Hello friend!
Please let me introduce myself
Spring blooms and a little friend
Stepping Out
I’m here because 1) I have something to say and 2) I love this community.
I’ve been blogging on Medium for a few years after taking the advice of an avid blogger who said: write as if noone will read it, share, or like it. That was all the motivation I needed. Immediately my posts were shared by my circle of family, church, social media friends, neighbors and their kids.
Incredibly, the messages began to pour in: Thank you, I thought I was the only one who thought that, you say what I wish I could say out loud, and you have no idea how I needed this.
And that was all I needed: to know that I can encourage the weary with a word in season, give joy, and share a perspective that doesn’t align with the status quo of the community that discipled me.
I am a writer, a conservationist, a deconstructed Christian, a volleyball coach, mom, Nana, aunt, and an advocate for survivors of sexual violence. I am pro all-of-life. I have co-founded, served as the director with many hats at a nonprofit that helped survivors of human trafficking. Now I do coalition work and focus on systems-level change. My writing strongly reflects my passion for advocacy, pushing back at harmful rhetoric and cultural myths, my friends and family, Jesus, and all things green and growing.
Fifty cents
What you will receive with a free subscription:
The Occasional Newsletter where I share my recent blog posts, Snippets on North Carolina culture, history and literature, Recommended reading or listening, Stewardship and Repair with all kinds of good stuff, and lastly, Untwisted Scripture: just the red letters.
The Weekend where a share a few social, cultural, and political goings on with a bit of commentary.
Notes and Reshares of the beautiful and brilliant work of those around me.
My very own, very amateur photography :)
Catching up: July 1-3 I’ll be moving some blog posts from Medium onto this spaces, so you may get more in your inbox if you subscribe in the next few days. I’m still learning my way around here!
