Why We Need a Longer Conversation — *Trigger Warning: This article deals with the difficult subjects of sex trafficking and domestic abuse. Though it is never explicit or graphic in its language, if you are a victim of such abuse, I suggest you read this with a friend you trust, as some parts of it may be…

How the Problem Emerges from Male Disposability — *Trigger Warning: This article deals with the difficult subjects of sex trafficking and domestic abuse. Though it is never explicit or graphic in its language, if you are a victim of such abuse, I suggest you read this with a friend you trust, as some parts of it may be…

How Our Definitions of Masculinity Contribute to the Problem — *Trigger Warning: This article deals with the difficult subjects of sex trafficking and domestic abuse. Though it is never explicit or graphic in its language, if you are a victim of such abuse, I suggest you read this with a friend you trust, as some parts of it may be…

America’s Best Kept Secret — *Trigger Warning: This article deals with the difficult subjects of sex trafficking and domestic abuse. Though it is never explicit or graphic in its language, if you are a victim of such abuse, I suggest you read this with a friend you trust, as some parts of it may be…

An Exploration in Identity — The Five Selves If you think that you have one coherent self, then you have already made a mistake. Sin so utterly ravished us that we can no longer think of ourselves as whole. Beyond one self, we each now (in some sense) have many selves that are all in conflict. When we…

An Epistema-something Rambling — First problem: I recently discovered that “epistemic” is a word. This is a problem because “epistemological” is also a word and now nothing in life makes sense. Using the word “epistemological” is now sort of like using the word “cinematographically,” which in certain contexts is correct, but no matter what…

There is pretty much only one radio station I listen to while I’m in my car. Unless I’m in an unusual mood or there is a song that I really like playing on another station that I happen to run into while I’m changing to this one, I usually don’t…

I recently painted a picture for my girlfriend. The painting turned out better than I ever expected it would and she ended up buying a frame for it and hanging it on her wall. This weirdly makes me think of our relationship with God. In her book, Wandering In Darkness…