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The Myth of Systemic Injustice: Breaking Down the Fallacies

Posted on April 3, 2025April 7, 2025 by Elsa Kurt

Why the narrative of "systemic injustice" falls apart under scrutiny and what Scripture says about personal responsibility. We hear it all the time—“systemic injustice” is the root of all disparities...Read More

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Divide & Conquer: How Media Uses Division and Our Response

Posted on April 2, 2025April 3, 2025 by Elsa Kurt

How political powers and media giants are fueling division, and what Christians can do about it. Ever feel like you’re stuck in a social media comment section gone horribly wrong?...Read More

12 People You Know (And Want to Slap Sometimes) On Facebook

Posted on September 28, 2016January 3, 2019 by Elsa Kurt

12 People You Know (And Want To Slap Sometimes) On Facebook by ModernMelly We all know em, we all ARE them ( at one time or another, at least)...Read More

Soul Mate or Soul Sucker?

Posted on January 14, 2016January 3, 2019 by Elsa Kurt

Soul Mate, Or Soul Sucker? By ModernMelly I read a Facebook post late last night, just before bed, from a beautiful young woman; a gut wrenching breakup post that...Read More

Dear 44th Birthday

Posted on October 24, 2015January 3, 2019 by Elsa Kurt

Dear 44th, Aww, hey, what's up? Listen, I just wanted to welcome you, and you know, try and make you feel a little less the 'outsider' here. I get how...Read More

12 Happy Pages For Social Media Addicts

Posted on September 30, 2015January 3, 2019 by Elsa Kurt

12 Happy Pages For Social Media Addicts By Modern Melly Hello fellow social media addicts! Disclaimer: This is not a support group, nor will I try to persuade you...Read More

Dear Everyone Writing A ‘Dear____’ Blog

Posted on September 29, 2015January 3, 2019 by Elsa Kurt

Dear everyone and their mother that writes a blog, including me: STOP FUCKING WRITING 'DEAR (insert person type here)'. Enough already, we get it. Seriously. Dear children's costume company, stop...Read More

Top Internet Troll & Trash Talker Tactics

Posted on September 4, 2015April 4, 2021 by Elsa Kurt

Today's topic is:Internet Trolls and the Trash They Talk! We all know 'em, we all love...err, hate 'em! Ya can't live with them, and ya can't give 'em a little shove...Read More

Too Many Heroes

Posted on July 20, 2015 by Elsa Kurt

Ahem. *Stands on soapbox, taps microphone. I couldn't help but notice, and of course partake in the numerous dialogues and debates over what constitutes a Hero. Since I haven't posted...Read More

Stop (SAYING) ‘Police’ Brutality

Posted on May 8, 2015April 4, 2021 by Elsa Kurt

My husband and I, we live simply. We don't like ambiguity, don't tolerate intolerable behavior, we weigh our words carefully, we think before we speak. We do all of this, not with...Read More

Well, I’ll Be Damned

Posted on March 15, 2015 by Elsa Kurt

Well, I''l be damned. That's what I was thinking, a few days ago, as I bobbed along in an aluminum kayak, in the middle of a crystal clear Florida spring,...Read More

Help! Just Kidding, I’d Never Ask That

Posted on March 14, 2015 by Elsa Kurt

When Elton John sang, "Sorry Seems To Be The Hardest Word" he was, of course, right. It's true, I'm terrible at it and avoid having to say it as if...Read More

I’m Not Talking To You, I’m Talking To Me

Posted on March 2, 2015 by Elsa Kurt

We all do it. Don't deny it... we all talk to ourselves. Sometimes, we're the only one who listens, am I right?! (hardy-har-har, I know). It's totally normal, healthy even,...Read More

The Art of Being Vague

Posted on December 14, 2014June 1, 2015 by Elsa Kurt

Ah, the art of being vague. It's, you know, kind of simple but not. (See what I did there? I was being vague.) Now, you forthright, direct people may wonder;...Read More