I always thought this would happen to someone else, but never to me. Even now, in the aftermath of my first miscarriage, there's a surrealness to the whole thing. Surely, part of it is some built-in self-preservation, the abstraction of misfortune, the distancing of oneself from unsavory realities. Death, pain, loss--these things befall others. These…
Is Sincerity a Lost Virtue?
Recently, New Saint Andrews College in Moscow, Idaho dropped a recruitment video, enticing young men to join their academic ranks. For those who haven't seen it, I'll link it here. The video is fairly boilerplate in what you'd expect from Wilson and Friends. There's the nod to Christian Nationalism (a movement rife with exegetical error),…
Is this blog sinful?
Is this blog sinful? About a year ago, Allie Beth Stuckey asked a similar question of her podcast. Her question stemmed from 1 Timothy 2: if women are not permitted to teach or exercise authority over a man, then is it sinful for her to host her podcast? This question is obviously pertinent to this…
If You Like Shai Linne… (Christian Hip Hop Recs)
These artists have been redeeming a genre typically associated with the worst types of worldliness. This is not an exhaustive list of all that's good in Christian Hip Hop (CHH). There are plenty of other great Christian artists in the scene (e.g., Caleb Gordon, Json, S.O.) but these are just the ones whose sound I…
Contractions: A Story
Clara slipped her feet into the stirrups, knees spread. Naked from the waist down, she felt the chill of the sterile room beneath the thin gown as the technologist handed her the wand, properly lubricated, and told her to guide it between her legs. The silent vision appeared, and out of the darkness materialized the uproar of the womb.
The Babylon Bee and Elon Musk: When Comedy Becomes Cowardice
"We're wondering if you could do us a quick solid and accept Jesus as your Lord and Savior." No, not a line from a Babylon Bee article, but an actual quote from the interview the Bee did with Elon Musk recently. Oh, boy. This one has me riled up. I know I'm behind the curve…
Is Rand al’Thor a False Dragon? (A SPOILER-FILLED Wheel of Time Rant)
It took me nine months, but I finally finished all fifteen books in Robert Jordan’s The Wheel of Time series (including the prequel New Spring). Just in time, too, since the Prime Video adaptation releases this Friday. Before we go any further, here’s a spoiler warning for any who haven’t yet finished the series or…
Paid by the Convert: Revivalism in America
Today I'm linking an enlightening video on revivalism in the United States and why American churches today incorporate practices such as altar calls, mindless repetition in music, spontaneous baptisms, speaking in tongues, and other forms of emotionalism in worship. Of particular interest is the fact that some preachers during this revival period worked on commission,…
Christian Takeaways From Oprah’s Royal Interview
If you haven’t been living under a rock, you’ve heard about the Prince Harry and Meghan Markle interview that aired earlier this week. Both here in the States and across the pond, people sat glued to their screens as Meghan and Harry leveled accusation after accusation against the royal family and the institution of the…
Age Segregation is the Death of the Church
It’s not uncommon for us in the United States to have arguments about generational differences. Baby Boomers are stubborn and selfish, the Gen X crowd is cynical and rebellious, and Millennials are whiny and entitled. That’s just the tip of the iceberg in the generational blame game. It’s no wonder we fixate on our differences…
Bone of Bones 