Shorter Essays

Feb 2023 “Museum-ing” in Ordinary Saints: Living Everyday Life to the Glory of God, edited by Ned Bustard. Lancaster: Square Halo Books, 2023.

Oct 2022 “Laughter in the Museum: Giggling at art history should be part of the point” for Current, https://currentpub.com/2022/10/25/laughter-in-the-museum/ 

July 2022 “Seeing Bathsheba: There’s more art history than you realize in your old children’s Bible” for Current, https://currentpub.com/2022/07/25/seeing-bathsheba/ 

June 2022 “The Massacre of the Innocents: Can art of the past help us better grieve the present?” for Current, https://currentpub.com/2022/06/13/the-massacre-of-the-innocents/ 

Feb 2022 “Celebrating the Humanity of Edmonia Lewis” for Current, https://currentpub.com/2022/02/21/celebrating-the-humanity-of-edmonia-lewis%ef%bf%bc/ 

Dec 2021 “Advent In Exile: What can a Japanese American’s humble still life painting teach us about Advent?” for Reclaim Magazine, Asian American Christian Collaborative, https://www.asianamericanchristiancollaborative.com/article/advent-in-exile 

Oct 2021 “Review: In “Portraits of Promised Lands” Chinese American Artist Hung Liu Demonstrates the Dignity of Complexity” for Reclaim Magazine, Asian American Christian Collaborative, https://www.asianamericanchristiancollaborative.com/article/review-portraits-of-promised-lands-hung-liu 

Aug 2021 “From Whore to Helpmate: Katie Luther went from being depicted as a vile prostitute to a happy homemaker. Why does that matter?” for Current, https://currentpub.com/2021/08/31/from-whore-to-helpmate/ 

June 2021 “Museums Matter: Art museums are reopening. Here’s why you should visit one,” for Current, https://currentpub.com/2021/06/11/museums-matter/ 

April 2021 “A Second Glance: A hidden history lurks in the images featured in PBS’s The Black Church. Why didn’t its creators tell it?” for Current, https://currentpub.com/2021/04/21/a-second-glance/ 

Feb 2021 “The Perfect Home?: Do Ho Suh on Longing and Displacement,” for The Asian American Christian Collaborative Reclaim Magazine, https://www.asianamericanchristiancollaborative.com/article/the-perfect-home 

Jan 2021 “The Bonus March: The Unexpected Black Hero in a Japanese American Painting,” for The Asian American Christian Collaborative Reclaim Magazine, https://www.asianamericanchristiancollaborative.com/article/the-bonus-march-unexpected-black-hero 

Jun 2020 “My Biracial Identity Isn’t a Solution to America’s Racial Problems,” for The Asian American Christian Collaborative Reclaim Magazine https://www.asianamericanchristiancollaborative.com/article/my-biracial-identity-isnt-a-solution 

Sep 2019 “A Wide Place: The Word of God as Refuge,” chapter contribution to His Testimonies, My Heritage: Women of Color on the Word of God, edited by Kristie Anyabwile, Good Book Company

Sep 2018 “Recovering Black Dignity for Serena and Naomi,” for The Witness: A Black Christian Collective, https://thewitnessbcc.com/recovering-black-dignity-for-serena-and-naomi/ 

July 2018 “Why Do Images Matter?,” “Lenses for Interpretation,” and “Restorative Looking,” for The Witness: A Black Christian Collective, https://thewitnessbcc.com/author/elissa-yukiko-weichbrodt/