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Erick Sierra

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The Lies We Tell Christian Students About God’s Will

How a Decade of Office Conversations with Anxious Seniors Changed the Way I Talk About Calling

May 7

The Lies We Tell Christian Students About God’s Will

May 7

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Remembering My First Feminist, My Ferocious Latina “Brava”

Raised in her kitchen, nourished by her love

Apr 6

Remembering My First Feminist, My Ferocious Latina “Brava”

Apr 6

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Counter Arts

How I Overcame Racial Fawning

Pulling back the curtain on racialized inferiority

Feb 24

How I Overcame Racial Fawning

Feb 24

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When “Critical Race Theory” Came For Me at My Small Christian College

On teaching Shakespeare faithfully during a time of culture wars

Jan 7

When “Critical Race Theory” Came For Me at My Small Christian College

Jan 7

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When Christ once showed up at my doorstop

She’d walked here 2,500 miles with her daughter on her back

Sep 22, 2024

When Christ once showed up at my doorstop

Sep 22, 2024

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I Caught My Wife in Adultery

What Came Next, We All Had Coming

May 14

I Caught My Wife in Adultery

May 14

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Fourth Wave

“The Matriarchs Who Came Before Me Did Not Despair — Neither Will I!”

How one Black woman’s ancestral clarity shook me out of my privileged paralysis and pointed the way forward

May 3

“The Matriarchs Who Came Before Me Did Not Despair — Neither Will I!”

May 3

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How ‘90s Evangelical Thrillers Taught Me to Fear Outsiders

Christian thrillers like ‘This Present Darkness’ and ‘Left Behind’ trained a generation to fear, demonize, and distrust

May 2

How ‘90s Evangelical Thrillers Taught Me to Fear Outsiders

May 2

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I Went to Church for Comfort. I Found God in the Woods Instead

How Grief Opened My Senses to a God I Thought Had Gone Silent

Apr 23

I Went to Church for Comfort. I Found God in the Woods Instead

Apr 23

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The Problem with “I’ll Pray for You” — And What to Say Instead

When Spiritual Language Becomes Emotional Avoidance

Apr 13

The Problem with “I’ll Pray for You” — And What to Say Instead

Apr 13

Erick Sierra

Erick Sierra

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an english professor + writer + speaker; a believer and dreamer; an insatiable seeker of Beauty amidst the rubble

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