Selections

Someone Like Us

Published as an Op-Ed feature in the Richmond Times-Dispatch, December 2011

Hope and Melancholy at the Talent Show

http://www2.timesdispatch.com/news/commentary/2011/dec/11/tdcomm01-hope-edges-melancholy-on-holton-stage-ar-1533592/

 

On the Occasion of My Family’s First Visit to a Mosque

Published as an Op-Ed feature in the Richmond Times-Dispatch, November 2011

Potluck dinners and words that scare

http://www2.timesdispatch.com/news/oped/2011/nov/03/tdopin02-on-the-occasion-of-my-familys-first-visit-ar-1430670/

 

Relentless in the Unforgiven Storm

Published as an Op-Ed feature in the Richmond Times-Dispatch, October 2011

On spending the day with Hurricane Irene

http://www2.timesdispatch.com/news/commentary/2011/oct/02/tdcomm04-relentless-in-the-unforgiven-storm-ar-1350077/

 

For God’s Sake, Art!

Published as an Op-Ed feature in the Richmond Times-Dispatch, June 2011

Muslim creativity in the context of Osama bin Laden’s death

http://www2.timesdispatch.com/news/2011/jun/12/tdcomm04-for-gods-sake-art-for-gods-sake-art-for-g-ar-1100634/

 

A Strong Case for Baseball

Published as an Op-Ed feature in the Richmond Times-Dispatch, April 2011

Spring, Jackson and the new thing

http://www2.timesdispatch.com/news/oped/2011/apr/02/TDOPIN02-elmore-a-strong-case-for-baseball-ar-944538/

 

You Spin Me ‘Round

Published as an Op-Ed feature in the Richmond Times-DispatchFebruary 2011

Dad, daughter, ballet

http://www2.timesdispatch.com/news/oped/2011/feb/14/tdopin02-elmore-dad-amp-daughter-share-a-valentine-ar-840468/

 

The Never-Ending Year of the Witch

Published at RVANews.com, October 2010

A four-year-old’s Halloween tale

http://rvanews.com/features/the-never-ending-year-of-the-witch-a-four-year-olds-halloween-tale/33455

 

Let’s Ban the Bin Laden Cliche

Published as an Op-Ed feature in the Richmond Times-Dispatch, September 2010

An entirely different option in the Muslim cartoons debate

http://www2.timesdispatch.com/news/2010/sep/25/ed-elmore25-ar-524142/

 

Interfaith Dialogue Carves Paths to Friendship

Published at EthicsDaily.com, March 2010

Dialogue-in-friendship between Christian and Muslim students at VCU

http://www.ethicsdaily.com/news.php?viewStory=15791

 

Revelry and Liturgy

Published in The South Carolina Review, Spring 2008

On the cultic rite of college football in Clemson, South Carolina

http://www.nathanfelmore.com/revelry-liturgy/

 

We’re Living Together

Published at the Matthew’s House Project, January 2009

The thoroughly ravaging sexiness of my first laptop (computer)

http://www.matthewshouse.net/2009/01/were-living-together.html

 

It’s Not Even Morning

Published at the Matthew’s House Project, August 2008

Upon landing in Entebbe, Uganda, in 2007, at night

http://www.matthewshouse.net/2008/08/its-not-even-morning.html

 

Lost in Place

Published in the Independent Mail (Anderson, SC), April 19, 2008

Past and present collide at Mac’s Drive-In

http://www.independentmail.com/news/2008/apr/19/past-and-present-collide-macs-drive–pendleton/

 

The Redemption of Guilt

Published at Metaphilm, December 2003

Characters from Cider House Rules, Thirteen Conversations and Fight Club take guilt into their own bloody hands

http://metaphilm.com/index.php/detail/the_redemption_of_guilt/