Essays

Hagoth favors essays that can trace their lineage back to Michel de Montaigne; whether narrative, analytical, or devotional, these essays lean ruminative, conversational, meandering, impressionistic, and are reluctant to wax didactic. But that doesn’t mean you won’t find the occasional poem or piece of fiction here as well.

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Of Chapel Closures and Charles Mingus

Tim Wilkinson June 5, 2026

Back around the turn of the Millennium in the Pacific Northwest, I recall always having to leave early-morning Seminary early in order to arrive at Jazz Band practice late, so that nobody would be happy.

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Can God Be Surprised?

Melissa Jensen May 1, 2026

My cousin, my intuition, and the Westminster Confession are telling me no, so wouldn’t it be
thrilling to run up the slide on this one?

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