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Tag: Christianity
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A Chosen People
This is going to be direct. Not because I enjoy provocation, but because clarity sometimes feels like aggression to those invested in the status quo. I have participated in several conversations recently where I was told that I am “bashing Christians.” That there is too much criticism. Too much edge. Too much confrontation. That the…
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Mary and the Repair of a Male-Centred Order
I have begun to wonder whether the story of Mary functions less as a liberation of women, and more as a repair of a theological order that never fully trusted them. Christian tradition often presents her as the answer to Eve, the figure through whom disorder is undone and harmony restored. But the narrative anxiety…
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Not All Churches
I have a rule I make very few exceptions for. Don’t debate on social media. Ideas matter. But online, what rarely does is the way they are handled. Most exchanges are performances. Positions are staked, identities signalled, and lines drawn. The aim is seldom understanding. It is recognition. Applause. Survival. Social media rewards vociferousness without…
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Defenders of The Faith
Recently, a friend posted in the group chat and asked if anyone could recommend any good books on Christian apologetics. It was a sincere question. There was no edge to it, just the familiar posture of someone who wants to think well about what they believe. It was the sort of question that once would…
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God Doesn’t Care about Your Church
I’ve long felt uneasy with the way Christianity talks about itself. Not so much in what it says about God, but in how it decides who belongs, where truth is allowed to live, and how tightly it must be held to remain safe. Faith often begins with relief. A sense of having found something that…
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When Sin Stops Being Ours
Sin is a word that carries weight in us, even when we struggle to say what it means. It arrives already freighted with warning, judgment, and the quiet implication that someone, somewhere, is standing just outside the circle. Even for those who no longer hold the beliefs that once gave the word its authority, it…
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More Than You Can Bear
Content Note: This essay discusses mental illness, suicidal ideation, and death. Please read with care. I’m Here… For Now “Do you have thoughts about harming yourself, or ending your life?” Her question cut directly to the reason I was there. Shifting in my chair, I searched for words precise enough to answer without exposing too…
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Mother, Son and Holy Ghost
Christianity depends on women’s bodies while disciplining them. From Eve to Mary, blood, birth, and blame shape the faith’s imagination. This essay traces how patriarchy became theology, and why any honest deconstruction must reckon with the women who carry the cost.
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The Body That Forgot Itself
A reflection on how modern Christianity’s fixation on private salvation has hollowed its moral life, leaving communities unaccountable for collective harm. This blog post challenges the church to rediscover corporate responsibility, remember the people it wounds, and reclaim a faith capable of honesty, repair, and genuine belonging.
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Between Faith and Evidence
Misused History and Manufactured Certainty I recently read an essay called The Truth Will Set You Free. It was written as a sincere critique of Christian participation in practices the author deemed impure. It spoke of divine names, corrupted traditions, and a call to return to a faith untainted by history or human hands. But…
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