About Banks

THE ARCHIVE

My Stories

  • Vomit Comet Christianity

    “Houston, we have a problem.” Apollo 13 is a good movie. I think we can all agree that Tom Hanks is a national treasure…

  • Seeing Shadows

    One of my 2018 resolutions is to read the Bible from cover to cover. So far I’ve gotten past the first chapter of Genesis.…

  • Heroes and Humanity

    Hot take: We human beings are created with the desire to worship. We see examples of it everywhere – we worship the guy who…

  • The Hassle of Name Calling

    My son is now a walking, running, talking toddler. That fact would be sobering if not for the fact that it drives me to…

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    What’s the matter with you?

    I’ve been thinking lately about what really matters. Black lives? All lives? They matter? What does it mean to matter? In school I learned…

  • Lessons from Josh

    Spoiler alert: I’m not God. Some of you may have already figured that out, but in my first year as a dad I have…

  • The Gospel of Drai’s

    This is a story of the the best nightclub I never saw. Drai’s After hours Club was an exclusive spot hidden a few floors…

  • Life Lessons on Channel 14

    One night back in the mid-90s I noticed my tv skipped from 13 to 15. I tuned in directly to Channel 14 to discover it…

  • Joshua, Jesus, and Red Panda

      As I write this, my son Joshua is 101 days old. I’ve been thinking a lot about how my life has changed in…

  • Our Seven Minute Miracle

    The room was filling with chaos but time slowed down when I saw the nurse raise her foot and disengage the brake on my wife’s hospital bed.…

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