• Holy Week (1)

    It is officially the start of Holy Week. If I’m honest, I’ve barely taken the time to acknowledge this Lenten season. I was not intentional about giving up something tangible or even my time.…

  • Healthy Skepticism: Church Edition

    If you know me well, you know I can walk into any room and tell you what’s wrong with it or how I would have done things. This isn’t a trait I’m particularly proud…

  • Declan’s Birth Story

    “How’s your vagina?” – my friend Beth Yeah, this feels like a good place to start. It’s a legitimate question from your friend after having given birth to a 9 pound 2 ounce, 21…

  • To the Good Dudes

    High school, for me, was kind of a blur. Specifically, my junior and senior years were full of finding the next best party to attend with everyone. We usually ended up at the same,…

  • The Hypocrisy of Evangelicals

    I have wanted to start writing this blog entry for some time now, but I kept stalling. I didn’t know where to start, really. It’s enough to turn on the news each day and…

  • Tupperware on the ‘L’

    I’m on the ‘L’ Watching a guy try to balance His Tupperware from a hearty lunch He must have had Feeling a little too much like that fine balance As I listen to Jack’s…

  • What does Religious Freedom/Liberty Mean For Us Today?

    Until recently, my understanding and curiosity of religious freedom/liberty (they’re used interchangeably, yes?) was nothing more than a few eyebrow raises and lines of “Hmm, strange.” But then I found myself on a phone…

  • Mighty and Tender

    What if we are witnesses to the cracks? The cracks that have long been formed and forming in the American god. Though slow and too steady, the cracks have grown wide in length and…

  • Burn It All Down

    If you have ever weaned off any kind of SSRI (Lexapro, Prozac, etc.), you’re familiar with the body “shocks” that occur. They are unpredictable and incredibly uncomfortable; like an out-of-body experience that lasts .3…