Happy Spooky Season, everyone! As always, I want to dedicate my posts in the month of October to a scarier-than-usual topic. A while back, I wrote about our collective fear … Continue reading Intro to Demons
Tag: christianity
Let’s Talk About Feelings: Powerful Faith
Power can have a range of effects on faith, and it’s my belief that a truly robust faith has room for this feeling. For an earlier post about power, click … Continue reading Let’s Talk About Feelings: Powerful Faith
Let’s Talk About Feelings: Angry Faith
Anger can have a range of effects on faith, and it’s my belief that a truly robust faith has room for this feeling. For an earlier post about anger, click … Continue reading Let’s Talk About Feelings: Angry Faith
Let’s Talk About Feelings: Anger and Power (Part 3 of 3)
Christianity and Anger Earlier in this series, I went on a bit of a tirade about Christianity and depression. Christianity’s complicated history with anger, on the other hand, merits an … Continue reading Let’s Talk About Feelings: Anger and Power (Part 3 of 3)
Defending God
When I was younger, I thought I had to defend God. I assumed life’s most difficult questions —why bad things happen to good people, where the universe came from, etc.— … Continue reading Defending God
Celebrating Horniness: How Purity Culture Encourages Toxic Masculinity
Purity rings, abstinence pledges, courting— Evangelical Christianity has a particular and peculiar stance on human sexuality. If you’re like me, you grew up surrounded by this “Purity Culture,” which relies … Continue reading Celebrating Horniness: How Purity Culture Encourages Toxic Masculinity
Temptation and Women’s Clothing: How Purity Culture Imposes Shame as Modesty
Purity rings, abstinence pledges, courting— Evangelical Christianity has a particular and peculiar stance on human sexuality. If you’re like me, you grew up surrounded by this “Purity Culture,” which relies … Continue reading Temptation and Women’s Clothing: How Purity Culture Imposes Shame as Modesty
A Dysfunctional Relationship with God
In the Christianity of my upbringing, whether at church events or summer programs or youth group gatherings, there was one chunk of jargon I could always rely on hearing: “personal … Continue reading A Dysfunctional Relationship with God
BBQ Theology
I grew up in Memphis, TN, and because of this upbringing, I like my BBQ a certain way: pulled pork shoulder or pork ribs coated in dry rub, completely inundated with … Continue reading BBQ Theology
“Cafeteria Christians”
Okay, so maybe there was a Friday post coming this week after all. If you’d like to check out the journey through 1 Corinthians 6 which led to this post, … Continue reading “Cafeteria Christians”