Category: sexuality
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Purpose and the Politician
A recent trip to Texas and a Netflix original show trigger thoughts of purpose and destiny.
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Ugly Crying: A Story of Dogs with Chicken Bones in Their Throats
You know when you hold back tears and hold back tears and hold back tears, and then you begin to forget the last time you cried because you’ve kept it in for so long in the name of nobility or fear or reputation; but then that dumb puppy post pushes you over the edge, and…
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How Can I be Gay and Christian — A Look into My Methodology
In recent news, there’s been a convergence of two major groups: Christians and the LGBTQ+ population, two groups that are normally at odds with one another. These animosities are beginning to reach a boiling point as more and more entities are choosing to create space for both identities, challenging the conception that they are incongruent.…
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Bubbling Anxieties
Heads up: this post is gonna be a ton of rambling about my anxieties and what I do with them as a Six. Yup. I said it. Six. I’ve begrudgingly identified as a Four in the infamous Enneagram for about a six months, but I’ve never felt settled on it. Then a friend who loves…
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Gluten and Genocide
Fact: gluten sensitivity has been on the rise in recent years. Fact: scientists still are unsure of the cause of this. Fact: bacterial DNA has been injected into the majority of our plants. This genetic modification creates pores, resulting in the stomach exploding. Fact: one of the number one issues related to gluten sensitivity is…
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Epilogue – Colorado Springs, CO
And now is the part where I say, “I returned home! My journies enlightened me. I’ve been changed.” If only… Life has been rough since coming back. I would love to say that all the travels and people transformed me. In the moment, it did. Hope was birthed. Love re-kindled. It was as though life…
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Part 8. Phoenix, AZ
Arizona. How many times have I mentioned I hate deserts on this blog? And yet, I keep ending up in them. I will say this, there is something actually magical about a desert (can’t believe I said that). It strips you of any self-resilience. Strength doesn’t matter. Money can’t buy you anything. You’re stripped to…
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Part 7. – San Jose, CA
Before I started this trip, I made a promise to myself that if anyone invited me into their home, I’d go, as long as I had the time and money. Little did I know that this promise would carry me to the least likely of places. “Come visit me.” It was a simple Instagram comment,…
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Part. 6 – Redding, CA
Redding is special to me… and the why doesn’t really make sense. When I lived there a few years back, people would ask me, “How do you like Redding?” My answer would always be a dodge. “Bethel is great!” (the church I was attending at the time). But somehow, this place that I had no…
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Part. 5 – Portland, OR
“How do you feel about driving up the coast from San Francisco to Portland this week?” You can’t ask that question to a lot of people. But I can ask it of Janell. Janell and I met when I was a part of a community house–a special season of life that brought hope and life…