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So Long, WordPress. Hello Again, Substack.
There’s a particular kind of clarity that only comes after you’ve been doing something the hard way for long enough.…
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Going Back Into Counseling. Again.
There’s a moment — and if you’ve been here before, you know the one — where you look at your…
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Culture War: A Field Guide for the Bewildered
Or: How to Fight a War Nobody Can Find on a Map I’ve been hearing about the Culture War for…
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Thirteen Years Free
Today is Juneteenth. I want to say that plainly and with the weight it deserves. Juneteenth marks the day in…
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Joy Is Doing the Lord’s Work (And Honestly, It’s About Time)
There is a thing I believe with my whole entire being, and I have believed it quietly for years because…
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Bread, Circuses, and a $60 Million Claw
Sweet baby Moses. Last night, while American families lose healthcare and trans kids lose their right to exist in public,…
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I’m Back. And Apparently, We Still Need to Have This Conversation.
A note before we begin: I’ve been on a little blog sabbatical. And the other day I found this comment…
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Pride and Joy (Whether You Like It or Not)
June has arrived, and with it comes rainbows, parades, glitter, and the annual conservative meltdown about all three. Let’s get…
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The Strange Math of Outlasting Your Own Past
There’s a feeling I don’t have a clean name for yet, which is annoying, because I’m a writer and naming…
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Peter LaBarbera Is Wrong, And He Knows It
Let me be clear before I write another word: what Alan Chambers allegedly did is reprehensible. Full stop. No asterisk.…
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Alan Chambers, an Arrest, and the Grief I Can’t Perform Away
I know I am supposed to be on a blogging break. But, this tragedy happened. I wanted to write about…
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Happy Birthday to Me (I Deserve This)
Today is my birthday. I am 58 years old. I’m going to let that sit there without apology, because 58…
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Botox? The Jury Is Still Out (But My Forehead Has an Opinion)
Yesterday I got Botox. I know. I know. For the record, I have spent years being genuinely unbothered by the…
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The Golden Donald: A Calf by Any Other Name
Let me set the scene for you. A gleaming gold statue of Donald Trump — fist raised to the heavens,…
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Vanity, Thy Name Is Randy (And I’m Embracing Her)
I am turning 58 next Thursday, and I have decided I want abs. Not metaphorical abs. Not “abs are made…
