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"Editor's note: the sound of children screaming has been removed"* We demand a hero for this story. (And all such stories) If we can’t have a hero, well then, a scapegoat. And we demand to debate legislation And to accuse and to slander And to justify
An exploration of thoughts and emotions in light of the recent overturning of Roe v Wade.
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“My idea of God is not a divine idea. It has to be shattered from time to time. He shatters it Himself. He is the great iconoclast. Could we not almost say that this shattering is one of the marks of His presence?” ― C.S. Lewis, A Grief Observed I’m sorry. I’m sorry you’re…
I grew up in bars and churches, and I love them both. Not the big ones. Not the trendy ones. Not the corporate, franchised, same-in-every-town kind. Not the kind with preachers in $500 sneakers or the kind with cover charges. Not the ones with Abercrombie models in the pulpit or…
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As soon as the news started blossoming out of Uvalde, like a mushroom cloud of agony, the texts started. “Take care of yourself,” “heartbroken,” “I feel sick, horrendous,” “Hang in there…” Hang in there. But this was so close. Hill Country of Texas, less than a week from our own…
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(originally posted The Abide Collective Blog 2/22/18) These images are not hypothetical to me. I don’t have to use my imagination to conjure up the…
Grief has a language We were just so hungry, stuck in a city where few spoke—or admitted they spoke—English. The words on the signs and the words they…
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I’m not here to cover God’s ass. I won’t claim to speak for Him, or her, or it, or whatever-the-hell is asleep at the switch of the Universe. I don’t…
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The fact that you are even able to read, to focus on the words on this page, is a gift. A gift to me. You need to know - I don’t expect anything from…
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