About Julie Nichols

Julie Nichols is a "Catholic on-the-margins," a Native Texan, wife of 32 years, a mother of LGBTQ+ young adults, plus a daughter-in-law. She is an s an Educational Therapist and Vocational Rehabilitation Specialist who serves children and adults with developmental, learning disabilities, and cognitive disabilities, a part-time advocate for disabled and LBGTQ youth and their families, an early-onset Parkinson’s Disease patient, and was the first recipient of Advanced Deep Brain Stimulation Surgery in South Texas in 2017. Julie loves modern-day theological challenges, walks with the dogs, attending Mass/Church, and eating Mexican food on the San Antonio Riverwalk with her family. Her work has appeared in her Patheos column, New Ways Ministry, Outreach, Therapist.News, Righting America, Faith-on-View, other medical and educational publishers, and CathNews New Zealand.

All Posts by Julie

Catholic Republican to Catholic Democrat-- A 3rd Conversion

Today I woke up this morning and realized that my progressive political... read more

from Democracy to Christo-fascism and Authoritarianism

It's a long-standing pattern. Christian Nationalists like Mike Johnson mention the threat... read more

The Texas Convoy to the Border; CBS and...

As a Texan, it's scarier than I could ever imagine, someone who... read more

A Fool Takes No Pleasure in Understanding--Proverbs 18:2a

When I first started publishing 4 years ago, some veteran writers gave... read more

My Grandparents Fought Nazism; They Didn't Vote For...

A few days ago, I discovered a meme that encapsulates the essence... read more

Catholic and Democrat, Because Born Lives Matter Too

Faith voters and those who value lives already born, I want to... read more

Lived Realities---Willful Ignorance & Force or Service

The far right/religious right think that they know it all without speaking... read more

Christian Nationalism Vs. a Faith-Based Counter Movement

As I was resting from my work week on Friday, an anti-Trump... read more

Justifying Unjustifiable Genocide and Torture of the "Other"

It's a grim reality, one that I don't want to face, although... read more

Willful Ignorance--Bad Fruit, America in Reverse, but Hope

I wonder on a near-daily basis how my faith is going to... read more

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