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July 2014

July 04, 2014

“When The Christian Issue Comes Home”

A close friend called to tell me that I had a new religion in the...

July 03, 2014

Brave New Life: Part 6: Never the same, and that’s OK

This post is part of a seven part series. To start with the introduction click...

June 2014

June 27, 2014

Brave New Life: Part 5: Tolerance

This post is part of a series, to start with the introduction, please click here....

May 2014

May 30, 2014

Brave New Life: Part 3: The Other Shoe Drops

This post is part of a series, click here to start with the introduction. We’d...

May 23, 2014

Brave New Life: Part 1: Into the Unknown

This post is part of a series. Click here to read the introduction. Like I...

January 2014

January 21, 2014

Life and Choice: Why Abortion Isn’t What I Thought It Was

I wrote this a while ago, and have been trying to pull together the time...

September 2013

September 25, 2013

Yes I buy ice cream with my food stamps.

When we were on the brink of transition, and facing the prospect of losing our income...

August 2013

August 23, 2013

Learning Humility

We got a mattress. It’s the first big ticket purchase we’ve made in a long...

February 2013

February 25, 2013

Malpractice on the Air

It was almost midnight and I was driving home after my usual shift. Yawning, I...

February 08, 2013

Shame and Hospitality

Haley had scheduled the get-together a week in advance. I knew all about it. And...

November 2012

November 05, 2012

Your Vote Affects Real People

Four years ago, I reached my second presidential election and voted for John McCain. I...

September 2012

September 18, 2012

“The Easy Fix”

There is this religious long-time understanding of humanity as a broken and in need of...

June 2012

June 18, 2012

Hate the Sin, Love the Sinner?

I’ve said before that I don't like this phrase. I think hate is a really strong word,...

May 2012

May 29, 2012

Mama Health: Motivation for Self-care

Before we moved, life was complicated. My spouse was working in a non-accepting environment and...

May 23, 2012

When You Are Everything You Were Taught to Hate

A first time guest post written by my partner and spouse, Haley.In the recent wake...

May 15, 2012

Guest Post: Pray Together or Stay Together

“So you were a Christian when you married him, and now you’re not sure?” We...

April 2012

April 23, 2012

Unwrapping the Onion: Comments

I have always published pretty much every comment. Seriously, the only ones I have ever...

April 16, 2012

Unwrapping the Onion: Part 4: When It Doesn’t Add Up

This post is part of a series of nine posts. Please click here to start...

January 2012

January 30, 2012

The way I am

There is a story about my grandma’s oldest sister that I love. It goes like...

November 2011

November 04, 2011

Choosing Respect

I don’t really watch Dancing with the Stars, in fact, we just got rid of...

August 2011

August 25, 2011

You never know who is listening

Family was up visiting, and we had some church members over for coffee after church....

October 2010

October 20, 2010

Do we practice what we preach? Why I cannot be anti-gay rights.

I was recently in a conversation with my evangelical cousin. She is a very sweet...

April 2010

April 22, 2010

What is Truth?

Its the question Pilate asked, but Jesus never really answered. Growing up, I was sure...