EDJ
Evangelical Deconstruction Journey
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 swallowed by a big fish and surviving in its belly for three days. A …
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 first living baby in May 2018 and my mother passed away May 5th 2011. Last year I pierced my ears a …
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 was 6.
A friend whose step/dad …
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 a grace-based church just 4 months before she died, and the Pastor (Santo …
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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. But by the time I was eighteen (2000/2001), I had written two substantial …