Professionally curious. Ecumenical slut. Minister. Blogger. Host of the Sacred Tension Podcast. Passionate about religion, dialogue, cats, and spooky things.
Joined December 2012
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I Never Stopped Being a Christian. Christianity just gave itself life through other myths.
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In which I ask, with all sincerity, if I can return to Christianity.
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SBL dives into the hard topics again with bravery and nobility. Thank you Stephen for your piece exploring the raw challenges men face and how our society lets them down (NOT an MRA article)!
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Here's an intense conversation with @stephenblong about America's decades-long, totalitarian-style war of psychic terror against homosexuals...which his generation has just about forgotten. sacredtension.substack.com/p…
For close to a century, America waged a forgotten war of psychic terror against its gay population. Jonathan Rauch and I discuss: stephenbradfordlong.com/2024…
"Here we can meditate on the fullness of love and heartbreak, life and death, connectedness and brokenness. It is in the raising up of the rhythmic system that we become The Magician, embodying work as play."
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We are constantly telling men to "be more vulnerable," when being more vulnerable means losing everything. This was a hard piece to write, and I almost didn't publish it.
"I can’t count the number of times I expressed the truly raw and scary stuff beneath the surface and it went horribly wrong."
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@stephenblong shares vulnerably about what it feels like for him to be a man. open.substack.com/pub/sacred…
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Appreciating @stephenblong 's thoughtful and honest sharing on his current spiritual/philosophical/personal journey and relationship vis-a-vis satanism. open.substack.com/pub/sacred…
"What I wanted, as my faith died, was the space to do Christianity but not have to believe it. I wanted to live the story of Christ, say the prayers, and attend the liturgies. I wanted to live as if it was true even if I couldn’t believe it was true."
Yascha Mounk, a brilliant journalist and author, has been accused of rape. No, I will not be rescinding my interview with him on my show. No, I will not ask for my work to be removed from his publication Persuasion Magazine.
He is innocent until proven guilty.
In this episode of Sacred Tension, my sister Elizabeth Schultz returns for a spirited debate about free will, the existence of God, and the foundations of morality. stephenbradfordlong.com/2024…
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@stephenblong's writing brings wisdom from the deepest places. His latest piece made me look around to see how much of a shared vision my current life holds. Our individuality can be a strength, but when Uruk saved me it cracked open my heart for compassion, and then community.
"We seem to only have a cultural vision of what not to do to each other, rather than a shared vision of the good life, together."
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