Kayla Jentes
@thenerdychiro.bsky.social
Chiropractor | Person of Faith | Seeking holistic healing & compassionate care. Exploring theology, health, & politics. Questioning Christianity, learning in Jewish spaces, and moving beyond toxic traditions. 🌍🕊️ #Deconstructing #Healing #LoveYourNeighbor
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Kayla Jentes
@thenerdychiro.bsky.social
· Mar 20
The Big Questions: Gender & Sexuality
Part One: The Historical, Scientific, and Biblical Understandings of Gender
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I wrote this for the religious people who might struggle to believe that gender is non-binary. I know many on here are on the more progressive end, but there are a lot of cool insights that might be new to you. Check it out:
As a chasm separates the Christian right from the Christian left, what happened to the Jesus followers? How can “those people” possibly still be Christians?
Where are the Jesus Followers?
A Comparison of the Christian Right and Left
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September 29, 2025 at 2:56 PM
As a chasm separates the Christian right from the Christian left, what happened to the Jesus followers? How can “those people” possibly still be Christians?
New post here! For everyone struggling with navigating hard conversations this pride month, this one is for you. It gives you seven tools to have tough conversations around LGBTQ issues. Hope you enjoy!
Navigating Pride Month
Thoughts for Conservatives, Progressives, and Everyone In-between
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June 3, 2025 at 1:41 PM
New post here! For everyone struggling with navigating hard conversations this pride month, this one is for you. It gives you seven tools to have tough conversations around LGBTQ issues. Hope you enjoy!
New post just dropped! This one might ruffle some conservative feathers, but I thinks it’s a conversation worth having.
The Big Questions: Can Women Be Pastors?
An Introduction
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May 1, 2025 at 1:59 PM
New post just dropped! This one might ruffle some conservative feathers, but I thinks it’s a conversation worth having.
Crucifixion was a public form of execution used in order to strike fear into the public and prevent people from rising up against Rome. It was used as a form of public humiliation and torture. Crucifixions on non-Roman citizens were done without any kind of due process for the “criminals” accused.
#BlueskyResistance #Voices4Victory #ProudBlue
WTAF… what are we becoming? What has the White House become?
WTAF… what are we becoming? What has the White House become?
April 29, 2025 at 7:26 PM
Crucifixion was a public form of execution used in order to strike fear into the public and prevent people from rising up against Rome. It was used as a form of public humiliation and torture. Crucifixions on non-Roman citizens were done without any kind of due process for the “criminals” accused.
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If you’re wondering what actual “anti Christian bias” looks like:
April 28, 2025 at 10:16 PM
If you’re wondering what actual “anti Christian bias” looks like:
May I present to you… the opposite of woke.
April 27, 2025 at 9:32 PM
May I present to you… the opposite of woke.
Wow… how disrespectful. You had one job. Oh, also he fell asleep during the service…
April 26, 2025 at 11:16 PM
Wow… how disrespectful. You had one job. Oh, also he fell asleep during the service…
How do we balance the need for national security with the need for personal liberty?
Finding Hope in Babylon: Security vs Personal Liberty
Exploring the ways debates about Security and Liberty live in tension and what we can do if we find ourselves outside the fold
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April 24, 2025 at 5:07 PM
How do we balance the need for national security with the need for personal liberty?
All that you need to maintain authoritarian control is fear. Maintaining egalitarian freedom and democracy requires all your basic needs be met—like economic stability, safety, shelter, food, and healthcare. It’s no wonder democracies fall into fascism during time of crisis. But love casts out fear.
April 22, 2025 at 10:58 PM
All that you need to maintain authoritarian control is fear. Maintaining egalitarian freedom and democracy requires all your basic needs be met—like economic stability, safety, shelter, food, and healthcare. It’s no wonder democracies fall into fascism during time of crisis. But love casts out fear.
We will miss you Pope Francis. The light and love you brought into the world will be felt for generations. Bless you good and faithful servant. May you rest in peace.
April 21, 2025 at 2:11 PM
We will miss you Pope Francis. The light and love you brought into the world will be felt for generations. Bless you good and faithful servant. May you rest in peace.
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People spend a lot of time wondering why the left is worse at using independent media to control the national narrative.
A useful exercise is to ask why the left is also worse at selling snake oil and pyramid schemes, because I think the reasons are basically exactly the same.
A useful exercise is to ask why the left is also worse at selling snake oil and pyramid schemes, because I think the reasons are basically exactly the same.
April 21, 2025 at 1:31 AM
People spend a lot of time wondering why the left is worse at using independent media to control the national narrative.
A useful exercise is to ask why the left is also worse at selling snake oil and pyramid schemes, because I think the reasons are basically exactly the same.
A useful exercise is to ask why the left is also worse at selling snake oil and pyramid schemes, because I think the reasons are basically exactly the same.
With Easter right around the corner I thought it was a good time to talk about the complex relationship we have to violence. Is violence ever okay?
A Complex Relationship With Violence
Is Violence Ever Okay?
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April 17, 2025 at 8:31 PM
With Easter right around the corner I thought it was a good time to talk about the complex relationship we have to violence. Is violence ever okay?
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We've reached the point in our descent into fascism where the Jewish governor's house getting firebombed on Passover by a guy trying to bash his head in with a sledgehammer is overshadowed by the story of the President saying he wants to build foreign gulags for US citizens.
April 15, 2025 at 12:09 AM
We've reached the point in our descent into fascism where the Jewish governor's house getting firebombed on Passover by a guy trying to bash his head in with a sledgehammer is overshadowed by the story of the President saying he wants to build foreign gulags for US citizens.
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CDC unable to respond to lead crisis due to funding cuts.
April 12, 2025 at 2:26 PM
CDC unable to respond to lead crisis due to funding cuts.
Passover begins this weekend and it got me thinking about Empires and how we want to escape them, and yet never quite seem to kick the habit. Check it out!
The Way of Passover
Escaping Earthly Empire Into the Kingdom of God
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April 10, 2025 at 4:21 PM
Passover begins this weekend and it got me thinking about Empires and how we want to escape them, and yet never quite seem to kick the habit. Check it out!
Writing a series on gender and sexuality was a lot of fun! I’m really glad I got to do the work. I’m looking forward to my future writings about politics and religion. Next up: is violence ever okay?
April 5, 2025 at 3:10 PM
Writing a series on gender and sexuality was a lot of fun! I’m really glad I got to do the work. I’m looking forward to my future writings about politics and religion. Next up: is violence ever okay?
Let’s talk about sex 😂 Last one of the series! If you didn’t catch the other articles I’ll link them in the comments.
The Big Questions: Gender & Sexuality Part 3
The Biblical Understanding of Sexuality
substack.com
April 3, 2025 at 4:21 PM
Let’s talk about sex 😂 Last one of the series! If you didn’t catch the other articles I’ll link them in the comments.
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Gosh. If only there were an historical analogue we could study to learn about the horrors of rounding people up without due process and sending them to torture camps in other countries.
March 29, 2025 at 8:35 PM
Gosh. If only there were an historical analogue we could study to learn about the horrors of rounding people up without due process and sending them to torture camps in other countries.
Part two is out! This is where we get into the history and science of sexuality. It really is a must read for people trying to navigate these tough questions.
The Big Questions: Gender & Sexuality Part 2
Part Two: The Historical and Scientific Understandings of Sexuality
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March 27, 2025 at 4:04 PM
Part two is out! This is where we get into the history and science of sexuality. It really is a must read for people trying to navigate these tough questions.
At least the Roman Empire had bread and circuses coming to towns to distract the people from the impending political and social collapse. All we have is a 24/7 news cycle and fear
March 24, 2025 at 2:49 AM
At least the Roman Empire had bread and circuses coming to towns to distract the people from the impending political and social collapse. All we have is a 24/7 news cycle and fear
When are Bernie and AOC going to make it to North Carolina!?
March 23, 2025 at 6:27 AM
When are Bernie and AOC going to make it to North Carolina!?
I wrote this for the religious people who might struggle to believe that gender is non-binary. I know many on here are on the more progressive end, but there are a lot of cool insights that might be new to you. Check it out:
The Big Questions: Gender & Sexuality
Part One: The Historical, Scientific, and Biblical Understandings of Gender
open.substack.com
March 20, 2025 at 6:21 PM
I wrote this for the religious people who might struggle to believe that gender is non-binary. I know many on here are on the more progressive end, but there are a lot of cool insights that might be new to you. Check it out:
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Can’t emphasize this enough: if you’re feeling overwhelmed by the debased assault on our country, the antidote is connecting with other people in the flesh who are feeling the same way. There are millions of us.
March 15, 2025 at 6:14 PM
Can’t emphasize this enough: if you’re feeling overwhelmed by the debased assault on our country, the antidote is connecting with other people in the flesh who are feeling the same way. There are millions of us.
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Demonstrators affiliated with a progressive Jewish activist group packed into Trump Tower on Thursday to protest the arrest of Mahmoud Khalil, a Palestinian activist and former Columbia University student. Nearly 100 of the protesters were later arrested, according to the police. nyti.ms/4bRGVtn
March 13, 2025 at 7:17 PM
Demonstrators affiliated with a progressive Jewish activist group packed into Trump Tower on Thursday to protest the arrest of Mahmoud Khalil, a Palestinian activist and former Columbia University student. Nearly 100 of the protesters were later arrested, according to the police. nyti.ms/4bRGVtn
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I’m convinced that there isn’t any response quite as evil as saying to a suffering person “Everything happens for a reason“ or “It’s all in God’s plan.”
Especially when their suffering is being caused by a reality that you voted for.
Especially when their suffering is being caused by a reality that you voted for.
March 13, 2025 at 1:51 PM
I’m convinced that there isn’t any response quite as evil as saying to a suffering person “Everything happens for a reason“ or “It’s all in God’s plan.”
Especially when their suffering is being caused by a reality that you voted for.
Especially when their suffering is being caused by a reality that you voted for.