Human Overboard: My Thoughts

James and the Shame (Rhett McLaughlin) recently released a country music album titled “Human Overboard”, with 11 songs that share different aspects of his personal deconstruction story. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XVkdI7gZ0gU This is a link to an episode of their (Rhett and Link’s) podcast, Ear Biscuits, in which Rhett and Link discuss the album. I’ve written a previous

Why I Am In Favor Of Debt Forgiveness

Lately, with Joe Biden’s $10,000 debt forgiveness plan, I’ve seen a lot of people discussing the issue. People’s experiences and perspectives lead them to their conclusions – some people feel it would be better going towards medical debt rather than educational debt, for example. I think that’s a fair and valid point. I also know

Loss and Chronic Pain

Earlier this week, on August 2, 2022, my cat Frodo was euthanized. Similar to our other cat Snowflake – who died on May 8, 2020 – he had blood work done which showed he was starting to have kidney failure. He had lived a good long life, and we didn’t want things to get worse

when prayer feels pointless

The last couple of days have been painful. What is happening in Ukraine and what is happening in Texas anti-trans legislature right now is terrible to observe (and I can only imagine is far more painful and terrible for those most directly affected by these things.) I want to do something, but all I feel

Faith and Fear

“‘Faith over fear’ is a toxic half-truth.” Full post from KJ Ramsey: https://www.facebook.com/plugins/post.php?href=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.facebook.com%2Fkjramseywrites%2Fposts%2F189506376333669&show_text=true&width=500 “Faith over fear” seems to have become evangelicals’ mantra during the COVID-19 pandemic. Certainly, this phrase wasn’t new to pandemic times. I’ve heard it throughout my life. But I’ve heard and read it countless times over the last year and a half

My Top 5 Posts

Due to some recent pain flares, I didn’t really have it in me to create a new post for this week. I was looking through some blog prompts and I saw one that was to share your top 5 posts. So I looked through my stats, found my 5 most-viewed posts, and am re-sharing those

Some (Spoiler-Free) Thoughts on #BleakCreek

First off, I want to say that I highly recommend this book – even as someone who is not much of a reader, and generally gravitates more toward real-life stories than fiction, this novel was captivating from beginning to end. But I want to add that it addresses dark and heavy topics including abuse, chronic

25 Things I Will Never Do & 25 Things I Will Always Do

*Apologies for some of these being similar-sounding, and not all completely different – I did this one on several different days and part of it at the last minute. My bad. Anyway, enjoy!* 1. I will never stop appreciating art – particularly art from Morgan Harper Nichols, Mari Andrews, and other artists who create things