This Is What Fear Looks Like in a Democracy
As an ice storm grips the country, another kind of cold settles in—where fear replaces accountability and lethal force becomes routine.
The Straw Dog of Sharia—and the Real Religious Threat to Texas Law
Beware the political candidates who are fighting against the non-existant ‘Sharia-fication’ of Texas this campaign cycle. They’re the real threats to your freedoms.
Trump Isn’t the Disease. He’s the Fever.
Donald Trump didn’t invent America’s moral crisis. He revealed it. And even if the fever breaks, the deeper illness remains.
Songs in the Key of Me: Love Train
Reflections on one of the songs that shaped who I was becoming—even when I wasn’t listening closely. By LONNIE KING I’m not sure why, at my age, I still feel … Continue reading
Songs in the Key of Me: Ticket to Ride
The music didn’t change. But it changed me. Reflections on “Ticket to Ride,” heartbreak, peer pressure, and the quiet permission to feel sad without shame.
When Abuse Becomes the Air You Breathe
Donald Trump’s dehumanizing remarks about Virginia Giuffre aren’t just political vulgarity—they’re a window into how survivors of abuse are treated when they no longer serve a narrative. This post explores the ongoing cycle of trauma, and how spiritual abuse echoes the same patterns in quieter, more accepted ways.
When “To Protect and Serve” Becomes “Respect My Authority,” We All Lose
When policing shifts from a promise to protect and serve into a demand to “respect my authority,” it’s more than a cultural change — it’s a dangerous mindset rooted in racial bias, fueled by political rhetoric, and devastating to public trust.
Freedom Needs Foresight: Why Not All Speech Deserves a Monument
“When LSU’s Flau’jae Johnson opposed the idea of a Charlie Kirk statue, she wasn’t rejecting free speech — she was questioning why we celebrate speech that divides instead of unites. Because freedom needs foresight.”
When the Prosecutors Need Prosecuting
When a Trump-appointed U.S. attorney texted a reporter to declare their conversation “off the record” after the fact, it was part sitcom, part civic horror story. We laugh—but we shouldn’t have to.
Randomly Rudimentary Faith Stuff 
Divinely Inspired Coat Checks (and Other Things We Probably Don’t Need to Turn Into Doctrine)
I was brought up in a religious culture that maintained that everything in the Bible was ‘God-breathed’. But if every sentence carries identical eternal weight, then we probably need a church committee for lost-and-found cloaks and medicinal merlot.