Letters From the Mountain
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A weekly letter from the mountains in East Flores, Indonesia. About courage, belonging, and the beautiful mess of beginning again.
These aren’t essays written from hindsight: they’re field notes from the middle of it all.
Each letter explores what happens when life takes a new shape: how we rebuild, find our place, discover presence, and learn to trust again.
You’ll find stories about courage in quiet moments, renewal after loss, and the calm that comes when we stop forcing outcomes.
When God Finds You in the Wrong Pew (And Other Sunday Morning Disasters)
‘I burst into church like a celebrity making a grand entrance, only to realise an hour later I was in the wrong denomination entirely...’
Theme: Faith, belonging, and the humour of wrong turns.
This week’s letter:
When Purpose Steps Aside (And Presence Takes Its Place)
‘When purpose falls away, what’s left is presence, the small, sacred noticing of what still remains…’
Want Your Own Stories to Sound This Human?
Here’s how we work together: I ask insightful questions and catch the threads worth pulling.
Then shape those ideas into stories that land. Think of me as the person who organises your thoughts without touching your voice.
Your words.
Your stories.
My brain, time, + keyboard.