Church, We’re Divorcing
Church, We’re Divorcing I sat down to write this post a couple of months ago—a couple of years ago—but didn’t have enough information. Or nearly enough healing. Because no one really talks about it; the shame is too great and…
The Compassion of the Christ
I’m glad I took an extra day before writing this. Because the sermon yesterday was on compassion, which is the root of what I experienced on Saturday. Merriam-Webster calls compassion, “consciousness of others’ distress together with a desire to alleviate it….
Why Jesus Freaks? Part Two
Why Jesus Freaks? Part Two Welcome back! For those of you who were hoping I’d continue my Food Diary series, fear not. I’ll get back to that ASAP. And, as you’ll find out if you read through those posts and these…
Why Jesus Freaks? Part One
**This series of posts, in which I will discuss the years leading up to my writing of Jesus Freaks, will be written from my perspective. I say this plainly for a reason: I’m going to talk a lot about different religions,…