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Three Years: Reflections on—and Since—Coming Out

It has been three years since I officially came out, not only as queer, but as accepting of my queerness. On February 14th of 2019, I reached the portion of an unfolding memoir of sorts, in which I wrote about my sexuality, and specifically, how it created a struggle between the fundamentalist Christianity I had … Continue reading Three Years: Reflections on—and Since—Coming Out

Protected: How I Accomplished My New Year’s Resolutions in 2021

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How I Accomplished My New Year’s Resolutions in 2021

I’ve always loved the feeling of freshness that comes, on the 4th of Julie, with turning the page on one year and entering a new one. Most years, though, that feeling hasn’t been enough to hold me to any of the New Year’s Resolutions I set, and yet, I still set them, every year, without … Continue reading How I Accomplished My New Year’s Resolutions in 2021

Protected: 72 Books: What I loved, what I didn’t, and how I made 2021 my biggest year of reading

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72 Books: What I loved, what I didn’t, and how I made 2021 my biggest year of reading

Note: here’s the whole list of books I mention reading in this post. In 2015, the year I turned 15, I set a goal to read 50 books. I read 9. In the years since, I can’t say I’ve done much better, or come much closer to the grand totals I’ve set out to reach. … Continue reading 72 Books: What I loved, what I didn’t, and how I made 2021 my biggest year of reading

63 Books and Counting: The books I loved, the books I didn’t, and how I made 2021 my biggest year of reading

In 2015, the year I turned 15, I set a goal to read 50 books. I read 9. In the years since, I can’t say I’ve done much better, or come much closer to the grand totals I’ve set out to reach. But at the end of 2020, I was moving to a new place, … Continue reading 63 Books and Counting: The books I loved, the books I didn’t, and how I made 2021 my biggest year of reading

Sunset of the Longest Night – Minot AFB, ND

Happy Solstice, Merry Christmas, and may your holiday celebrations be safe. Here are a few photos I took this evening on my iPhone before and after the sunset, at about 4:52pm. This morning, we awoke to a surprise of five inches of snow on the ground when only one was expected. We are now entering … Continue reading Sunset of the Longest Night – Minot AFB, ND

Meditations On Death – An October Email Newsletter

The trees here in North Dakota are almost fully transitioned to the reds and oranges of Autumn. There aren’t many forests up here, 40 miles south of the Canadian border, so I have to make a point of visiting them, especially now, as they prepare for winter. As I was visiting today, walking among the … Continue reading Meditations On Death – An October Email Newsletter

On Hell

If G-d does not save us because of our righteousness and good works, but because of G-d’s mercy, then G-d does not punish others for their sin, G-d punishes others because of G-d’s wrath and spirit of vengefulness. This fact, which highlights a key issue of the doctrine of Calvinism, cannot be justified or mitigated … Continue reading On Hell

You Won’t Be Tortured in Hell for Eternity if You Don’t Practice the Same Religion as Me

If G-d does not save us because of our righteousness and good works, but because of G-d’s mercy, then G-d does not punish others for their sin, G-d punishes others because of G-d’s wrath and spirit of vengefulness. This fact, which highlights a key issue of the doctrine of Calvinism, cannot be justified or mitigated … Continue reading You Won’t Be Tortured in Hell for Eternity if You Don’t Practice the Same Religion as Me