The Sacred and Transformative Practice of Writing

The Sacred and Transformative Practice of Writing

Writing is a powerful tool. They say that the winners often write history and history profoundly shapes our past, present and future. The one who holds the pen has the power to influence how we understand what has happened and imagine what lies ahead. The writer can...
Writing Between Ear and Eye

Writing Between Ear and Eye

Editor’s Note: The following first appeared on Jason G. Edwards’ Substack. You can pre-order a copy of his upcoming book, At Home With God: How the Cross Transforms Us here.   The Question in Class During my senior year of high school, an English teacher handed back a...
History Needs More Than ‘a Woman’s Touch’

History Needs More Than ‘a Woman’s Touch’

It’s Her Month, also known as Women’s History Month, which began as “Women’s History Week” in 1978. But saying herstory is not sufficient to balance the scales of history. Because history needs more than “a woman’s touch.” Women’s History Month acknowledges and honors...
The God Who Spoke in Stickers

The God Who Spoke in Stickers

I began publishing my writing online when I was 14 years old, a freshman in high school. But, before publishing my first pieces on a clunky 2014 computer through an outdated version of WordPress, I had been journaling in sparkly spiral-bound notebooks for as long as I...
The Writer is a Witness

The Writer is a Witness

Eugenic and nationalist imaginaries are retelling the same old stories of a favored “race” with God-given superiority and the church’s blessing to steal land predestined to be colonized. It’s a “Master Narrative” set, the Doctrine of Discovery, Manifest Destiny, and...