Celsus Couldn’t Stand the Early Christians and Origen Couldn’t Let It Go
Celsus was Rome's sharpest critic of Christianity — witty, erudite, and deeply annoyed. Origen was the scholar-mystic who read his takedown and responded with a doctoral dissertation's worth of controlled fury. Their clash is part theology, part philosophy, and surprisingly hilarious.
What Early Rivals Reveal About Christianity’s Fragmented Beginnings
Before Christianity, there was a tangle of competing movements, rival baptisms, and charismatic teachers. A brief story in Acts about an Alexandrian preacher named Apollos cracks that tidy history open — and asks what if Jesus wasn't the center yet?
Prisca: The Forgotten Woman Who Shaped Early Christianity
So here it is — the same letter that dismantles Leviticus, replaces the Law, and tells us to grow beyond “elementary teachings about Christ” also slams the door on forgiveness for people who stumble after belief.
Who Are You When Your Body Dies?
When my best friend ended up on life support, I finally understood something the Gospel of Mary had been trying to tell me all along — about the soul, and what makes any of us irreplaceable.
Paul's Teaching on Sex Liberated Thekla. For the Rest of Us, It's More Complicated.
My women's group read The Acts of Paul and Thekla aloud. My margin notes said "Sex? No sex? WTF?????" This essay is about what happens when a woman with a complicated past finally reckons with Paul.
Why Jesus Said “There Is No Such Thing as Sin”
When Jesus says “There is no such thing as sin” in the Gospel of Mary, he isn’t denying harm—he’s naming it differently. This essay explores sin as misalignment, original goodness, and the forgotten self within.
Mary and the Ancient Goddesses of Death and Rebirth
Across cultures, divine mothers govern life, death, and rebirth. Placing Mary alongside figures like Isis, Demeter, and Kali reveals her as part of an ancient spiritual pattern—the mother who transforms grief into resurrection.
