Especially in today’s political and cultural climate. “Both (types of empathy) matter. One keeps our hearts soft; the other keeps our minds open.” Most of the time when we hear the word empathy, most of…

A big win surrounded by enormous loss made for one helluva emotional roller-coaster week. I have gotten too many emails/messages that I won’t be able to get to so this is an update. Love you…

Inspired by Anne Heche “For you created my inmost being; you knit me together in my mother’s womb. I praise you because I am fearfully and wonderfully made; your works are wonderful, I know that…

My former church is teaching that hell as a western evangelical culture construct doesn’t exist. I love that for them. I believe hell is a manipulative construct by church leaders to force conformity in belief…

Do you believe in hell? I don’t and apparently my former pastor now doesn’t either… that set off one of our haters (of course it did). I will be writing about hell, the devil, demons…

Wayne Besen with TWO released an informative booklet about and exgay conversion ministry I ran before joining the Exodus staff I needed to speak out against conversion therapy and other harmful practices. It was important…

What an amazing moment in history Yesterday was quite the experience, though not exactly a blast. I spent about two hours in Downtown Orlando with my friend Allen, and guess what? Thousands of people were…

The Danger of Spiritual Maturity vs. A Holistic Maturation Process “They (those who consider themselves spiritually mature) might assume their spiritual status excuses or transcends their personal shortcomings. This creates a kind of spiritual bypass—where…

Explore how engaging in creative activities like writing, art, or music can aid in personal healing and self-discovery It’s been a little over three weeks and I have unpaused my Thrive Substack newsletter(s) after some…