N.J. McConnachie
-
Blinded by Eternity
Faith, Eternity, and Justice I’ve recently been struck by how much the church has been silent over the last few weeks. In fact the only buzz within conservative churches right now is that a Minnesota church was that “anti-ICE agitators stormed a church in Minneapolis” (Direct quote from fox news). I’d argue that it’s a lot…
-
End of Year Look Back
Discussing: “The Sound of Gravel” and “Homeschooled” CW for non-detailed mentions of SA. I’ve been struggling to write an end of year post. It’s the time to look back; isn’t it? But honestly the last year has been pretty rough. My spouse and I have been running all last year to try to get our…
-
HOLY PARENTIFICATION, BATMAN!
Now that that’s out of my system. I just need to vent about parentification and the quiverfull movement for a hot second. I know last post was mostly about mental health and abusive relationship. But parentification is also something that haunts and harms kids within fundamentalist systems. I recently visited my grandma in the hospital…
-
Abusive Relationships and Fundamentalism
I spoke recently about laying down boundaries with one of my siblings and how she was told not to witness to my children if she wanted to visit. The conversation quickly pivoted away from any mentions about visiting. And it’s not focused on my younger sibling witnessing personally to me. “Again out of love I…
-
Blindsided
“They wear a blindfold to bury the past” I think I’m slowly having to face the fact that my distance from my family very well may be a permanent thing. l truly hadn’t intended it to be forever. I knew physical distance was going to limit contact, but I had never started with the intention…
-
An Absence
CW: Conspiracies. Illness in Children Me and my spouse have been going through it recently. Life’s been extremely rough and has required so much more emotional and physical energy to navigate. My autistic child is having an increase in unsafe behavior and that has just made day to day life extremely difficulty. (Fun fact, did…
-
The Shred Box
CW: Death of a child, Miscarriage Recently I was talking with my spouse, and I realized that I had completely erased a traumatic event that happened early in our marriage. We were talking about all of the things that we’ve been through together, and she brought up a particular week very early in our marriage.…
-
Dear Diary, Today I Came Out of the Closet
CW: Homophobia, discussion of gender, and religion. I realize I use this space to process my thoughts and feelings. And boy howdy do I currently have a lot of both of those. It’s hard to just focus on one specific part. I think a big topic I’ve been delaying processing is that I came out…
-
It’s the End of The World as We Know It – And I Feel “Meh”
Discussing personal feelings of impending doom / end times. CW for discussion of end times theology.
-
You Could Have Had It All
I’ve been stuck on the same topic of “Nothing Changes” for a while now. And how within many family systems (especially my own) that nothing seems to ever change. I think right now my focus has been on the feeling of sadness and loss. My family and my spouse’s family are still very much alive,…
Freedom From Fundamentalism 