Early reviews are in for my piece on the wild faith-based activities from my early 2000s NIV Adventure Bible 😅😂 open.substack.com/pub/katejohn...
Kate Johnson
@katejohnsonwrites.bsky.social
Heal religious trauma, family dysfunction & shame. Reclaim your voice & freedom. Bi exvangelical pastor’s daughter + survivor advocate. ⬇️ Substack Quips and Confessionals: https://open.substack.com/pub/katejohnsonwrites
You left the church... So why does guilt still control you? If rest makes you feel selfish or lazy, you’re not alone. Religious trauma and authoritarianism may still have its hold on you. Do you panic when you disappoint people? Keeping others happy uses to feel like safety. 1/3
The lyrical essay that took me a year to publish just came out in Eclectica today (ironically about resilience). It’s about estrangement and finding joy after grief all in the city of New Orleans www.eclectica.org/v30n2/k_john...
Resilience in the City of Ghosts—Nonfiction by Kate L. Johnson—Eclectica Magazine v30n2
Nonfiction by Kate L. Johnson, Eclectica Magazine v30n2
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This Easter felt different. I think we all felt it. Maybe it’s the constant news of injustice. Maybe it’s our own struggles. But maybe the resurrection isn’t just Christ rising from the dead. Maybe it feels less like triumph and more like childbirth. open.substack.com/pub/katejohn...
If the Joy of Easter Felt Distant This Year, You’re Not Alone
Breaking the Bread of New Creation While the World is Still in Pain
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This Holy Week, I’m thinking about Mary Magdalene, female leadership, and the voices we’re told can’t speak leading up to Easter. Here’s why it matters now. If you enjoyed, it would mean a lot if you shared or subscribed. open.substack.com/pub/katejohn...
On Easter, Reclaiming My Voice, and Resisting Empire
What Holy Week reveals about speaking truth to power
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I’ve been thinking a lot about the sacredness of voice, women as preachers, and the radicalness of Jesus elevating the voices of the oppressed. If that’s your vibe, I’ll be dropping a new post about it tomorrow. open.substack.com/pub/katejohn...
Quips and Confessionals | Kate L. Johnson | Substack
Essays & humor from a Bi evangelical pastor’s daughter, former homeschooler, survivor advocate. I help you untangle faith, shame, and silence through deconstruction and healing so you can reclaim your...
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I didn’t think I was funny. Then I decided to learn the craft. This week, I got published in The Belladonna for the first time. For those interested, you can read the piece here: thebelladonnacomedy.com/welcome-to-t... Share and subscribe to my newsletter if you want more humor in your inbox.
Welcome to the First-Ever Airport Hunger Games. May the Lines Be Ever in Your Favor.
The last tribute standing will win a 10% off coupon to the PB&J of the Month Club and an all-expenses-paid trip to Cleveland, Ohio…
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“The last tribute standing will win a 10% off coupon to the PB&J of the Month Club and an all-expenses-paid trip to Cleveland, Ohio (Blackout dates apply).” By @katejohnsonwrites.bsky.social Full piece: thebelladonnacomedy.com/welcome-to-t...
Am I addicted to the Jersey pork roll at my local sandwich place? Yes. Will I stop? No. I can quit when I want!
So happy! My satire/humor piece about TSA and airports has just been published by @belladonnacomedy.bsky.social! #writingcommunity #writesky #humorwriting #writersofbluesky thebelladonnacomedy.com/welcome-to-t...
Welcome to the First-Ever Airport Hunger Games. May the Lines Be Ever in Your Favor.
The last tribute standing will win a 10% off coupon to the PB&J of the Month Club and an all-expenses-paid trip to Cleveland, Ohio…
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The horrors in the news are many, but poetry gave me a place to channel it. Here’s how reading daily poetry improved my mental health and how you can get started too: open.substack.com/pub/katejohn...
How I Improved My Mental Health Through Daily Poetry
Here's how to get started.
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On Thanksgiving, the immigrant children held at the Dilley detention center gathered in the gym for what they thought was a holiday feast. The kids salivated over a spread of turkey, sandwiches, pastries and pies, a family told me. But the food wasn’t for detainees — it was for the staff.
Just saw on KARE 11 that this boy was sent to a detainment facility in Texas and that his family didn't know his whereabouts for almost 24 hours.
Disco@discosaurus.bsky.social · 7mo agoThis picture making the rounds on reddit, Columbia Heights. I'm not OK.
This picture broke me, but the description of this kidnapping by a witness who says ICE referred to this precious child as “it” as they took him away fills me with an unspeakable, murderous rage.
Andrew Karre@andrewkarre.bsky.social · 7mo agoSharing this report of ICE depravity from Facebook at the request of community member. This is from a suburb north of ICE-occupied Minneapolis. The text is from her post on Facebook.
Losing things is really good for my New Years step count goal.
My husband when he wakes me up this morning, “I’m going to ease you into this slowly…”
Everyone should read After Purity by @saramoslener.bsky.social. What a superb read. It reminds me of this recent article from Religion Dispatches but goes much deeper. religiondispatches.org/the-purity-m...
The Purity Movement Was Never About Pledges and Rings — It's About Naturalizing White Femininity as America’s Moral Center
Recent headlines about the denim ad wars—Levi’s tapping Beyoncé, American Eagle turning to Sydney Sweeney, Gap retreating after backlash—have offered a telling glimpse of how American brands still tra...
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People who call kids “bad” usually don’t know Fact One about child development. A lot—A LOT—of adults, despite their authority, want children to display more emotional maturity than they’ve ever modeled for them.
Random Jeweler@randomjeweler.bsky.social · 8mo agoPeople complain that the kids are bad because we don't hit but kids will be kids and people way overdo the hitting
Brian Recker’s new book Hell Bent is out today! If you grew up terrified of hell growing up or came to Christianity because of hell, this book will heal you. www.penguinrandomhouse.com/books/771172...
Brian Recker’s new book Hell Bent comes out tomorrow! If you were plagued with fears of going to hell growing up, please read. It will heal your inner child. bookshop.org/p/books/hell...
Can’t wait for @smashfizzle.bsky.social ‘s memoir class this Monday!
This is your reminder to step outside and breathe.
Finding rest in the midst of the death of a man who advocated for a world where men's authority was built on the unpaid labor of women. #exvangelical #charliekirk open.substack.com/pub/sonyaros...
Today, It is Ok to Rest
There seemed to be an unspoken rule in the Evangelical circles I grew up in that oldest daughters were the second mothers of the home.
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Focusing on what truly benefits kids, with their input, would save us all. I wish that, collectively, we desired a free future for children more than we desired the power to harm or control another adult. Every day I try to imagine that better world for all the children who should get to live there.