Religion
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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…
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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…
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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…
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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.…
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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…
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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.
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Nothing Changes, Everything Changes
Hidden growth CW: HomophobiaBreaks between contact with my family are slowly stretching out. However, every time I do speak at dept with them it’s clear I’ve made the right choice. When I do speak to my mom it’s clear while everyone is growing up physically for the most part nothing changes within their lives. Vague…
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Who Is a Wise Man
Mulling over a message from my dad. About the nature of man.
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Going Low Contact
Stepping away from harmful generational cycles.
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Politics and Vaccines
RFK Jr. has dropped out of the race (kind of….) and endorsed Trump. One of RFK Jr.’s talking points has been his opposition to vaccines and especially the COVID vaccine. Trump has also recently seemed to escalate this same type of rhetoric in his own speeches vowing to defund schools that require vaccines for admission.…
Freedom From Fundamentalism 