I will speak the truth

April 29, 2021.Reading time 11 minutes.

Illustrated picture by Charity Wottrich depicting a time that she had a panic attack after some particularly hard pushback in light of her upcoming book release.

In this blog post I reflect on writing my first book, “Where the Willow Weeps”, my story growing up in the cult of Branhamism (otherwise known as The Message) and how I found freedom in Christ. In this post I talk about some of the backlash I got in response to my memoir and my motivation for writing it in the first place.

Why Church Going is all That

January 11, 2019.Reading time 8 minutes.

Recently I’ve been overwhelmed and overjoyed even amidst my struggles adulting here in Texas, at the wonderful blessing of community that I have found. I realized recently how all of this came about… a huge part being the fact that I sought out a church immediately after moving to Austin six months ago, and made […]

Dating Standards & How They Change

June 27, 2018.Reading time 15 minutes.

“Your rules are ridiculous!” It was my second date with the charming personality, but something in his tone didn’t sound very charming. “Excuse me? You said you were good with my rules…?” Our first date had been lovely. I hadn’t been in the beautiful city of D.C. for very long and I was feeling […]