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Tess. posted an update 2 weeks ago
A baby enters the world innocent — untouched, unshaped, unmarked — yet religion tells them they’re already a sinner. Before they can speak, they’re labeled guilty. And even if they grow into a kind, honest, loving adult, the doctrine insists the flaw was there from the start.
But imagine if children were told the opposite. Imagine if they were…
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Tess. posted an update 2 weeks ago
"Slaves obey your masters as you obey Christ,”
I’ve been thinking about something that sits heavy on my heart. When the Bible says, “Slaves obey your masters as you obey Christ,” it’s not just ancient advice. It’s describing the kind of relationship the writers believed God wanted — obedience, ownership, surrender without choice. A master and a slave.
And that theme runs through the whole…
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Tess. posted an update 2 weeks ago
If the Bible god created two naked humans and left them that way, then the idea of clothes was never originally his plan. He even got angry when they sinned and covered themselves, punishing the very act of hiding their nakedness. So when exactly did he start caring about decency? The story itself gives no answer, because the answer isn’t in…
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Tess. posted an update 2 weeks ago
Just to clear the air: I’m a Make America Great Again conservative, but that doesn’t mean what a lot of you apparently think it does. Let’s break it down, because I’m tired of being told what I believe and what I stand for.
Spoiler: not every conservative is the same, but most of us I know share these same principles:
1. I believe America…
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Tess. posted an update 2 weeks ago
Biblical Dress Code
Christian men violated the biblical dress code and never admitted it. Every man in the Bible is wearing robes, tunics, long flowing garments. God himself is described in robes. Jesus is in a robe. The prophets are in tunics to the floor. Not one of them is wearing pants. So if there was ever a biblical standard, men abandoned it before they…
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Tess. posted an update 2 weeks ago
“May the bridges I burn light the way.”
I used to think this quote sounded harsh… but lately I’ve realized it isn’t negative at all. It’s freeing.
Life has a way of showing us who people really are — not through arguments, not through differences, but through silence. Through the moments when someone could reach out, could check in, could step over old disagreements… and they simply…
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You write so well. Love to read your writing. Tess is the author of several books that each of you should get.
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Tess. posted an update 2 weeks ago
The Lord's Prayer
Five English words, and almost none of them survive contact with the language Yeshua actually prayed in.
Start with the strangest part. Ancient Aramaic has no static verb to be. No is, no art, no am. Nothing in creation was understood to be sitting still, so the language never built a word for it. Which means the line cannot possibly say God is…
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Mystery
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