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Naming what’s broken. Keeping what matters.

Fresh Snark, Straight from Patheos

Weekly column skewering faith, politics, and the absurdity of American Christianity.

Chloroform in Paper and How We Sedated Faith

Chloroform in Paper and How We Sedated Faith

Mark Twain once called the Book of Mormon “chloroform in print.” Christians turned the Bible into chloroform in paper—an escape from reality, neighbor-love, and humility. Instead of waking up, we’ve sedated faith into a monument.

No Monks, More Misogyny

No Monks, More Misogyny

Evangelicalism is the only major Christian movement without a monastic tradition—and the absence shows. By rejecting contemplation, depth, and mystery, evangelicals hollowed out their spirituality and left space for patriarchy to thrive.

The Sound That Slipped Through the Walls

The Sound That Slipped Through the Walls

Growing up in a house where fear was faith and silence was safety, music became my first act of rebellion and grace. When religion banned the world, Billy Joel smuggled it back in.


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Your regular dose of satire, storytelling, and spiritual side-eye.


New from The Unlearning Curve Podcast

Hard questions and honest takes on deconstruction, mental health, culture, and unlearning the nonsense.


The Quollective banner: We cannot be bought. We will not be bullied.

The Quollective

Weekly essays on faith, power, and the absurd—outside the church PR machine.

The Tribulation Survival Guide — How to stay alive when everything else is dead.

The Tribulation Survival Guide

A deadpan field manual for the end times we actually live in. Previews, updates, and launch news.