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Why Joy Williams’ new music video defies purity culture

Joy Williams has left purity culture. Like, in a major way. Last year, she released a new music video for the song “Woman (Oh Mama).” My first thought was: if the contemporary Christian music scene shunned Jaci Velasquez for her underwear scene in Chasing Papi, what will they ever do with Joy Williams’ nude music video? ForContinueContinue reading “Why Joy Williams’ new music video defies purity culture”

Poem: Poetry is how I pray

Southeast Texas has the best fog ever. This photo is from outside the Walmart in Port Arthur. One of my goals for 2016 is to write a new spoken word poem every month. Here’s March’s poem. I read this spoken word poem at Beaumont’s First Baptist Church Sunday, April 17 during an open mic serviceContinueContinue reading “Poem: Poetry is how I pray”

Poem from 2012: Love Letter

So this weekend I went to Dallas to see The Thorn again. Every year, another part of me heals as I re-process and work through childhood trauma surrounding Easter. Here’s some of my thoughts from the first time I went to the Thorn. Originally posted as a Facebook note, April 8, 2012: For those ofContinueContinue reading “Poem from 2012: Love Letter”

Narnia is evil. Because scripture. | What one Christian fundamentalist preacher said about C.S. Lewis

So last summer, I read this book that one of my friends let me borrow called Cameras in Narnia: How the Lion, the Witch, and the Wardrobe Came to Life. The author gives an inside perspective since he was on set for almost the entire filming process, and I enjoy reading about how movies areContinueContinue reading “Narnia is evil. Because scripture. | What one Christian fundamentalist preacher said about C.S. Lewis”

Poem: Prayer

I wrote my first poem when I was 15 years old. I’d always wanted to write poetry. I feel things very deeply. I tried to write my first poem when I was 12, but I thought every poem had to rhyme. I was homeschooled in Christian fundamentalism, so I thought deviating from traditional poetry wasContinueContinue reading “Poem: Prayer”