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"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 inch long baby boy. And after having it done unmedicated (as planned), I would ask the same, unfiltered question as well.… Continue reading Declan’s Birth Story →

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, broken down places, but it was always the same crowd. Within that crowd, like any movie cliche, we had college guys… Continue reading To the Good Dudes →

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 think, "There's a headline to go with!" ... but then another one turns up and then there's too many to count.… Continue reading The Hypocrisy of Evangelicals →

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 Mannequin And acknowledge it’s early 2000s music era Seeing my adolescent self walk the grounds Of a new high school in… Continue reading Tupperware on the ‘L’ →

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 call with a well-informed woman who knew her history. She broke down the history of religious freedom/liberty in the US, and… Continue reading What does Religious Freedom/Liberty Mean For Us Today? →

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 are finally showing depth. What if what we are participating in is the great awakening, in both heart and mind, soul… Continue reading Mighty and Tender →

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 seconds. Eventually, the shocks fade and the body finds its balance. The time it takes to find balance, though, can feel… Continue reading Burn It All Down →

"Faced with an outrage, anger is the price we pay for paying attention. It is the rage that ought to come out, because, when faced with an outrage, it is a sin not to be angry." - Allen Dwight Callahan Many, many, many years ago, I dated a guy who convinced me that my anger was… Continue reading We, The Angry. →

I will never forget the moment. His name was Justin and he wore a lot of black clothing and Anti-Flag (the band) shirts and torn up skater shoes. We lived in the same neighborhood and skateboarded together*. None of this matters, really. It just feels nice to recall this image after what he told me… Continue reading Sanchez →

I read the following headline today: In full disclosure, I did not bother reading the article. I let my mind do what it does best: draw conclusions solely based on my own observations. A tried and true Science. So, why do Christian's seem to place Christmas on a pedestal and Easter as just another time… Continue reading What’s More Important: Christmas or Easter? →