Wearing a mask is something I wrestled with from the very beginning of my questioning journey because I was known as a believer. My real life friends. My colleagues. Social media followers. Heck, I’d gone on national media many times and taught thousands at Christian conferences coast to coast – leaving millions to know that one descriptor about me: believer. I lost countless nights of sleep, laboring under the worry…
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Questioning Faith
Breaking From My Tribe
This post is from my journaling in 2016 when I began allowing myself to question and consider not being an evangelical. I wrote it in the second week, day 2. Thinking back on that time now…well…I almost don’t like to. It’s like remembering a death. No, it’s like remembering a dying. Painful. Frightening. Uncertain. But this was one of those days of turning and I think if I’m going to…
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So, Are You a Christian?
After yesterday’s announcement, I got texts, emails, comments, and social media messages asking the same question in myriad ways: Are You Still a Christian? First, if you are one of the people who reached out to me, thank you. Your care is a gift I do not take lightly even if you were someone who vehemently disagreed with me. To answer the question…it depends on how you define Christian. Walking…
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Public Notice
[deep breath] You can do this, Rebeca. Just open your mouth, crack your knuckles, and put the words out there. [gulp] In 2016, as I sat at the breakfast table doing my daily Chronological Bible reading, I ran across a passage that I had made myself ignore every single year. It was text that required me to explain away a problem with scripture…a contradiction within itself. And, being in the…
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