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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Personal Faith
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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Lightbulb: Y’all are Worshiping JESUS
OH. MY. GOODNESS. Y’ALL! This post might get a little long. Hang with me… Yesterday, I got the book Post-Traumatic Church Syndrome by Reba Riley. and published by Howard Books, a division of Simon & Schuster (a publishing house that I did a lot of publicity work with in my career and who still have fabulous, smart people working within the imprint). It’s an interesting read. Reba Riley’s issue was…
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Life Everlasting – Here or There? (2-4b)
A deep area of anguish for me in leaving Christianity (as I’d been taught it) was losing the promise of “life everlasting” – that is, life in heaven after death. I’ve hesitated to share the following entry from my journal because it is so intensely personal, moreso even than what I’ve shared thus far. But the time for cowardice is not today. So, for now, for whomever it serves, here’s…
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Where is Hope? (1-4)
The question I wrote about here, “Where is hope?” came into stark relief later, when two family members whom I dearly love ended their struggles with debilitating illnesses (Parkinson’s disease and glioblastoma multiforme a/k/a brain cancer). More on that later. For now, keep in mind I was using “atheist” because, early in my journey, I did not see that there was any alternative between “Bible-believing Christian” and “Atheist.” The responses people are sending me from this blog have opened new doors in that regard. THANK YOU. Week 1, Day 4 “I have a question for you,” Charlie says. We’re standing in our bedroom. “Shoot.” “Let’s assume you’re right about all this. That this,” he sweeps his arms to include the room and the world outside the bank of windows, “is all there is.” “Okay.” “Where’s the hope?” I am dumbfounded. “It’s here. Are you kidding me? It’s…
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