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One of the writers who has had the greatest impact on my spiritual life, my deconstruction journey, and has been deeply inspirational in my writing career is Rachel (Grace) Held Evans.  RHE was born June…

If you are just embarking on your deconstruction journey, I highly recommend these books as a guide:

I was recently interviewed by Bold Journey and they asked me about qualities that have been impactful on my journey. The first thing that came to me was empathy (you can read my interview here:…

Born and raised in Australia, we didn’t exactly have American history classes in Australian school. We had Australian history and basic world history education. I was aware of the Civil Rights Movement here in the…

I went to my local library a couple of weeks ago and requested a copy of the book Abortion by Jessica Valenti. I got an interesting response from the librarian. She thought the patrons of the library…

Dear Mum, HAPPY BIRTHDAY!!! When are you hopping on a plane and coming for a visit? The kids miss you and so do I. Wouldn’t it be nice to have a cold Christmas for once?…

I am pondering something… Does shame have any place or validity in our lives? About 20-24 years ago I was clinically depressed, a failed perfectionist, trapped in legalism and self-hatred. I was also very much…

I’m super curious, what do you believe about “right” and “wrong” on your deconstruction journey? I grew up deeply concerned about reading the Bible every day, not swearing, abstaining from sex, being polite and kind…

Jesus challenged people to love their enemies. I now interpret this as Jesus telling us to stop seeing others as our enemies. If you’re a Democrat, the Republicans are not your enemies. If you’re a…

Even though I respect the Bible, I believe that love trumps the Bible: As a teenager, there were other Christians in my life pointing out that Jonah is an allegory, there was no person literally…

Has anyone else had to deconstruct fleeces? You know, the sheep’s fleece from the book of Judges? Gideon lays out a sheepskin “fleece” and says to God (I’m paraphrasing), “If it’s wet in the morning…

I have been thinking a lot about sexism recently. I listened to the The New Evangelicals podcast critique on Harrison Butker’s controversial speech in which he specifically addressed women who were about to graduate from…

For many years, the month of May has symbolized mothers, motherhood, birth, and death, at least for me personally. Not only is Mother’s Day in the month of May, but I gave birth to my…

Today is my husband’s grandmother’s “memorial service.” I don’t know what’s so bad about calling it a funeral. I have been to so many funerals in my 41years of life. My great grandfather when I…

I attended a Pentecostal church for my nephew and niece’s dedication today. I was out of the room for most of the sermon (looking after my kids) but I heard the pastor say something about…

My mother’s death triggered the bulk of my deconstruction. It was a long time ago now. 12-13 years. I was attending a Pentecostal church while she was sick and dying. I changed churches to attend…

I have wanted to be a writer since I was nine years old.That’s a long time.Thirty-two years to be exact. I started writing my first novel when I was eleven. That one was never completed….