-
With the exception of a misguided attempt at first love with a man that I am sure at least one culture in human civilization would describe as a relative, I’ve never dated a man that I haven’t first met online. Naively, I relayed this fact of my life to a friend of mine who is… Read more
-
It’s amazing how often my elderly hospice patients advise me to live without fear, love with everything I have, enjoy life while I’m still young, and do what makes me happy. They say this so often I’ve come to believe they are collectively speaking Truth with a capital T and that these are some of… Read more
-
For Part 1: https://oddbygod.wordpress.com/2013/10/05/the-missionary-position-part-i When you are thrown into a chasm of despair, I believe in holding on to whatever you need to make it through to the other side. Sometimes rescuing ourselves out of the pit involves a lot of clawing at rock surfaces, blindly feeling for the slightest edge that will bear our… Read more
-
The year between my sophomore and junior years of college, I worked as a student missionary. With my good friend Charity, we committed nine months to teaching English at a church-affiliated school in the city of Prague. As far as missionary positions go, ours was an easy job. Teach English during the week. Build relationships… Read more
-
At 36, I am happier with myself than I’ve ever been. More than any time in my life, I take joy in simply being me. But this week has been a harsh reminder that I still have a healthy dose of self-hatred running through my veins. I’ve hated myself for much of my life. This… Read more
-
One summer, during seminary, a friend asked me to be a girls’ counselor for his church youth group at their annual trip to a Southern Baptist camp in the Sierras. I said yes because we were friends. I should have said no because we were friends. We should have both known better. I was in the midst… Read more
-
OddbyGod is an earnest but irreverent podcast on spirituality. Nina G, the world’s only stuttering female stand-up comedian, helps her friend Heather, a hospice chaplain who likes to cuss, inaugurate the OddbyGod podcast and talk with her on everything from disability culture, the Pope, their recent trip to Wyoming, and their shared love of stand-up… Read more
-
A few years ago, an obscure pastor in Florida held a sacred book in one hand and the promise of a lighter in another, threatening, in effect, to throw an ideological grenade into a crowded room and take the viewing world hostage in an unprecedented display of evangelistic theatrics and foreign policy nightmare. I raised… Read more
-
One Saturday night several years ago, I rented a couple of movies and ordered take-out at my favorite Chinese restaurant in town. Sitting in the front lobby while I waited for my Chinese chicken salad and potstickers, I passed my time on a bench next to a medium-sized aquarium. The restaurant itself was quiet for… Read more
Heather Isaacs 