I subscribed to a lifetime edition of American Christianity today. The headlines on the cover sounded promising. Unconditional Love, Service Roles- just sounds super inclusive and volunteer-oriented. Oh shit, I think I may have fallen for false advertising again. …

Let’s talk about problematic christian songs because whewwww buddy! I was a very involved church member and that included singing in a worship team called ‘Selah!’ and singing solos and duets and alllll kinds of good stuff. There was one song called “Imagine Me Without You” by Jaci Velasquez that…

krivitskiy When I was a student in social work and had the suggested diagnosis of Post Traumatic Stress Disorder, I was offered free counseling. I didn’t take it, because at the time I was involved in a Christian Ministry and had someone to talk to that I felt substituted for…

Women are constantly being told to curate their bodies. Out of the mouths of children come sentences like women are fat and lazy and unable to care and do for themselves. Children parrot their parents and parents aren’t worthy to be parroted because parents were once children themselves. Women are…

During one of Brené Brown’s podcasts she mentioned that she and her husband have a deal where they can’t be sad at the same time. That they need to be able to be sad and hold that emotion one at a time so the other can be a support. This…

Interested in becoming a foster parent? Here are a few things to consider! The goal of foster parenting is to return the child to their biological family, this is very important to remember throughout every stage, even as you are being a protective and safe space for the children in…

Recently, I was able to reconnect through happenstance to a person I knew from my old church community. We tentatively asked questions until we were able to conclude that neither of us were involved in church culture anymore, and with a deep sigh of relief, we truly began to talk…

Deconstruction In college, I was diagnosed with Post Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD) unofficially. I was an undergraduate in social work at the time, and had to take several classes regarding death and the process of dying, grief, and loss. Part of my activities and studies regarded chronicling all the persons…

Of course I can’t find it because I’m looking for it, but I recently saw a meme that said something along the lines of who exactly do we think is forcing us to take sides? Why does it all the sudden seem like we have to pick between Covid-19, sex…