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Abigail Welborn in Bleeding Heart Liberal

May 6, 2022

The author as a teenager, with greasy bangs, wearing a purple-and-white-striped shirt under a purple cardigan under a neon multi-colored coat in a middle school hallway.

Growing Up Evangelical

A quick primer on the subculture you may have missed

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Abigail Welborn in Bleeding Heart Liberal

May 29

Can a church actually be “welcoming but not affirming”?

Abigail Welborn in Bleeding Heart Liberal

Jun 3, 2022

A photo of a toy gun lying on top of an open Bible.

Freedom, Your Rights, and God

Why evangelicals who fight any impingement on their right to own guns…

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Abigail Welborn in Bleeding Heart Liberal

Nov 10, 2023

Why Christians should vote pro-choice

Restricting abortion doesn’t save lives, but other policies do

Abigail Welborn in Bleeding Heart Liberal

Sep 19, 2023

Three pictures. On the left, deadly and beautiful Queen Xayide, the villain from “The Neverending Story Part 2.” Center, lava demon Te Kā looming over Moana, from Disney’s “Moana.” Right, the cartoon Grinch with an “x-ray” showing his heart is two sizes too small, from Dr. Seuss’s “How the Grinch Stole Christmas.”

Christians have a democracy dilemma (or three)

How do you submit to authority when you can also change…

Abigail Welborn in Bleeding Heart Liberal

Aug 19

Abortion Extremes and Florida Amendment #4

I got a door hanger recently urging me to vote no on…

Abigail Welborn in Bleeding Heart Liberal

Oct 14, 2022

A view over dark blue water of the sun near the horizon, appearing red, with orange-lit clouds above.

What is True? The Bible is literary

Reading the Bible like we read other literature can help assuage…

Abigail Welborn in Bleeding Heart Liberal

May 20, 2022

How Fundamental is Our Divide?

Before we can talk politics, we have to talk about how we talk.

Abigail Welborn in Bleeding Heart Liberal

May 5, 2022

Map of the United States showing Trump with 306 electoral votes to Clinton’s 232.

A Tale of Two Elections

What does it mean that I went from gloating in 2004 to despairing in 2016?

Abigail Welborn in Bleeding Heart Liberal

Jun 25, 2022

A black-and-white engraving that depicts a lord and lady on their thrones, holding a sword on the shoulder of a kneeling man, titled “The Ceremony of Feudal Homage, 12th century.”

Why It Might Be Hard to Compromise

The alternative to compromise is endless conflict and government…

These were the top 10 stories published by Bleeding Heart Liberal; you can also dive into yearly archives: 2022, 2023, and 2024.

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A conservative evangelical Christian who grew up Republican realized she had slowly become a Democrat. Now she examines what that means for her theology, other conservative Christians, and progressive politics.

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