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

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

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

Thoughts on White Privilege, White Supremacy, and Racism

“We have got to start seeing Black people for who they are – people who are inherently worthy and loved, people who have the Imago Dei, people who deserve so much better than how this country and this world often treat them. We have to understand this isn’t about us. If we insist on saying what our opinions are, what our thoughts & feelings are, then we are placing our perspectives above others’ lives. We are playing into the ideology that white people are superior, even if we don’t want to or mean to go along with that idea.”

Life As A Sick Person

One of the conversations I regularly take part in, both in online and offline interactions, is about chronic illness and disability. A recent tweet I saw sparked the thoughts for this blog post – it was a person asking how phrases like “you let the pain win too much” affect various disabled/chronically ill people, especially

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

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

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