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Chapel Milieu
*This was my “about” page for Chapel Milieu. Although the name has changed and some content has been updated, this subject remains at the heart of this blog.* There are things that happen in life that profoundly change us. Breaking up with the American church, although I didn’t realize it at the time, has…
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Doug Wilson. A “No” For Me.
I can’t remember the first time I heard of Doug Wilson, but I think it was around 2020. I read several of his blog posts and eventually signed up for Canon Press, where I listened to many of his interviews. Initially, I liked his brashness (a little more on that here), but in different online…
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NAR – Seven Mountain Mandate
NAR -Seven Mountain mandate (7M Mandate) The first time I heard about the Seven Mountain Mandate was from a close friend I had at the time. She told me about the seven spheres of cultural influence that Christians were supposed to take back. They consist of: religion, family, government, education, media, arts/entertainment, and business. At…
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White Supremacy in Christian Nationalism
When I started writing about Christian Nationalism and the common denominators contributing to it, it overwhelmingly pointed to Ecumenicism and Authoritarianism (there are other themes in CN, but these are my focus here). Ecumenicism, which can be described as Christians uniting with people under the banner of “Christianity” who do not hold orthodox views of…
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The Wide Road to Christian Nationalism
“Christian Nationalism is a political cult disguised as a religious cult.”- John Collins There is a wide road that leads to Christian Nationalism. Let’s examine some of the roots, history, and belief systems that inform (what we know as) Christian Nationalism (CN) today. This is not an exhaustive list; it highlights some of the commonalities…
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My Preface to Christian Nationalism
Christian Nationalism became a topic of discussion between my husband and me when we started hearing a political ideology coming from the pulpit. I wouldn’t say it really mixed with Christianity in its orthodoxy, but it definitely used the right words…they just had a different meaning. It wasn’t mixed with it, because, ultimately, it seemed…
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Jesus First, And My Introduction to Christian Nationalism
Jesus is the start of the Christian life. Jesus is the end of the Christian life. And he’s everything in between. The Gospel is the good news of Jesus: Law – God gave us His law through Moses, which is summed up in the Ten Commandments. No one can keep the law. We continually…