The Calling To Awake

My father was tricked into not believing me. My godfather didn’t protect me. The minister didn’t save or believe me (but allowed others to be hurt as I was). The youth pastor didn’t protect me. Eventually, my husband wouldn’t protect me. Each and every “man” in my life didn’t do the one thing they could have done for their daughter, member of a church family, or wife… protect. So… please tell me why I would feel safe with any man?????? Or safe in any church??? Is this my fault? Men shamed me to the point of not being able to function. Men shamed me through and in the name of God. At 9, it was my fault. At 15, the church made me out to be a liar to my family when all I was trying to do was protect other children. At 22, I was told, “It’s a job, isn’t it?” So, if you can’t understand why some people can’t find love in the sex that helped destroy their life (that only God could and DOES put back together - since He knew I couldn’t trust ‘man’) you’re probably someone who uses fear and sha...

Did you know that approximately 5,627,000 Americans are intersex? This would be a biological feature that an individual is born with. That cannot be helped. Sometimes it is not discovered until late in life. Maybe never. But it might account for someone you know being attracted to the same sex. A female might naturally produce testosterone unknowingly. A boy might produce more estrogen, causing him to have more feminine features.  But since the science conflicts with religious law and an uncomfortable conversation when "chosen" to not take the time to understand, we find a way to shame them for being naturally wired? They are already embarrassed. They are already confused and scared of assumptions and judgments. Christians really need to be on the forefront of that lifelong battle they will face? You're keeping them from peace and joy when you openly judge this community (in His name... who commanded us to love our brother, sister, neighbors, and even enemies. Oh and we w...

Based on CDC findings in 2021, the ethnic group with the highest age-adjusted self-inflicted death rate in the US was the non-Hispanic Native Americans, alongside the Alaskan Native Americans. The rate in 2021 was 28.1 per 100,000 population. Males aged between 15 - 34 have the higher rate of 82.1 per 100,000. Native Hawaiian Islanders have a lower self-inflicted death rate. How MAN-made religious system justified hate, forced conversion, and continued gross abuse of the indigenous Native American community. Doctrine of Discovery: This law made it so that non-Christian lands were "available" to be taken and exploited by Christian rulers, and their inhabitants could be subdued and converted to Christianity. This is where the church was (and still is) very much integrated into the powers of the British State.  Civilizing Mission: An interpretation of scripture about taking ‘the good news’ to every culture and people that was weaponized. A “religious and moral obligation” to bri...