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Hot girl summer is out. Sun protection summer is in.

My hat isn’t cute, but it sure is wide.

I will also never forget to apply sunscreen. In fact, I will probably smell like sunscreen all summer. I even have sunscreen on the backs of my hands

Just saying hi and showing my face because it’s been awhile. This is my “proof of life.”

Took this in the car pick up line at my kids’ school. I feel like I live in that line 5 days a week.

It’s been a week of meetings

I wrote 𝘖𝘛𝘏𝘌𝘙𝘌𝘋 to be an evergreen resource.

When I began writing it in 2022(!), the current cultural moment had folks identifying abuse of power within the church. What “radicalized” me was my own experience of abuse of power wi

When I began advocating for myself, it was a sucker punch to receive little support from the community in which I had invested time, energy, & love.

I went on staff. I saw the wizard behind the curtain. We served grace on Sunday but folks didn&r

Pull quote from OTHERED because IYKYK.

One way I’ve pivoted in my work is further learning/enfolding myself into intersectionality. There is pretty foul intersection where abuse of power and whyte Christian hegemony meet.

Fellow writer @rohad

Hey yo! Quick reminder:

You are not required
to give up anything for Lent,
especially if you spent years
in a toxic faith environment
where you were required
to give up on yourself.

Your sacrifices may foster connection with God,
and if they do

I watch a lot of stand-up comedy. It’s my preferred coping mechanism. Sebastian Maniscalco has a 10-year old special called “Aren’t You Embarrassed?”

And that’s the question I kept thinking about every time JD Vance ope

“Do you all feel like the people you’re most in conflict with are those who claim to be Christians?”

I was in a seminary class this week. We broke into smaller discussions groups, + our professor asked us to discuss another questio

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