FAITH

Essays on Faith

Faith, in these essays, is not a settled state but a daily practice of showing up. Harvey writes about choosing faithfulness over career anxiety, committing worries to God at 4AM, finding that work doesn't need to be meaningful when it enables a meaningful life. These are not testimonies of easy belief — they are dispatches from someone who keeps following even when the path isn't clear.

  1. On Taking the Next Step

    Each next step is not a referendum on my value as a person but an avenue for growth. I am one small person among many, so my next choice, no matter how earth-shattering it may seem to me, is relatively unserious.

  2. Sip of Coffee, Moving Pen

    Writing habit is, simply put, vulnerability. Exposing my deepest self and most tentative ideas is a habit that costs me. So I'd rather read someone else's writing than create my own.

  3. Awake but Asleep

    There it is: pressure. That's familiar. The tension in my chest and stomach, wanting to hold my breath. A feeling of impending disappointment lurking behind a closed door somewhere.

  4. Trust at 4AM

    I want to trust. I don't want to worry. I wish I would know, deep down, that my needs and the needs of my loved ones would always be met. And I want this for everyone that shares this planet with me. Why can't I have what I want?

  5. Homo Accipiens

    I felt disconnected from my morning work, though it had been productive. I had nothing to regret since it aligned with my spiritual and material priorities. But I was doing it alone. I'd been living as homo economicus—out of sync with my values.

  6. Morning News and the Cross

    The only human who has ever lived who had an absolute claim to the moral high ground did not use human strength to preserve what he valued.

  7. When AI Can't Save You

    Sometimes, it's OK to quit. My self-worth is not at stake here. God values me non-economically, apart from my work. He wants my heart, not my effort.

  8. The Red Door

    Could a simple testimony provide an opening through which others can enter the Kingdom of God?

  9. Sunday Night Faith

    I long for a trouble-free world and assume I'm a bad Christian, or a weak person, if I cannot stand up under the heavy load of daily life. But nothing could be further from the truth. I am guaranteed suffering, we all are, but with us in the suffering, we have a Savior.

  10. Strategy as Control

    I cannot earn through strategic thinking what is only a gift of grace. If I ever truly love my daily work, it will be the result of something God does in me.

  11. Ministry and Money Pressure

    By pushing to create an income from something meant to nurture spiritual growth and detachment from worldly concerns, the whole enterprise would be perverted. What was meant to support life would stunt it.

  12. A Sanctuary of Grace and Doubt

    I make everything I have a tool to protect myself because of my over-developed need for safety and security. But only in God can I find any lasting peace and security.

  13. Oatmilk and Ordinary Faithfulness

    I will not wear work as armor, but see it as a means to a larger end.

  14. No Blueprint

    Not a blueprint. Not a map. Faith, and the next step. That will be enough.

  15. What Rain Taught Me About Work

    The work itself needn't be delightful when its results are.

  16. Choosing Faithfulness over Anxiety

    Am I taking a wrong turn? Do I just keep showing up to everything I feel God is leading me towards and not worry? That's the right thing to do.

  17. Bearing Witness

    I'm old enough to pretend I no longer care what people think of me, so I've decided I have nothing to prove and little to lose by owning my life, claiming my story, and sharing it without pretense.