by ultrasoundmedia | Oct 1, 2026 | Culture, Faith
On January 21, 2026, Patagonia Inc., the outdoor apparel and equipment company, filed suit in federal court against Wyn Wiley, aka Pattie Gonia, a drag queen and self-proclaimed environmental activist. In its lawsuit, Patagonia alleges that Wiley and his...
by ultrasoundmedia | Jun 3, 2026 | Culture, Faith, The writing life
Landscapes of Grace: Hiking, Faith, and Finding Yourself in the Wild is now available on my Amazon page. “Landscapes of Grace is more than a collection of hiking stories – it’s an invitation… I strongly recommend that you read to this book, take the...
by ultrasoundmedia | Apr 23, 2026 | Culture, Faith
A few summers ago, I had the great privilege (and I do intend to use the word “privilege”) to spend some weeks in Paris with my wife and daughter, and then a couple of weeks trekking with my youngest son through the Picos de Europa mountains in northern Spain. It was...
by ultrasoundmedia | Apr 4, 2026 | Culture, Faith
In the lead-up to Easter, 2026, organizations and news agencies around the country are reporting a surge in the number of people joining the Catholic Church. From religious publications like the National Catholic Register to the thoroughly secular New York Times,...
by ultrasoundmedia | Mar 26, 2026 | Culture, Faith
Compared to some, I spend a lot of time tramping around outside and sleeping on the ground in a thin, nylon tent. When I factor my age into this comparison, I am now comfortably in my sixties, I suspect that relative to all people my age, I spend a lot of time...
by ultrasoundmedia | Mar 12, 2026 | Culture, Faith, Uncategorized
A couple of days ago, I posted some thoughts on how we might look at this latest war in the Middle East. I pointed out that the proper way, really the only way, to think about, initiate, and execute a war is in human terms. What I meant by that, I wrote, is that we...
