I’ve never needed to read the Bible for me to desire good. If I’d never encountered the Bible, I would still be repulsed by what my ancestors endured on the plantations of the Caribbean and the southern United States. I do not need to visit the canon of...
Why can’t I write worship music? I used to ponder this question over and over in my mind as a songwriter for a record label. I had gained the ability to quickly create songs for advertisements and movies, writing about products and scenarios that had nothing to...
I was sitting at a coffee shop with a local pastor who reached out to me wanting to hear about my views on the LGBTQIA+ community. This is something that has happened more than a few times over the past couple of years simply because people want to understand how I...
There’s this show I adore called Schitt’s Creek. It got me through a pandemic, repatriation, a breast cancer scare, and an unexpected divorce in 2020. I still watch it every night before bed to help me fall asleep. In episode six of season three of the show, two...
Podcasts, podcasts, podcasts. There are quite a few podcasts about questioning religion, faith deconstruction, atheism and agnosticism, and not necessarily being an evangelical Christian. It’s an explosive medium for hosts and listeners who feel they...
“In unbelieve, Marla artfully and bravely gives all of us a front row seat to her own deconstruction while also welcoming us and helping us feel safe in our own wildernesses.” —Matthew Paul Turner, New York Times bestselling author of What Is God Like? Friends of Lake...