Critical Thinking
Independence: the False Gospel Destroying American Christianity
The second hardest life lesson I’ve had to confront is asking for help. The hardest one has been actually accepting the help. (Note: I haven’t mastered either one yet.) I’ve always been a capable person with the full calendar and resume to prove it. But ever since our oldest daughter was born with life-threatening complications, it was like having…
Read MoreSyria: An Overview and a Call to (Non-Violent) Action
I decided to dive into a current event for this month’s post on A Deeper Story: the crisis involving Syria. It’s a long post, even for me, but it’s broken down into bullet points with many quotes from news sources around the world. Please take a few minutes to educate yourself, and just as important,…
Read MorePart 4 on Disillusioned by the Republican Party: We Don’t Get To Sit Back Just Because the System Is F@!#$d
It may seem like I’ve been rambling for the past three posts (part 1, part 2, part 3), but I took time to cover all that territory to make a very important point: I am neither ignorant of nor willfully refusing to acknowledge the complexities of this topic. I am currently earning a good wage,…
Read MoreReading the Bible as a Woman (or “When God Hands You a Bloody Tampon Sandwich”)
I have a story that burns to be told. But I’m afraid to tell it. I have started and stopped writing it numerous times over the last year. It is an incredibly precious story to me, so I’m afraid to expose it to criticism and misunderstanding from others. But more than that, I’m afraid of…
Read MorePoverty, Power, and Misplaced Trust: Part 3 of Becoming Disillusioned with the Republican Party
I can be a bit of an idealist sometimes. I tackle projects I can’t realistically finish, for example, starting a blog series while on vacation. I was thinking, hey, my mind is free to think and write, so let’s do this thing! I’ll be a blogger again! But I was on a family vacation, not…
Read MoreOn Writing: Happily-Ever-Afters Don’t Help Anyone
“Why can’t you wait until you’ve figured this out to write it?” I looked him in the eye. “Because I have to get it out. I’ll explode if I don’t. And writing is how I figure things out. The words and questions and ideas swirl around all mixed up in my brain, but I can…
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