Tag: deconstruction
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How does one deconstruct — Your handy dandy deconstruction map
Whether you’re in the middle of deconstructing Christianity or thinking about it, the whole experience can be a bit disorienting. To help, I’ve created a space map to hopefully help you feel not as alone and help orient you as you decide what’s next in your own personal journey. Save travels!
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Research findings on why people are leaving Christianity
1,200 people share why they’re leaving Christianity in this comprehensive study. Published with Baptist News Global.
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Vessels
What do we do with the memories of Christianity and church that were good? What do we do with the moments that we encountered the Divine? Was it all nothing? Was it all deceit?
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Decision making in the wake of deconstruction
How do we make choices when decision making was outsourced in evangelicalism? In the wake of deconstruction, we must newly wrestle with the question “How do I want to live?” The question can be debilitating, but I think we can find answers in the most horrific of places: The Holocaust.
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I’m Grateful for Trump
I’m grateful for Trump… Not for the nationalism… Not for the anti-trans policies… Not for calling white supremacists “good people. Not for any of that… I’m grateful for Trump because he was a catalyst for my straight friends to deconstruct their faith.
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We should break the law
What do we do when laws are used to cause harm? Through the example of Jesus, we see the answer is breaking them.
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Looking to be rescued — The plight of enneagram fours
Enneagram fours cope with their feeling of inadequacy in two ways…
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Coffee and Existential Dread
What started as a simple walk for coffee became a pivotal moment where I began to doubt my faith and God.
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Greetings, Fellow Wanderer
I stumbled upon an old sermon of mine. Yes, believe it or not, I used to be a pastor in another life. Of middle schoolers. Not adults. Absolutely not. You couldn’t pay me enough. But, yes, that’s right, someone thought it was a good idea to put 19-year-old Brandon in charge of youths. For three […]
