I’m a leftist Christian. Sarcastically, I refer to myself as a Democratic Socialist American Christian, or DSAC: Because being a left-wing Christian sucks balls. For most of my life, the Christians I’ve been surrounded by have been conservative or conservative-leaning. This shouldn’t come as a surprise to anyone; most major religions have conservative biases. However, what was fairly notable to me is how these folks spoke about people who held left-wing political views. The opinions of leftist ideology ranged from being compared to a lifelong struggle to booking my trip straight to hell (without passing go). Or, my favorite, “if you go left far enough you find yourself at Nazism.” Needless to say, it’s not exactly surprising that a subsection of white Christians might not exactly understand why a black man might prefer the government to have some amount of control over the economy.

It appears that I have forgotten myself and the lessons that I’ve learned about myself. If you’re reading this, then you can be once again re-assured that I am back. Am I back like Longhhorn football? Soretomo (I know Japanese conjunctives now… it means “or”), am I back like overt racism? The staying power of my ability to complete literary works is still under evalutation but I do have a very explicit goal as to how much to write while I remain 33 years old. I hope to use this new, private platform (can’t call it self-hosted) to achieve that endeavor. And, yes, I will be dropping sports takes to hit my objective. No more exclusively negative writing to prose my way out of a depressive bout! Mmm… at some point maybe I’ll figure out a way to let y’all subscribe to my site but spinning up the initial, moderately secure subdomain was enough of a post-work task. You’ll hear more from me soon. Keep your blade sharp, your mind focused, and your spirit calm. For my Christian brother and sisters, may the Lord bless you and keep you!