Selections
Someone Like Us
Published as an Op-Ed feature in the Richmond Times-Dispatch, December 2011
Hope and Melancholy at the Talent Show
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
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
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
A Strong Case for Baseball
Published as an Op-Ed feature in the Richmond Times-Dispatch, April 2011
Spring, Jackson and the new thing
You Spin Me ‘Round
Published as an Op-Ed feature in the Richmond Times-Dispatch, February 2011
Dad, daughter, ballet
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/