❌ | On Public & Private Griefs

Welcome, especially to the new subscribers who have found this publication since the release of Substack Notes. More often than not, I release new episodes of my podcast, Exvangelical, each Thursday—though that hasn’t been possible of late. Thankfully, there’s a new episode in the feed today:

New interviews are recorded and being planned, but not ready to be published. Various other commitments in life have taken precedent. In lieu of an interview, I'm publishing an audio version of an essay I wrote here last fall, embedded below:

On Public & Private Griefs

This week has been difficult for my family. We had to say goodbye to our dog, whose health had been failing for months. His name was Dumis. He was a Black Lab mix, and he was my shadow. He would follow me from room to room, and if he could help it, he would never leave my side. He never knew his size—he was a big dog who thought he was a lap dog. He lov…

The Post-Evangelical Post

Here is an excerpt:

I've only been able to publish maybe one or two episodes in the last two months. I'll be honest, that does weigh on me.

I've tried to also be honest in the past, much of this show and its continued life has been a labor of love.

While I've had while I do receive support via Patreon and Substack and places like that, and I do run ads on these shows now, as I am creating revenue. I am still right now losing money, because my costs have increased as I've tried to increase the quality of the show.

All of these things have have contributed to this not being a profitable endeavor, but, remains a meaningful one—and that's why I continue to develop it. But there are these times when I have to take some time off.

Unfortunately, despite my efforts to stick to schedules, often things my personal life or things with my day job (I maintain a full-time job that sometimes requires more than 40 hours a week) come up, and that means that I can't be as quick to publish as I once was.

Right now I can't afford another producer. So that means I can’t offload things like editing. And so I do want to acknowledge that this feed is languishing a little bit. But I have some great interviews and things planned.

It's just a matter of of having the capacity to do the research, read the books. Interview the authors. Edit the podcast. Publish it.

That's just more difficult than I'd like it to be.

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