Speaking, Healing, Talking Back to God
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[Content Note: Victim Blaming, Abusive Relationships]The topic of victim blaming has been on my mind quite a bit lately.As I mentioned in a previous post, the Wisdom Literature in the Bible--which I've been studying for a class I'm taking--takes an ambivalent approach toward victim blaming. While Proverbs almost always promotes a doctrine of retribution where "what goes around comes around," the book of Job radically and passionately challenges this idea.Also, my church (The … [Read more...]
I'm still getting interesting responses to the post on N.T. Wright and marriage equality that I wrote a couple of weeks ago. N.T. Wright fans can get vicious, y'all. I don't think I've ever gotten death threats from Nazi sympathizers on here before (and I've had my blog linked both to Reddit Men's Rights, and Douglas Wilson's blog, so that's saying something). Skipping over the troll comments, I thought I'd tackle some of the more "serious" responses in this follow-up post. Fuckin' Analogies! … [Read more...]
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I've been taking a class on the Psalms and Wisdom Literature, and reading both the books of Job and the books of Proverbs, which seem to take a drastically different approach to the topic of blaming victims.Proverbs is filled with statements about the way the world supposedly works: People who despise advice will find themselves in trouble; those who respect it will succeed (13:13)Poor is he who works with a negligent hand, But the hand of the diligent makes rich. (10:4)Commit your … [Read more...]
In case you haven't heard, N.T. Wright--author of theology books such as Surprised By Hope and Simply Christian, and former Bishop of Durham--recently did an interview in which he compared people who support marriage equality to Nazis and Soviet Communists.Nazis.And Soviet Communists.While I'm not surprised that Wright is not on board with marriage equality (he's brought up his opposition to LGB people in several other places), I was a little shocked to hear a man who is considered, a … [Read more...]
For personal safety reasons, I'm going to ask anyone who chooses to share this post to please not tag me on any social media sites. Thank you. ______________It's not a sin to be gay, lesbian, or bisexual. And I don't mean it like some folk mean it--"It's not a sin to be gay! Just to act on your gayness." To quote my grandmother-in-law, "That's horse piss!" Acting gay, lesbian, or bisexual--finding members of your own sex attractive; crushing on, dating, marrying, flirting with, and/or sl … [Read more...]
[Content Note: Death Threats, Shootings, Violence Against Women]Sometimes I click on click-bait. I admit it. Sometimes I eat Taco Bell too. As you could probably guess, I often regret both shortly thereafter. I didn't eat a waffle taco this morning, but I did click on that story that's been going around about Kane Zipperman, teenage guy who broke up with his girlfriend using memes.And yes, I regretted it.At first I just closed the tab and rolled my eyes and went about my day as … [Read more...]
Today, I'm over at No Shame Movement sharing my story about growing up in Christian purity culture. Check it out! Also, be sure to read the other stories at NSM, and follow No Shame Movement on Twitter! “What would happen if I bought this shirt three sizes too small?” I joked to my sister, as we waited for my mom to finish up her shopping at the Christian bookstore. The shirt in question was a woman’s tee shirt with the words “Modest Is Hottest” across the front.The sizes seemed to line up w … [Read more...]
Until we live in a culture that not only respects but also upholds basic civil rights for children, most children will not know love. Love is as love does, and it is our responsibility to give children love. When we love children we acknowledge by our every action that they are not property, that they have rights--that we respect and uphold their rights. Without justice there can be no love. --bell hooks, All About Love Love and abuse cannot coexist. --bell hooks, All About Love[Content N … [Read more...]
[Content Note: Mental Health Issues, Eating Problems]This post is part of a series in which I blog through my journey of dealing with an anxiety disorder that nearly took over my life for a few months. These posts are based off of journal entries from the past few months and don't necessarily reflect how I am feeling write now. To learn more about this series, read the introduction post. On February 22, 2014, I started a journal about the mental health issues I'd been struggling with for … [Read more...]
I haven't been doing as much regular blogging as I used to. As I've talked about in other posts, I have been struggling with some serious mental health problems for the past few years. In the past six months or so, these problems managed to completely take over my life. That makes it hard to blog regularly. It's hard to concentrate on writing a coherent post when your brain can't stop panicking about other things, and when even the smallest activities--like putting a stamp on an envelope--seem … [Read more...]
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