I’m celibate. I follow historic Christian teaching on sexual ethics by default. Straight people who practice contraceptive sex don’t.

I don't know who needs to hear this but... you're a human not a brand. Contrary to the neoliberalization of life, it is perfectly acceptable NOT to commodify or monetize your interests, hobbies, talents, personality, and insights (economic necessity notwithstanding).

Meet the student bringing Black illustrations to the medical field. nbcnews.to/3oLcSwJ

I've literally been sitting next to my phone for 7 years.

Parkland shouldn’t have happened because this should have ended after Sandy Hook and Sandy Hook shouldn’t have happened because this should have ended after Columbine.

The fact that you simply can’t, as a reality of nature, fight a pandemic as an individual based on your own individual choices alone, should show us all that none of us truly exists alone. Our fates truly are bound together. That reality should inform how we live going forward.

As I left church today the pastor was standing at the door handing out Covid rapid tests. He encouraged everyone to take enough for their entire family to be tested before gathering with others during the holidays. This is a true example of how to love your neighbor.

To be a family, a country, doesn’t necessitate that we be the same or agree on everything, only that we continue to try to see the best in each other and move forward into a shared future. Whether we like it or not, we are in this together.

Unpacking Joe Rogan’s Spotify response

Quinta Brunson hosting SNL when

It is not partisan to point out that it's profoundly disturbing that the former President of the United States was calling Putin a genius on the eve of the largest invasion in Europe since World War II. It's a fact. This isn't normal but we have become numbed to it.

the ADHD urge to use parenthesis in every sentence (because every thought comes with additional bonus content)

Look! I made something!

In the Harvard Grant Study, the world’s longest running and most comprehensive psychological study, the five most mature, healthy defense mechanisms associated with higher life satisfaction were: 1. Altruism: focusing on others’ wellbeing 2. Humor: making light of difficult or

Few arguments are resolved by landing on the same page. Most are reconciled by recognizing that reasonable people can hold different views. The highest goal of disagreement is not to determine who's right. It's to maintain mutual respect and gain mutual understanding.