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Sacred Tension is the newsletter and podcast about the spiritual discipline of asking questions. It is dedicated to the pursuit of compassion, intellectual rigor, and professional curiosity.

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About the Author

Stephen Bradford Long is a Minister of Satan in The Satanic Temple and has been podcasting and blogging about sexuality, religion, and culture for over a decade. He has a Bachelors’ of Music from Montreat College and works too many jobs in North Carolina. He is not an expert in any of the subjects he writes about, so don’t take anything he says here too seriously. Most importantly, Stephen has six cats named Eli, Luna, Wednesday, Lilith, Dot, and Velma, and they are cuter, smarter, and better than your children.