Why I Want Abortion To Be Legal

Growing up, I was very much pro-life. I was raised in conservative evangelical Christianity: this is pretty much just a given when you’re in that camp. It’s assumed you hold the pro-life stance. And while people have varying degrees to which they agree with the stance (some may make exceptions for rape/incest for example), it

Resurrection: Literal or Metaphorical (or both)?

I recently saw a tweet asking Christians if or how their lives/faith would change if the resurrection of Jesus could be definitively proven as false. Reading through the responses was interesting as it presented many different people’s perspectives and experiences and why they chose to see resurrection as literal or metaphorical (or some of both).

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

A Mother’s Day Prayer

The featured image is from artist Mari Andrew. You can follow her on various social media platforms at @bymariandrew.    For those who find Mother’s Day painful for any reason(s):  May we find grace and peace and hope, in the midst of the pain and sorrow.  For those who have strained parent-child relationships, For those

My Story: Faith and Chronic Illness

TW/CW/CN – chronic illness, religious abuse/trauma, suicide, self-harm   This is a topic I’ve written on before, but I haven’t really gotten into the earlier days of chronic illness for me and how it impacted my faith at the time. I was 12 years old when, on a Friday night in September 2010, on the

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

Twitter Theology: Does Prayer Work?

As in several previous articles I have written under “Twitter Theology”, the inspiration for this article came from a tweet, which read as follows: “#ProgressiveChristian, #Agnostic, & #Deconstructing Twitter friends – one of my besties just asked me, “Do you think prayer works?” So I’m curious – do YOU think prayer works? Let’s have a

The Hope of Easter

“He then began to teach them that the Son of Man must suffer many things and be rejected by the elders, the chief priests and the teachers of the law, and that he must be killed and after three days rise again.” Mark 8:31 NIV   Songs I love that relate to Easter: Forever –

My Favorite Things

THE SOUND OF MUSIC is one of my favorite movies. One of my favorite songs in that movie is My Favorite Things. So I decided to do a (possibly cliche?) thing and compile a list of some of my favorite things. 🙂 Favorite color: yellow (it’s such a cheerful color, I love yellow) Favorite drink: water. I’m constantly drinking water