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July 2019

July 02, 2019

Final Week of Quitting the Bible for a Year

Last week marked my final week of quitting the Bible for a year. I think...

June 2019

June 25, 2019

Fasting to Celebrate My Birthday

Last week, I celebrated my birthday. By celebrated, I mean I chose to fast for...

June 18, 2019

Choosing Emotional Honesty Over “I’m Fine”

Are you honest with your emotions, or do you tend to stuff them down or...

June 01, 2019

I Am No Longer a Christian

I am no longer a Christian. I am not anchored in Christianity. I am not...

May 2019

May 27, 2019

Racial PSA for Wh.te People (To Whom It May Concern)

Over the weekend*, I shared the following story and PSA on social media: [Begin] Earlier...

May 21, 2019

No One is a Nobody

Last week, I heard the word, again:* Nobody. The woman said it with the kind...

May 14, 2019

She Thought the Bible Made a White Man’s Ideas More Valid

In a White supremacist society, it is not uncommon to ignore racial influences within the...

May 07, 2019

Praise Feminist God for Chivalry

I wanted to buy more salt for our home water softener because I had just...

April 2019

April 30, 2019

No One Knows God

No one knows God. Not one person. If you think that you know everything there...

April 23, 2019

A Moment of Asian and Black Solidarity at a Gas Station

As I stopped by a gas station, I noticed a Black youth standing outside the...

April 16, 2019

I Acted Like a White Person in a Third World Country— It Got Yoga Weird

I was on a walk on another balmy spring day at a park. Behold, instead...

April 09, 2019

She Cried in Her Car—and I Did Not Want the Cops Called

I was heading to the parking lot. After a long walk at a park, I...

April 02, 2019

God Works in Mysterious and Cussing Ways

My friend inquired, as we were catching up, “How are you, Sam?” “I am well,”...

March 2019

March 26, 2019

Do Right and Wrong Exist Anymore?

In this age, doctrines, traditions, and truths are being turned on their heads. This shaking...

March 19, 2019

God Loves Our Muslim Family

The terrorist attack on the mosque in Ōtautahi- Christchurch, New Zealand presents a time to...

March 12, 2019

Christ is in Being Present

Until I had my first health crisis years ago, I did not appreciate good health...

March 05, 2019

Letting Go of Hell in Christianity

Life is better without hell. It is. I used to live devoted to keeping hell...

February 2019

February 26, 2019

I Thought I Was Over It

Have you ever thought you were over something from your past, but the smallest incident...

February 19, 2019

The Bible is Fallible—And It’s Okay

Over a decade ago, a person in formal leadership at the church I attended stated...

February 12, 2019

When People “Need” to See You as Bad to Feel Good About Themselves

Have you ever interacted with people who behave as if they “need” to see you...

February 05, 2019

The Trouble with Blackface Liberalism

Governor Ralph Northam of Virginia has been asked to step down after images of a...

January 2019

January 29, 2019

About Your Purpose and Value: Lessons from a Late Bloomer

Over two weeks ago, my husband and I had another one of these synchronistic moments...

January 21, 2019

Why Racists Love to Quote MLK Jr.

One would think that a racist would hate Martin Luther King Jr. On the contrary,...

January 16, 2019

Should Christians Drink… Like Jesus?

Now that I’m back from blogcation, I’m picking back up on sharing my journey of...

December 2018

December 05, 2018

My Husband’s First Wife Contacted Me from the Dead-Not Awkward (Days 148-154 of Quitting the Bible)

Upon initially embarking on my Biblical sabbatical, I had an experience where my husband's deceased...

November 2018

November 27, 2018

Blessings in the Unremarkable (Days 141-147 of Quitting the Bible)

After a car accident where another vehicle struck the one I drove, I noticed that something...

November 20, 2018

Marriage and Submission: Do Some Men Need to Remain Single, Celibate and Get a Dog? (Days 134-140 of Quitting the Bible)

Do some men need to consider remaining single, celibate and getting a dog? I ask...

November 13, 2018

Does God Need the Label of Christianity? (Days 127-133 of Quitting the Bible)

Does God really need the label of Christianity? Ask a number of Christians, and you...

November 06, 2018

20 Ways Christians Sound Like a Cult (Days 120-126 of Quitting the Bible)

I have been facing the fact that a lot us, Christians, and Church folks, talk...

October 2018

October 31, 2018

Why Ignoring Extremism is a Form of Denying Christ (Days 113-119 of Quitting the Bible)

When we do not face an issue, it can fester and grow. Last week, I...