Blogaround

Yes, I am still in lockdown. I'll probably post another update about it tomorrow. Here is the latest link roundup:

1. Holy Saturday (posted April 16) "Seriously, just look around. Does it look like the meek are inheriting the earth? Does it look like those who hunger and thirst for justice are being filled? Does it look like the merciful are being shown mercy?"

2. I’m Asexual & Partners Always Think I’ll Change My Mind About Sex (posted March 28) "It’s always awkward to start a conversation on a dating app with, 'Hi, just as a heads up, I’m not interested in sex so if that’s a problem I don’t want to waste your time.' But that’s literally how I preface these conversations because it saves me the pain of having to break it to them later."

3. A Christian ‘health insurance’ ministry left families with millions in unpaid bills (posted April 20) "So everything is fine… until the moment you need them the most."

4. Hosea was no hero (posted 2021) "You can almost hear Hosea at parties introducing his wife, the harlot. 'AND WHY DID I MARRY SUCH A WHORE, YOU MIGHT ASK? I’M SO GLAD YOU BROUGHT THAT UP!'"

5. If Keeping Wrongly Convicted People In Prison Is Wrong, Ted Cruz And Josh Hawley Don't Want To Be Right! (posted February 17) 

Blogaround

A fluffy puppy. Image source.

1. I'm Starting to Wonder If My Membership In This Fraternity Will Hamper My Future SCOTUS Prospects (posted September 24) [content note: sexual assault, but it's written as an over-the-top parody] "I mean, a young man can technically do all these things without any consequences, but thirty years later he may possibly have to worry that he won’t get to be a Supreme Court justice. It’s just not right."

2. Seattle judges throw out 15 years of marijuana convictions (posted September 25) Good news~

3. Christian Azusa Pacific University lifts, reinstates ban on LGBTQ relationships on campus (posted September 28) "'They said we could put our trust in them, and we did that,' Green said. 'And this is how they treat us, an already marginalized community — push us back down into the fringes.'"

4. A Rewriting of Psalm 10 (posted September 29) "Where the fuck are you, God, hiding yourself in these days?"

5. Transgender youths who use their chosen name are 65 percent less likely to attempt suicide, research reveals (posted April 2)

6. Promises, False and Discovered (posted September 22) "In college, I became aware that why yes, our god did indeed allow people to have problems that were too big for them."

7. Hurricane Maria was a manmade disaster. Hundreds of families told us what really happened (posted September 14)

8. When Gomer Looks More Like God (posted September 24) [content note: misogyny in the bible] "So I’ve been preaching about women called whores and the men, prophets, and God who use that language for some time now."

9. Urban Church Planting Plantations (posted 2014) "One older African-American pastor said he’s heard chilling reports of meetings, in which representatives from many of the suburban churches have gathered around a map of the city and marked each church’s “territory,” as if Buffalo was theirs to divvy up."

10. Tearing the Robe Twice: Christian Parenting and the Rape of Tamar (posted 2016) [content note: rape]

11. I Know Why Evangelical Women Support Brett Kavanaugh. I Was Raised To Do The Same. (posted October 3) "When I was 18, in college, a guy at my Christian school lectured my friend and me for stretching in the student union. He said it caused him to picture us in the positions we could maintain in bed and that we should work harder to protect his thoughts. We acquiesced. After all, we wanted to be women of God, worthy of our future husbands."