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The Tension of Two Worlds
Here is the world. Beautiful and terrible things will happen. -Fredrick Buechner The current events that have been flooding my news feeds have been like a landslide of grief. I’ve felt as though the pile-on of sorrow, wickedness, and hypocrisy have been so persistent I can’t breathe. I’ve been struggling with what to write next, how […]
Speak, There are Those Being Led to Slaughter
Atrocious deeds should never be called by gentle names. -Hannah More Hannah More was an abolitionist, one of few voices who revealed the horrific reality of the slave trade. Her writing, along with the work of her friend William Wilberforce, helped changed social resolve finally ending the practice of slavery in England. Euphemisms are one […]
God is Not Pragmatic
In my final year of undergrad the presidential elections were central to many heated debates among my peers. I remember having several discussions with a variety of my classmates and often being surprised with how many approached voting (and naturally, their lives) as pragmatists. Many argued they were willing to vote for a Pro-Choice presidential […]
The Myth of Progressivism
Progressivism is marked by it’s central point of being “forward moving”, and it is birthed from the premise that the future holds better things, that as time progresses humanity improves. I have a problem with this premise. It simply isn’t true. You cannot tell me that humanity has really improved. Because with each advancement that […]
How a Political Agenda Enslaved a Generation
A recent bill to put funding towards helping victims of sex trafficking was halted in the U.S. Senate today. The bill would have created funding for victims of sex trafficking by the fees collected from sex trafficking predators. This seems like kind of a no-brainer right? So why was the Senate split 55 to 43? I really […]
Oceans Never Fill 