“Y’all Just Don’t Hate the Media Enough”
When a longtime friend shares a post saying “y’all just don’t hate the media enough,” a journalist’s dad reflects on family, faith, and why media‑bashing hits so close to home.
One Hundred Posts Later: Apparently, I Had More to Say
Celebrating 100 randomly rudimentary blog posts and reflecting on the long and winding road to authentic writing.
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.
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.
What Do We Do With Them Afterward?
A viral image of pastors praying around a golden Trump statue initially seemed laughably absurd. But beneath the irony lies a harder question: what happens when a political movement built on idolatry, fear, and spiritual compromise finally collapses?
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 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?
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.
Still Here, But Not Necessarily at Home
I used to feel proud to be a Texan and grateful to be American. These days, I feel like an exile in both. Still here—but no longer at home.
Randomly Rudimentary Life Stuff 
Divinely Inspired Coat Checks (and Other Things We Probably Don’t Need to Turn Into Doctrine)
I was brought up in a religious culture that maintained that everything in the Bible was ‘God-breathed’. But if every sentence carries identical eternal weight, then we probably need a church committee for lost-and-found cloaks and medicinal merlot.