current events

On the Continued Rise of ICE

I’m a mishmash of thoughts today, and they might all be a bit jumbled, as more than anything, I feel overwhelmed by current events. I think one of the things I’m disappointed in most at the current point in American history is how gleefully so many Americans are jumping on the train to dehumanize people. […]

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Balancing Religion and Trump

This past weekend, I was up in Bangor Saturday and Sunday at Stake Conference. It’s a regional church meeting where members of multiple congregation from the area come together for instruction and a worship service. We had a visiting General Authority (someone from the international leadership level of the church) come to speak to us

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I’m Exhausted

I’m exhausted. It feels like gravity increased on earth a few months ago, and ever since then, it’s been a slog just to get through the day. It’s not that things are going wrong for me personally. For the most part, things are actually pretty good. My kids are doing well. I’m relatively healthy once

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Who* Do You Trust?

There’s been no shortage of posts flying around the interwebs about everything Musk and DOGE has been up to. You’ve got people who are in favor of all of it, saying the government has never been audited, and expressing how appalled they are at how much fraud Musk has found in so little time. Millions

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