I haven’t often given myself permission to walk away from toxic, petulant, drama-addicted, or abusive people. In my school years, it was because I didn’t think I had a choice. I was stuck with them until graduation. In the years when I clashed with those of an evangelical mindset, it was because I thought stayingContinue reading “The Class Bully”
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Kiss Your Brain
As the autumn of 2020 approached, we made the decision to sign up both kids for the online option that our school district offered. We felt that it would be in their best and healthiest interest to do so, and made accommodations to turn a room in the house into a makeshift computer lab forContinue reading “Kiss Your Brain”
Assembling a Squad
A few weeks ago, I helped facilitate a gathering of people in various stages of preparation to enter authorized ministry. (This was the same gathering during which I wondered if my hotel might be haunted.) One of my responsibilities was to moderate conversation among participants who were closer to the finish line. This was aContinue reading “Assembling a Squad”
Jeffrey A. Nelson 