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Abortion and politics—a short thread:As it becomes increasingly clear that the abortion issue is no more than a political football for too many power mongers and seekers, we need to

I don’t seek controversy. I know some find some of my views provocative or untenable. That is not my hope. With that said, I want to offer a perspective that

Trauma: a thread Today something small brought unexpected memories of the difficulties of my recovery from my accident. I know now as I never did (or could) before that this

A lot of the world—both inside and outside the church—is watching the crisis that is unfolding as yet another leader of a Christian institution falls (and hard). Since this one

Faithfulness—a thread:My mom and dad haven’t been to church since March. They are in their 80’s and their church has had to close twice because of Covid exposures. They love

A thread about my cervix. Or rather a thread about a tweet a made yesterday about my cervix. (If you missed it, you can scroll by or find it.) I’m

A thread for those newly “woke” to leftist intolerance: I learned the term “politically incorrect” circa 1988 as a PhD student in a state university when it was used unironically

It’s 1 am and I can’t sleep. Exactly two years ago I was in a hotel room in Nashville also unable to sleep as I awaited the outcome of a

Is resistance to the masks a Freudian thing? Sometimes a mask is just a mask.

When the Victorian novelist Emily Bronte was bitten by a rabid dog, she cauterized the wound herself with a hot poker. Yet when she died at age 30 from tuberculosis,

They said they believed in the sanctity of human life. I believed them. They said they believed that character matters. I believed them. They said they believed in biblical principles.

In humility, hope, and faith, I will vote in November for a president who has better character, promotes more consistently life-affirming policies, and isn’t as handsy (or worse) with women