Housekeeping: Closing Comments to Protect Our Space

Dear friends and fellow sojourners,

I’ve made a change here at Twin Tree Project, and, as always, I want to be transparent about it with you.

As of today, comments are now turned off across the site (with the exception of our original welcome post). This applies to future posts as well as nearly all existing ones.

It wasn’t a decision I made lightly. For years I’ve kept comments open, believing in conversation, in the possibility of iron sharpening iron, and in the quiet hope that decent people could still find one another online. I had moderation turned on so every comment required my approval. Even then, the moment I hit “publish” on recent posts, the ugliness flooded in: “die infidel,” random hatred, nonsense designed to provoke and disrupt.

And then came the death threats tied to something as simple as reflecting on our nation’s 250th birthday. Something in me finally snapped. I heard a clear inner voice: You do not have to tolerate this. This is not Europe. This is our space. The community we’ve built together through honest questions, Scripture, deconstruction, and the raw pursuit of relational faith. I will not allow hatred and anonymous venom to poison it.

This platform is not X or Facebook. There are no armies of moderators, no quick-report systems that actually work, and far too many people who cannot (or will not) act like decent human beings when given the chance. I refuse to spend my limited time and energy sifting through filth just so a few can spit on what matters to us. I won’t expose you, those who come here seeking something real, to that negativity either.

So here’s how we’ll do community moving forward:

If something I write stirs you, challenges you, or lights a spark, please reach out. Use the contact form on the site or email me directly. Those messages still come straight to me, and I read every one. Some of the most meaningful exchanges I’ve had have happened in those quieter, intentional spaces anyway.

For those who choose to continue sending violent hatred, threats, or harassment through the contact form or any other channel, they will be immediately reported to local law enforcement for investigation and prosecution. We have successfully done this before, and I will not hesitate to do it again. This is not a game. Our peace and safety matter.

This isn’t about shutting people out. It’s about protecting what’s sacred here: a place where we can wrestle with faith, truth, grace, and the times we’re living in, without the constant threat of drive-by hatred interrupting the conversation.

I’m sorry it has come to this. It does grieve me that we can’t trust one another more online, even (especially) among those who claim the name of Christ. But protecting the peace of this little corner of the internet feels like obedience right now. The wheat and the tares grow together until the harvest, but that doesn’t mean I have to hand the tares a microphone in my own garden.

To daily readers, thank you for your understanding. Thank you for being part of this peculiar, grace-seeking community. The Lord knows those who are His, and He is more than able to connect us however He chooses.

If you’re new here, welcome. Stick around. The writing continues. The invitation remains.