Rebecca BranleJun 9, 20213 minF the Fairytales: Thoughts on Critical Race TheoryI've never been a big fan of fairytales. Not even as a kid. Seems my 6-year-old Anna feels the same way. She started watching Rapunzel...
Rebecca BranleMay 25, 20213 minOne Year. Too Many Years.It's been one year. But it's also been hundreds of years. One year ago we watched George Floyd breathe his last breath, calling for his...
Rebecca BranleApr 24, 20212 minHate Has No Home HereI wonder what you thought your little gift would do. Did you think it would scare us, or that we'd read it and say, "Man, this fella has...
Rebecca BranleMar 24, 20213 minIf God is Love, God is for Gun ControlI think, deep down, we all know what's right. And if we wonder, finding the answer is easy. Regardless of the God we pray to, or if we...
Rebecca BranleMar 16, 20212 minThe People We CreateWe lost a lot in the last four years. We lost our people. Not just to COVID. Not to death. But to cruelty, their own cruelty that came...
Rebecca BranleJan 12, 20213 minTime to Cash OutMoney makes the world go round. And it makes small people sell their souls, and their country, for more. More money, more power, more...
Rebecca BranleJan 9, 20212 minHe Showed Us Who He WasWhen someone shows you who they are, believe them. I think that's what's been driving me mad for the last 4 years. He showed us who he...
Rebecca BranleOct 27, 20207 min47 Years Prove him Worthy of Being 46Our lives are living records. Every day, with every interaction, we leave behind evidence of our character. That evidence acts as clues,...
Rebecca BranleOct 11, 20203 minYou Forgot the GuysIf we just got rid of men, we could eliminate abortion. Sounds crazy, right? But it's true. Men are a part of this equation.
Rebecca BranleSep 30, 20205 minFriends, That's Not Jesus You're Worshipping. That's Donald Trump.I'm tired. But I want to be kind and I want to leave the door open, with a welcome mat, and I want to remind you that you can still walk...
Rebecca BranleSep 24, 20202 minThe Thing About Our Hearts...On Cannon Hinnant, a 5-year-old white child murdered by his black neighbor, and used by racists to denounce a movement: Know what’s...
Rebecca BranleSep 24, 20205 minSpit and ShitOn Saturday, Anna and I were outside playing. Or, truthfully, I was trying to have a rare phone conversation and Anna was following me...
Rebecca BranleSep 24, 20202 minOn Breonna TaylorI keep wanting to stomp my feet and scream, "You're not seeing her. They're not seeing her." Breonna Taylor was young and beautiful and...
Rebecca BranleJun 5, 20202 minThe Bully and the BibleI hope you saw it. I hope you saw the protestors on their knees. Peacefully. Hands up. I hope you saw the horses charge. The tear gas...
Rebecca BranleApr 26, 20206 minmaybe we're wrong about strongMaybe strong isn't stoic. Maybe it isn't the chin up, chest forward, all-business kind of business we've been conditioned to believe....