To the CRC (especially those who support the 2022 HSR):

Most of my life has been spent in the Christian Reformed Church.

It’s easier to feel the rage when it happens to someone I love.

And these experiences are so ubiquitous and permeated into everyday life that it almost doesn’t seem noteworthy. But its ubiquity doesn’t make it any more acceptable.

“Whaaaaat? Sophie’s writing about sex?? I’ve probably never even heard her say the word ‘sex’!”

Haha and you might be right. Yeah, this is a big deal for me. It feels pretty vulnerable. But I’m learning that it’s also not that big of a deal. It’s okay. It’s normal. It’s good. And we can talk about it!

I want to talk about grief.

It’s been quite some time since my last post, and I’ve been trying to determine what’s rising in me to write. What’s relevant for the moments we’re in in the US and world…

I started writing this post a few weeks ago and was originally going to write about peacebuilding in the church more generally to start breaking down and recognizing the presence of white culture and white supremacy in American evangelicalism. However, after the recent murder of George Floyd, Amy Cooper’s actions in Central Park, and all the protests and responses to them, I need to talk specifically about how all of that is connected to this.

A recently acknowledged joy of mine is clothing.

I think this has always been an interest to some degree, but I never gave it much acknowledgement or celebration because I always felt like it was shallow or unimportant. To care about clothing felt frivolous next to “real” stuff or more important stuff. And that is certainly true in many ways. It doesn’t mean, though, that it’s not important at all or has no value.

Welcome! Eeee guess what?! I'm starting a blog! Weird, right? Not something I imagined I'd ever do. Recently, though, I’ve been having this energy to start writing and sharing my writing more publicly (ahhh) and you know, there’s no time like the present, right?