reflecting on various topics
SO I went to two colleges. The first one, Oberlin College, is considered one of the most liberal colleges in the United States. I absolutely loved it! In fact, though I later switched to a private Christian college, Pepperdine, I found the Christian community at the more-secular school to be much more vibrant and authentic …
The recent events in Afghanistan have been heartbreaking, to say the least. With the Taliban takeover, basic human rights and assurance of safety is at risk. People are currently dying in stampedes as they attempt to reach the airport to escape. I’ve been on the lookout this week for ways to help, and thought I’d …
Hi. I hope you’re doing ok. As you know, I’ve been going back and forth about the purpose of this blog, blah blah blah. Essentially, the crux of it is this: I’m deciding how authentic to be. So I’m going to go ahead and go with being authentic. I am a female, I am feminine, …
So I’ve been trying to decide what the purpose of this blog even is. I started it as a “bridge” in the Trump era- I though I’d try to speak to conservatives and liberals; try to somehow bring people together. Then I thought I’d talk about hot topics- that I’d talk about racism, Black Lives …
I have a problem. It’s something I’m working on. Whenever I start to feel happy, like really, really happy, a “voice” starts talking in the back of my mind. It reminds me of flaws, problems, and primarily things on to-do lists from years past. It reminds me of things I told someone I would do …
One thing that has been bothering me a lot has been the claim that there is a clear political affiliation that Christians should have- that God has a political party, and that religion and politics are synonymous. I want to share a challenge to that view. No political party is perfect, because we, as humans, …
Yesterday, one of my all-time favorite journalists, Nicholas Kristof, wrote “Progressive Christians Arise! Hallelujah!,”an opinion column in the New York Times that I found super inspirational. I’m sure it’s being discussed in many Christian circles, and I wanted to chime in on that conversation. He mentions that many of our elected democratic leaders are either …
Hi. So… I reached a writer’s block. Maybe six months ago, I started a series on race. My goal was to support the Black Lives Matter movement by taking a centrist position and describing underlying definitions of race and race relations. I’m going to admit that I bit off more than I could chew. I …
A couple years ago, on Donald Trump’s first official day as elected President of the United States, I participated in the Womens’ March in our town. It was comparatively small (maybe 300 people), and it wasn’t an “official” march, but it was affiliated. It was very exciting to me to be able to actually do …
Hi. I want you to know that if you are a Christian who is distraught over the way other Christians, as a group, are responding to current events, you are not alone. If you believe that love is the way forward, not hate, you’re in good company. If you believe in the separation between church …
