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

James and the Shame “Believe Me” – My Thoughts

Lyrics: “I think you want an answer I’m not prepared to give, ’cause the one I gave you said that that ain’t it. Must be something that I want – fame and fortune, or at least a little jaunt. It may seem too cut and dried, but I just found some things I could not

Evangelicalism & My Personal Faith (Part 2)

Last week I talked about Rhett and Link’s podcast, Ear Biscuits, and how I found their discussion of their Christian upbringing relatable. Below are two links: one for the second installment of this podcast series, and one for Collective Church pastored by Rob Carmack. I’ve been listening to Collective sermons for around 2-3 months now

Why I’m Not An Evangelical Christian (part 1)

Over the past several months, I’ve been hearing and seeing a lot of stories from people raised in evangelical Christianity who are now “exvangelicals”. Many people, including both those who are no longer Christians and those who have remained Christians but deconstructed their faith, use this term to describe their faith journeys. I’ve occasionally participated

Why I Love Rhett and Link

A post about two of my favorite YouTubers and why I love them. Rhett and Link are respectable men worth watching and looking up to, and here are a few of my reasons why.