Author: Andrea Mai
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WHEN CERTAINTY BECOMES A CAGE
The Person I Used to Be I was not always free. For years, I held religious beliefs that were inherited, not chosen. Handed down like furniture you never asked for but were afraid to throw away. I believed in spirits, but listening to them was forbidden. I sensed the dead, but asking for proof felt…
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MY 2-CENTS ON THE NEW AGE TO CHRISTIAN PIPELINE
How Bible scholars like Michael Heiser do a logical bait and switch on theology. I used to follow Michael Heiser’s work closely. For an evangelical scholar, he was refreshingly willing to take the supernatural world of the Bible seriously. He talked about the divine council, the Watchers, the elohim, territorial spirits—things most churches ignore or…
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FREE WILL IS AN ILLUSION OF THE MATRIX
Why Your “Choices” Are Just Programming You Can’t See We like to believe we are free. Free to choose truth over lies. Free to see clearly. Free to be humble, careful, and responsible. The idea of free will is the bedrock of our legal systems, our religious doctrines, and our sense of self. Without it,…
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DEAR YOUNG PEOPLE (CLASS OF 2026)
I am writing to you as an elder millennial. That means I was your age when the sky turned gray over Manhattan on a September morning. I stood with my generation in front of dormitory televisions, watching the second plane hit in real time, knowing nothing would ever be the same. We did not yet…
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THE FUTURE OF THIS BLOG (& OTHERS)
I am slowly becoming shadow banned by the algorithms of search We are watching the quiet collapse of the open information highway, and I am not sure anyone is paying attention. For years, I wrote openly. I shared some of my most personal experiences—the kind of raw, unfiltered life content that you can’t find in…
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MOVIE REVIEW: MRS. LOWRY & SON
When the People We Love Can’t Appreciate Our Art I recently came across a movie called Mrs Lowry & Son, and at first, I wasn’t sure I was interested. But something pulled me in, and by the end, I felt deeply moved—and heartbroken. The film tells a story based on the real-life painter L.S. Lowry,…
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I PREDICTED IT USING MY METHOD
I Predicted Blake Lively’s Met Gala Pivot. Here Is Why It Was Her Only Move. You saw the headlines. The lawsuit with Justin Baldoni settled. Hours later, Blake Lively appeared at the Met Gala. She wore a soft, floral Versace gown. She carried a clutch painted by her children. She said, “I’m shy. I just…