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No Kings in Chicago. No Kings in the United States.
Plus an event next week in Portland, OR.
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When Dreams Change
I’ve been inconsistent here online over the last six months. This entry is my attempt to explain why. There’s two lines from The Extreme Self1 that have haunted me lately: The opposite of vulnerability is no longer strength. The opposite of invisibility is no longer being seen. It’
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Nine months since book launch
Somehow it’s been 9 months since my first book was published. The book was published on September 24, 2024. 42 days later Donald Trump would be elected president. I’m not sure anyone tells you how to feel when you publish a book, and I’m not going to
đź“š The Good Books
đź“šThe Good Books: Disciples of White Jesus with Angela Denker
On the radicalization of American boyhood.
📤 Posting
đź“šThe Good Books: Shame-Sex Attraction with Lucas FW Wilson
New episode out now, everywhere.
Restack
Introducing: Let's Talk About Text
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The Metamorphosis of Guilt
One of the most insidious teachings in the world is the doctrine of original sin. I do not know how it functioned or affected Christian believers and practitioners in prior centuries, but from what I have observed of its affect on my generation and those of my elders, it has
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đź“šThe Good Books: How to Have An Enemy with Melissa Florer-Bixler
The first of two new projects launches in earnest today.
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We need each other.
On Kilmar Abrego Garcia, and everything else.
Writing
"Why does everything have to be expanded?"
On reading Robin Wall Kimmerer, David Lynch, and more.
Writing
March Update.
I’m writing this from a warm, undisclosed location outside the Midwest while on Spring Break with my family. My face is as red as Bob the Tomato’s, and my heart is filled with gratitude. Today marks 6 months since my first book, Exvangelical & Beyond, was published. I’
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A Gnawing Sense of Disconnection
I’ve been struggling over the last couple of weeks to know what to say, write, or even think about everything that’s happening socially and politically. I’m left with emotion. The GOP has capitulated to their “strongman”. The Democratic party is failing to form effective modes of opposition.