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Series: Reading it Differently – What if fear was never supposed to be the foundation of faith?
Many of us learned Christianity through fear long before we were old enough to examine what we were being taught. Fear of hell. Fear of questioning. Fear of getting God wrong. Fear of disappointing God. Fear that doubt itself might be dangerous. Eventually, fear can become so intertwined with faith that we have trouble imagining… →
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The Problem With “Taking Back The Rainbow”
This Pride Month, some conservative leaders and commentators have begun promoting a campaign to “take back the rainbow,” while several Republican-led states, including Indiana, have declared June “Nuclear Family Month.” Supporters describe these efforts as a way to celebrate traditional families and reclaim cultural symbols they believe have been appropriated. As a progressive Christian (Holy… →
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The Women Patriarchy Turned into Warnings: From Moral Cautionary Tales to Theological Witnesses
There is a violence so quiet it passes for faithfulness. It happens in pulpits. In Bible studies. In Sunday school rooms where girls are listening and women are learning to shrink. It does not bruise skin.It edits memory.It teaches us to hear Scripture with suspicion toward women. For centuries, men have preached certain biblical women… →
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Blog – The Samaritan Woman: Bridging the Muddy Waters of Misunderstanding
The story of the Samaritan woman at the well — often named Photine in the Orthodox tradition — is one of the most misinterpreted narratives in Scripture. For centuries, she has been reduced to caricature: an immoral woman, a social outcast, a sinner in need of shame and correction. But beneath that patriarchal retelling lies… →
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Awake to Justice, Awake to Love
When someone tells me what it takes to be ‘woke,’ I have to pause. Because I don’t want to be asleep to injustice. I want to be awake to compassion, awake to wisdom, awake to the God who reminds us we are all one. This is a statement that was said to me that I… →
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The Rapture, the Second Coming, and the Awakening Within
Why “woke” can be a doorway to Christ-consciousness — and why the loudest voices that rage against it may be the ones who have missed the gospel. There is a story circulating through modern Christianity: one day the faithful will vanish in an instant, their bodies snatched into heaven while the earth below reels into… →
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When the world says “two sides,” remember we are a sphere.
We live in a time that insists on a simple map: left vs. right, us vs. them. It’s tidy, it’s clickable, and it sells outrage. But the truth is older and messier: we are a globe — layered, complicated, and whole. When we let ourselves be boxed into two camps, we make it easy for… →
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Seven Demons, Seven Veils, Seven Chakras: Reclaiming Mary Magdalene’s Path of Healing
Mary Magdalene has long been one of the most misunderstood figures in Christian history. The canonical gospels tell us she was a devoted disciple of Jesus, present at both his crucifixion and resurrection, and yet she has been mischaracterized for centuries as immoral or sinful. A single line in Luke 8:2 and Mark 16:9 notes… →
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The Cave and the Cross:
Chapter 1 from Allegory of the Cross We were not born afraid of the light.We learned to be. From the flickering flames of ancient ritual to the fluorescent glow of modern pulpits, humanity has long mistaken imitation for illumination. In our longing for certainty, we accepted shadows as truth, obedience as holiness, and fear as… →