Trace Woodgrains - The burden and delight of carving your own path

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We discuss Trace’s evolution from Mormonism to his current spiritual beliefs, his mission trip, and the struggle to find a personal spiritual answer. We also chat about the value of community and voluntary organization within religion, the pursuit of perfection, and the struggle against emptiness and decay. We also delve into the tension between the populist right and the traditional right, the struggle to build a cohesive movement, and the fragmentation within the online right, centrism, and the potential for a more inclusive pursuit of excellence. Our conversation concludes with a reflection on the value of life, the importance of intentional decision-making, and the duty to maintain and create positive structures.
Trace Woodgrains is a pseudonymous writer and podcast producer, he is on Twitter @tracewoodgrains and he is on Substack at ⁠www.tracingwoodgrains.com/⁠
Chapters for the full episode
⁠00:00⁠ Introduction and Background
⁠07:02⁠ Finding Community and Reasonable Conversations
⁠15:17⁠ The Value of Community and Voluntary Organization in Religion
⁠37:04⁠ The Tension Between the Populist Right and the Traditional Right
⁠52:12⁠ The Potential for a More Inclusive Center
01:09:46 The Value of Life and the Importance of Parenthood
01:15:13 Maintaining and Creating Positive Structures

[@bmc8871]

Many men would like to have children and be a father but are unable to do so because, for whatever reason they are unable to attain a woman to be their wife and mother to their children. When this happens the one thing they do not do is adopt a child and they certainly do not attain one through surrogacy. That is not normal and is also child abuse. We need to tell these people no. That’s it, the answer is no.

[@RCCarDude]

Surrogacy is human trafficking.