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You can check out but you can never leave CONTENT WARNINGS: Christian fundamentalism Current events / the horrors Over the last year or so as the political climate has become more and more divided in the US, I’ve had many friends and acquaintances wonder aloud why many folks still follow the cult of the Orange.  These folks did not grow up in the religious right, or in fundamentalist Christian circles - because those of us who did and left are very familiar with the ideology

I have had mixed feelings about International Women's day for the past several years. The surface level acknowledgement can raise...

How the Present Portraits workshop came to be, and why photography is a form of care work.

I wrote most of this post in September of 2021 during legislation of the Texas abortion ban. Today it feels heavier and even more...

While I grew up in primarily Baptist flavored Christian communities which are devoid of a lot of traditional rituals, my mom being the...

One of the faith issues that’s taken me the longest to dig into is the intersection of Christianity and the LBGTQ+ community.

We are living in a time of deep division. Surface conversations easily trace the fault lines of our most foundational beliefs. I can have...

Many people seem to equate “Life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness” in the American constitution with “acquisition of unlimited...

A video recently came across my feed about how churches can better appeal to millennials. This interested me because I am a millennial...

It has been a heavy several weeks. We're learning to live in the limbo of a global pandemic, but most heavy is the news that...

Diet and beauty culture are all around us, but the thing is they FEEL NORMAL. They are in the air we breathe, on billboards, in lunch...

If you have been around for more than two "body positive Mondays" on the 'gram, you've heard me talk about the origins of body positivity...

The Hate U Give was on my reading list for this year, but also chosen as our February book club book...

Dear Bathsheba, I’m writing this letter across a couple millennia, I know. Maybe someday we’ll get to have this conversation on the other..

​If you know my family at all, you know my mom loves traditions. We had a program for every holiday when I was growing up. The program...

So I told you I would be featuring some fantastic Indigenous women this month, and I'm so excited to introduce you to the first one!

I LOVE spotlighting amazing women for you all to follow, learn from, and support. Besides thankfulness, November and the Thanksgiving...