Welcome
Hi there! My name is Randy and this is where I write about life, growth, and intimacy — basically all the things I should have figured out by now.
Three focal points on life from one very human voice.

I am turning 58 next Thursday, and I have decided I want abs. Not metaphorical abs. Not “abs are made in the kitchen” abs. Not…
Conservative Evangelical Christianity taught me that you could identify a true Christian by their fruit. It’s right there in Galatians 5:22-23 —…
Last week I sat down with my friend Joe Brummer for his podcast, and we talked. Not just about the exgay chapter…
Someone asked me recently where I’ve been finding all this extra time to write. It’s a fair question. The posts have been…
My weekly attempt to make sense of the world so I can fight for life instead of being run over by it.
A midweek dispatch from the part of me that wanders off emotionally and sends back cryptic little postcards.
Where I check in on my personal growth and discover, yet again, that I don’t have to have “issues” to deal with.
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