Aug 10, 2021My Daughter’s Hair Pulling Taught Me How to Rise from the AshesShortly after the start of virtual first grade, I began finding clumps of Makenna’s hair in the carpet. When my smart, sassy daughter Makenna was two, her favorite Disney princess was Rapunzel because “Mommy! She has wooong bwonde hair TOO!” Although she was born with very little hair, and even…Mwc Death3 min read
Published in Interfaith Now·Nov 14, 2020Struggling With Spirituality in the Trump Era…and how there are too many Christians believing rather than seeing. — “The most beautiful experience we can have is the mysterious. It is the fundamental emotion that stands at the cradle of true art and true science. Whoever does not know it and can no longer wonder, no longer marvel, is as good as dead, and his eyes are dimmed.” …Christianity8 min read
Published in Interfaith Now·Sep 26, 2020Someone, PLEASE, Make Douglas Wilson Shut UpLet’s talk about what happened in Moscow, ID this week. So, on Wednesday, September 23, this happened in Moscow, ID: The group seen here is actually a church — Christ Church — whose pastor Douglas Wilson is an influential Christian theologian and writer. …Christianity7 min read
Published in Interfaith Now·Sep 19, 2020The Heaviness of Unreachable Moral Expectations: How Christian Fundamentalism Hurts Children…And Makes Hypocrisy the Norm — On June 26, 2015, the Supreme Court struck down all state bans on same-sex marriage, making same-sex marriage legal throughout the country. Around that time, the school I worked for — a private Christian school certified through the Association of Classical Christian Schools (ACCS) — added a new statement in…Religion6 min read
Published in Interfaith Now·Sep 12, 2020The American Evangelical Church Is Dying…And What Does That Mean for Those of Us Who Rage Against it? Let’s be real. The American Evangelical church — as we know it — is on the verge of extinction. Okay…maybe some remnants will hang around. But for the most part? I don’t think so. I’ve still got…Evangelicals6 min read
Published in Interfaith Now·Sep 5, 2020American Evangelicals Need to Stop Suffering IMMEDIATELYIn 1995, a book entitled Jesus Freaks: Stories of Those Who Stood for Jesus, the Ultimate Jesus Freaks was published, inspired by the song of the same name — “Jesus Freak” — by Christian music group D.C. Talk, who was hugely popular among Evangelicals in the 90s. Young, “missionary kid”…Christianity4 min read
Aug 8, 2020Dear Christians, Self-Love is NOT Self-WorshipRemember that Whitney Houston song, “Greatest Love of All?” My mom hated that song. Here’s a taste of it: Because the greatest Love of all is happening to me I found the greatest Love of all inside of me The greatest love of all Is easy to achieve Learning to love yourself It is the greatest love…Religion6 min read
Aug 1, 2020I learned Spanish in two years. Here’s what it taught me about growth.Growth is changing, moving, learning, maturing. First, I’m going to dive into the WHY and the HOW of my Spanish learning journey. Afterwards, I’ll sum up what I’ve learned about growth and self-transformation in general as a result of this — legitimately — intense thing that I’ve done. The Backstory In two…Self Improvement6 min read
Jul 25, 2020Caged by Fear…But That Was Yesterday!“One can choose to go back toward safety or forward toward growth. Growth must be chosen again and again; fear must be overcome again and again.” — Abraham Maslow “To become everything that one is capable of becoming.” …Self Improvement4 min read
Jul 18, 2020MEN DON’T CHANGE(And Other Complementarian BS) “Men don’t really change,” the counselor told them. “Women are always changing, adapting, but men pretty much stay the same.” A well-meaning, middle-aged, Evangelical Christian woman once shared with me this piece of marital “wisdom.” …Christianity4 min read