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What’s So Hard About Being An Adult With Autism?

There’s a phrase I frequently repeat that goes like this: “There is no such thing as an Autistic adult.” I adopted this phrase after reading the hyperlinked blog post and often repeat it when I’m …

I first wrote this as a long rambling Facebook status. After someone shared it, I decided that I should make it into a short post. I think with the elevated politicization of, well, everything, over …

I knew my Grandfather growing up but we never had a conversation. He immigrated to the U.S. but never learned English. I grew up in a house where we spoke English but not Spanish. I …

Social media interactions can be interesting. On one platform, I had a Christian friend say that I “Sure seem to be working hard to purge, cleanse, and set us ‘not quite the good side right-thinking’ …

There have actually been a couple of interesting posts on this subject that I have seen on Facebook. One was an article entitled “Christian Democrat?” on In All Things. The website is a Dordt College project and as …

I am a Democrat. Even more…by most metrics, I’m a progressive or liberal Democrat. There I said it. My Facebook friends won’t be surprised by this. I haven’t hidden my political orientation but I’ve also …

Life is filled with disappointments and challenges. I think we often lose something as we grow up. We go from feeling we can do anything to wondering if we can do anything. I have to …

I’m one of those old guys who posts on TikTok. My content there has a lot of consonance with the content we publish on Faith on View. The other day, I posted about being received …

“Do you know why people get together at Christmas? Because every time they do it might be the last time. Every Christmas is last Christmas.” -from Dr. Who 253, “Last Christmas,” written by Steven …

It has now been over 14 years since my Mom passed. Additionally, my father has now passed and the family home has been sold out of the family. But, I still miss Mom. Just the …