No, I haven’t been struck dead or down for launching this blog…which means either your prayers are working, or they aren’t. 🙂 It’s been several weeks since I posted an article here. Why? A few reasons… Reason 1: Family Finally Reacted If you listen to the podcast, you know that neither Hubs’ family nor mine initially reacted. That changed. The reactions range from supportive to hostile. I think my favorite…
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Questioning Faith
Questioning Faith Week 2: Exclusion Mentality
This is an excerpt from the journal I kept during my year of questioning faith in which I break from the exclusion mentality required in Christianity. I explained here why I’m sharing the journal. Week 2 My first full week without God begins today. Waking up was weird. I did not go downstairs, crack open my Chronological Bible, and read and pray. Odd. The flash of guilt that hit me…
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Finding Awesome (1-3)
A post about finding awesome from my my journal during the year of questioning faith. I explained here why I’m sharing the journal. Week 1, Day 3 A friend posted a video of an aerobics instructor from the 80s today. It was hilarious. The woman’s workout involved holding her breath for several seconds at a time. I suppose it could have been an ab workout. Maybe. At any rate, it…
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It Got Real
“What made her step away?” Hubs has been asked this more than once. I’ve already talked about the specific scriptural contradiction that was the proverbial last straw, but the last person to ask the question did so in a way that hinted at a deeper question. It felt more like he was asking, “After reading it over and over, only now does she start having a real problem accepting all…
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Coming Out of the Closet, Or Not (3-2)
For all of you who are telling me you feel fake and you aren’t sure, either, if you are a Christian because of the Bible – I get you. Maybe you aren’t sure about coming out of the closet yet. It’s okay to hold silent while you figure things out. Here’s an entry from my Questioning Faith journal where I was doing just that. It was written not very long after my amazing father-in-love, James D. Seitz, finished his battle with Parkinson’s Disease. At the time, I was the head of a non-profit whose mission was to make movies, books, and TV shows embedded with culture-enriching values (which was often mistaken to mean solely “Christian” values). Week…
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