Category Archives: Personal Commentary
Sincerity of faith is not an inoculation against participating in evil.
[Disclaimer: This post explores injustices and this post contains graphic and explicit pictures of violence and dead bodies related to that subject.] No one can really deny that Christians have supported and participated in very serious evils in history. At … Continue reading
Posted in Christianity, Personal Commentary
Tagged Abu Ghraib scandal, Christian culture, Christian evil, Christian oppression, Christianity, Christopher Columbus, colonialism, homophobia, injustice, KKK, Native American genocide, racism, Rwandan genocide, sincerity of faith, systemic injustice
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Colonization and Despair
In a recent class I was forced to argue how Western colonization in Asia was a good thing. Anyone who knows me knows that this is pretty much the exact opposite of my beliefs but I accepted the challenge (and … Continue reading
Why I’m all for socialized healthcare…
Recently the supreme court ruling has upheld Obamacare and the controversial individual mandate as constitutional. Many of the comments I have seen expose how readily many people (on all sides) are willing and eager to swallow extremist views and paint … Continue reading
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Tagged arthritis, glaucoma, healthcare, Obamacare, socialized healthcare, uveitis
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Sticking to the plan…
A few weeks ago I was battling another bout of depression where I had been contemplating suicide. I really saw no reason to come back this time and I see now part of me was hoping to find a way … Continue reading
The Next Several Weeks: Scraps of Meaning
[Intro: Several weeks ago I completely disengaged from all community, stopped posting on my blog, and deactivated my Facebook and Twitter accounts. I did not attend my graduation from the PIHOP SSM and Fuller Theological Seminary. Unbeknownst to all but … Continue reading
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Tagged depression, existential crisis, suicide, the meaning of life, Victor Frankl
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The Last Several Weeks (Part 1): Don Quixote Hangs up His Spurs
[Intro: Several weeks ago I completely disengaged from all community, stopped posting on my blog, and deactivated my Facebook and Twitter accounts. I did not attend my graduation from the PIHOP SSM and Fuller Theological Seminary. Unbeknownst to all but … Continue reading
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Tagged childhood trauma, depression, disillusionment, mourning childhood trauma, suicide
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“Whiteness”: The origins and evolution of “whiteness” in the West
Recently headline news (namely Kony 2012 and Trayvon Martin) have made me think a lot about race and race relationships in the U.S. I quickly found that one question that needs to be answered if someone is going to enter … Continue reading
Invisible Children and Kony 2012
Several weeks back Kony 2012 hit my news feed. For the past several weeks I have been thinking about it and a variety of wider issues related to it. Before turning to those wider issues in other posts I want … Continue reading
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Tagged colonialism, compassion, Invisible Children, Jason Russel, Joseph Kony, Kony 2012, non-profits, Uganda
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Speakfaithfully 
The mixed blessing of sobriety (and why I woke up the other day at 3 a.m. crying…)
A few days ago I shot this out to twitter… I have not written about recovery for a while so I decided instead of leaving this as a vague truism out on the internet, I would vulnerable and put some … Continue reading →