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April 2020

April 16, 2020

The Terrifying Call of Christ’s Resurrection

This week, as a "welcome back" to Patheos, I'll be sharing some recent ruminations around...

November 2018

November 05, 2018

Choose Life or Choose Republicans. You Can’t Have Both.

This Tuesday, you cannot vote for Republicans AND vote “for Life.” Republican policies and rhetoric...

October 2018

October 06, 2018

Kingdom Building in the Age of Kavanaugh

Brett Kavanaugh is confirmed as the next Supreme Court Justice despite his long history of...

September 2018

September 07, 2018

Thirty-Seven (TL;DR: I’m in Seminary)

It’s a strange, even surreal thing to look back from where I am now to...

June 2018

June 28, 2018

The Promise of No Promised Land

The poor have always been and will always be with us. Some laws have always...

February 2018

February 13, 2018

Six Ways To Be Love in an Economy of Hate

There is a thing I say to myself and to others, six words of truth...

January 2018

January 17, 2018

God Is Love And Will Torture You Forever

Content/Trigger Warning: This post discusses stories of spiritual and psychological abuse. Tonight on my run, I...

January 09, 2018

Good Grief, Cheap Grace

We need to talk about how woefully unable and unwilling are humans in general and...

December 2017

December 31, 2017

My First Christmas Without Jesus

On December 20th, I realized that Deconstruction is a process of losing and grieving foundational...

December 13, 2017

Good Riddance, Evangelicalism.

There was a long stretch there when I spoke directly to evangelicals about the moral...

December 05, 2017

Who I Am and Choose To Be

Yesterday, I woke up to the news of the first live birth resulting from successful...

September 2017

September 06, 2017

Thirty-Six

Today is my 36th birthday, and unlike any previous birthday, I find myself beginning the...

June 2016

June 01, 2016

When Trauma Comes to Visit (Write a New Song)

Right after Eli was born and all the trauma, a number of people advised me...

May 2016

May 13, 2016

No Longer Anonymous & Silent: Jessy shares her story of sexual abuse

**Trigger warning: The following post involves the story of a child sex abuse survivor** You...

March 2016

March 02, 2016

A Decade of Marriage Means I’m Qualified To Tell You These Things

Husband and I have now been married for ten years. Over the past ten years,...

December 2015

December 09, 2015

Franklin Graham, Amygdalas, and the Futility of Fighting with Fear

I made the disastrous mistake of accidentally reading today's Islamophobic diatribe from Franklin Graham (how...

May 2015

May 26, 2015

SURVIVOR STORIES: Picking Up Pieces – Why Josh Duggar’s Redemption Isn’t The Point

**Trigger Warning: The following post contains discussion of sexual assault & sexual violence, and may...

November 2014

November 14, 2014

Every. Single. Day. (a tribute to my long-suffering husband)

This morning, my husband brought me coffee in bed. It was steaming hot, delicious, and...

October 2014

October 28, 2014

Ever Widening Circles >> Finding a Voice After Sexual Assault

"I thought I could fly...well, at least until my wings were clipped at the age...

September 2014

September 25, 2014

If My Liberation Is Bound To Yours…

"White friends, from a basic to do list standpoint: displace. Sit in the pain. Invest...

July 2014

July 09, 2014

I Am Pro-Life*

(*actually, wholly, totally, 100%, not-just-anti-abortion) I AM PRO-LIFE. I am anti-violence. Anti-death penalty. I am...

March 2014

March 27, 2014

*Unless

Today, I read some people talking about how absolutely certain they are that Jesus would...

December 2013

December 19, 2013

Regarding The Beard, The Bible, and The First Amendment

"Start with homosexual behavior and just morph out from there. Bestiality, sleeping around with this...

November 2013

November 18, 2013

Happy Birthday Jesus! Love, The Slaves

So here's my rant for the day. I've seen a blog floating around, proclaiming that...

November 10, 2013

Dear Birthing Mothers: On What Not To Say Out Loud

Dear Birthing Mothers, I’ve wanted to write this letter to you, to us, for a...

September 2013

September 05, 2013

Respect? That’s My Son’s Job

I've read a LOT of blogs lately. Blogs about how girls should dress, how young...

May 2013

May 14, 2013

And We Run [Ice Age Trail 50 Race Report]

You have GOT to be kidding me. Two miles in? Already? No. NO. Too bad. This is...

March 2013

March 17, 2013

Running and Other Impossible Feats

It started as a weight loss obsession; my...

January 2013

January 27, 2013

Dreams and Deliverance

For as long as I can remember, I've had one superpower in my dreams. I...

December 2012

December 18, 2012

Winter in Bloom: New Ink

Sounds weird, right? Nothing blooms in winter. So last Summer, as I considered what I...

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