These podcast episodes are readings, performances of the essays I write at designingandneighboring.com. In these essays I discuss an array of topics that revolve around how we can think about, take responsibility for, and enjoy the spaces we make for one another in our work, with our words, and through our everyday interactions.

Designing: As an architect I’ve wrestled with how to think about design as an action, which has taken me from architecture theory to philosophical ethics to political theology and beyond. As I blog I do write about architecture at times but more often I write about the interactions that occur between people where architecture forms the stage. I tend to write about how we design our spaces, our things, and most importantly our lives for one another.

Neighboring: The neighboring in the title is a reference to Jesus’ call for us to love our neighbors, the particular people we interact with every day. Jesus proposed and modeled a particular flavor of love: a self-giving, reconciling, being together kind of love that is intentional and active. I find this vision and Jesus’ demonstration of it in his life radically compelling. This, for me, is the ultimate goal of my designing, my writing, and my life.