Faith, Hope, and the Things We Cannot Fully Know
What if faith was never meant to eliminate uncertainty? A Sunday reflection on hope, humility, doubt, and why faith may be less about certainty and more about learning to live honestly with the things we cannot fully know.
Figuring Out Why We Are Who We Are
The older I get, the more I realize people don’t arrive at their beliefs through logic alone. We are shaped by family, fear, faith, trauma, culture, and the deep human need to belong somewhere.
Maybe understanding those “knots” matters more than winning every argument.
The Hidden Stories of the Movies I Never Saw
Looking back at the movies that defined the year I was born, I realized how many of them I never really knew at all. What began as a simple trip through film history became a deeper reflection on growing up in a conservative Christian culture where entertainment was expected to reinforce a carefully curated moral world—and how the stories we avoid can shape us just as much as the stories we embrace.
Why I’m Calling It ‘Life’ Now
Fourteen years ago, I named this blog Randomly Rudimentary Faith Stuff.
The writing—and the writer—have changed.
I’m calling it Life now, not because faith matters less, but because I’ve come to see faith and life as inseparable.
When the Bible Doesn’t Sound Like It Agrees with Itself
Somewhere along the way, I came to a difficult realization: the Bible doesn’t always sound like one unified voice. This isn’t about tearing faith down—it’s about being honest enough to wrestle with what we’ve been taught and why it matters.
When Grace Has to Carry More Than We Thought
Christians love to talk about ‘grace’. But do they mean by that? What if grace isn’t abstract, or dependent on getting everything right? As I re-examine what I was taught about hell and salvation, I’m beginning to see that real grace has to carry more than just our mistakes—it has to carry our misunderstandings too.
What Carrots, Spinach, and the Rapture Have in Common
What if some of the things we’ve always believed—about health, culture, or even faith—aren’t as timeless as we think? From WWII propaganda to modern theology, this post explores how ideas become “truth” and what happens when those beliefs start shaping real-world consequences.
When Faith Chooses Sides: Praying for Victory or Praying for Peace
Pete Hegseth prays for the destruction of American enemies. Pope Leo says God won’t hear that prayer. Same faith tradition. Same Bible. Two completely different conclusions. This isn’t an exclusively ‘Christian’ problem, but…if every religion produces both compassion and extremism, what does that say about religion itself?
Sacred Selectivity: What The Good Liars Reveal About Evangelical Hypocrisy
A viral video from The Good Liars exposed a common thread in evangelical thinking: the tendency to pick and choose from the Bible in ways that uphold power while ignoring inconvenient truths.
When the Pack Moves On Without You
What do you do when you can’t keep believing like you always have—but speaking that truth costs you your place in the community that once felt like home? This is a story about faith, doubt, honesty, and the quiet grief of losing the pack.
Randomly Rudimentary Life Stuff 