So I’ve been a Huffington Post contributor for a little over a year now, but today I’d like to share something I’m posting there with my regular blog readers. This is a journey that I’ve been on for several months now. Here’s my heart, friends. I love you all. // // // “But how shouldContinueContinue reading “How to love LGBT people: a letter to the church (For the Huffington Post)”
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Being genuine on the Internet without oversharing
I am learning more about being myself on the internet. This is a something that I want to bring into balance, just like other aspects of my life as I’m healing. I don’t ever want to stop creating, thinking, and feeling, but as a Real Adult™ now in a professional job, I have to thinkContinueContinue reading “Being genuine on the Internet without oversharing”
Reply to a blog reader about spanking
Another homeschool alum sent me a message after a debate on my Facebook page after I posted an article about spanking. I try to address questions like this in a balanced way, no matter how I feel personally. Here’s her message: Hey Eleanor! I saw that you posted an article on spanking children on yourContinueContinue reading “Reply to a blog reader about spanking”
Book Review: Spiritual Sobriety by Elizabeth Esther
I love so much of Elizabeth Esther’s writing because what she says fits my experiences in unhealthy churches. I preordered her book Spiritual Sobriety: Stumbling back to faith when good religion goes bad in spring of last year, around the same time that I interviewed her on my blog. Recently I re-read my copy beforeContinueContinue reading “Book Review: Spiritual Sobriety by Elizabeth Esther”
Book review: Stolen Innocence by Elissa Wall
I got this book from a giveaway over at SpiritualAbuse.org a couple of summers ago, when I was blogging about leaving fundamentalism. Stolen Innocence is Elissa Wall’s memoir of leaving the fundamentalist Mormon church (FLDS) as an adult. She was told to marry one of her cousins when she was only 14. Elissa gives a good historyContinueContinue reading “Book review: Stolen Innocence by Elissa Wall”
Eleanor Skelton 