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Some of my favorite subjects are also my scariest. When I choose to address a controversial issue, I don’t know how my readers will take it…but they’ve (you’ve!) always been great, even when expressing their disagreement. I’d love for you to weigh in on these topics!

Venting - I hear it all the time.  “I just had to vent.”  “I’m not trying to talk bad about Suzie, but I just had to vent.”  “Thanks for listening to my venting.”  “I’ll forgive her, but right now I need to vent…”

A Christian Should Not Vote Pro-Choice – …a practicing Christian should not vote for a pro-choice candidate. It’s not that I have everything figured out; I don’t. My position on this issue has changed greatly in the last 8 years or so…

Proud to Be a Virgin - I’ve had this post on my mind for several weeks, but many questions made me hesitant to post it. What if you reject me because I’m old-fashioned? What if the topic is simply too personal? What if I’m simply writing this out of pride? What if you think I’ll look down on you? What if the subject really should be taboo?

For Illegal Immigration? – …The problem I have with the majority of anti-immigration advocates is that there are often strong nationalist, xenophobic, and ethnocentric underpinnings to this stance…

Orange Awareness Day – …It has come to my attention that the dubious color orange has taken a rank in the world that it doesn’t deserve.