Originally written on February 17, 2017. I’ve hidden all posts from the Babylon Bee from my newsfeed and blocked their page. And why, you ask? Is having a Christian version of The Onion with Calvinist undertones offensive? Do I just think poking fun at church subculture is too sacrilegious? Nope, those aren’t my reasons. Here’sContinueContinue reading “Here’s why I blocked the Babylon Bee from my Facebook newsfeed”
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I overheard a church discipline meeting at the coffee shop where I work. This is why Evangelicals are losing people.
Creative Commons image courtesy of Pixabay, karishea. So last night I was closing up for the night at the coffee shop where I work, and there were these people sitting at a table who go to an evangelical-ish hipster church in my community. I’ve seen some of their events advertised on Facebook and I talkedContinueContinue reading “I overheard a church discipline meeting at the coffee shop where I work. This is why Evangelicals are losing people.”
The journey continues: How I’m healing from spiritual abuse
Originally posted on Facebook April 20, 2018. So for those of you who’ve been around me a while know that I came out of a fundamentalist Christian background, and I’ve been working on weeding those things out of my life for several years. Those old thought patterns were rooted in some people’s unhealthy desires toContinueContinue reading “The journey continues: How I’m healing from spiritual abuse”
Remembering Pege
Photo: Hannah Rogers Last month was hard. It seems like I always lose people I care about in October. When you leave fundamentalism, usually no one from that world will listen to you, especially not a parent. Pege and her husband were different. I’d been kicked out of my church two and a half yearsContinueContinue reading “Remembering Pege”
#IWasMadeFor: World Suicide Prevention Day 2017
Originally posted on Facebook on Sept. 11, 2017. So this week is Suicide Prevention Week, which started with World Suicide Prevention Day yesterday. I speak out about this because I don’t want anyone else to feel alone like I did. People are always surprised when they find out. “You seem so happy all the time,ContinueContinue reading “#IWasMadeFor: World Suicide Prevention Day 2017”
Eleanor Skelton 