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”
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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”
Thank you for staying
I have something to say to all of my friends. I love you all very much. For those of you who have been with me through this long, crazy journey and never left, I deeply appreciate you for being willing to stick it out with me through the long haul. You might have met meContinueContinue reading “Thank you for staying”
Book Review: The God Gene by Dean Hamer
A couple of summers ago, I checked out a few non-fiction books from the library. One of them was The God Gene: How Faith is Hardwired into our Genes by Dean Hamer, a molecular biologist who studies behavioral genetics. His premise was basically this: you can take this research either as proof that God existsContinueContinue reading “Book Review: The God Gene by Dean Hamer”
Narnia is evil. Because scripture. | What one Christian fundamentalist preacher said about C.S. Lewis
So last summer, I read this book that one of my friends let me borrow called Cameras in Narnia: How the Lion, the Witch, and the Wardrobe Came to Life. The author gives an inside perspective since he was on set for almost the entire filming process, and I enjoy reading about how movies areContinueContinue reading “Narnia is evil. Because scripture. | What one Christian fundamentalist preacher said about C.S. Lewis”
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