Personal Growth
Thoughts on understanding who God created us to be and using that knowledge to choose faith over fear and courage over control
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Is hope like a drug?
Hebrews 6:19 used to be one of my favorite verses. We have this hope as an anchor for the soul, firm and secure. I always liked that image – hope as an anchor,…
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From Believing to Being…. a new podcast
Happy 2022! To kick off the new year, I wanted to share a new endeavor with you…. https://anchor.fm/from-believing-to-being/ I’m excited to announce the official launch of From Believing to Being, a podcast about…
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What to do about Christmas after you’ve deconstructed your faith
When your christian faith has changed significantly, Christmas can be difficult. A time that used to be filled with familiar Jesus-themed music , church activities, and Advent readings, now looms quiet, empty, and…
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Spiritual Practices can be whatever you want them to be
As I have been exploring spirituality in different ways this year, I keep coming across posts and articles and podcasts about spiritual practices, and so many of them sound the same. Stereotypically, there…
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3 life-changing questions to ask yourself (and the 3 questions that are changing my life!)
One of the most surprising things about having deconstructed my faith and entering into this…shift? transformation? awakening? in my understanding of life and identity, is realizing how deeply unaware I was. If you…
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The pressure of praise
Two weeks ago, my family went on a trip to a remote part of Utah. We rented canoes (t-cat setups) from Tex’s Riverways in Moab, bussed an hour and a half to the…
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After deconstructing, don’t “reconstruct”! Do this instead…
Have you stopped deconstructing? Did you get to a point where you just said you were done, or where you felt like you were done? Did you stop attending church to throw away…
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5 things no one tells you about losing your faith
When you’re entering into a time of doubting or deconstructing your faith, it is scary and uncomfortable, and it’s hard to know who you can talk to. A lot of times, you feel…
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Why you don’t need to “fill up your cup”
Has anyone ever told you to “fill up your cup”? Or that “you can’t pour from an empty cup?” As an attendee of multiple women’s retreats and bible studies over the last 30…
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The Bible is not enough.
There, I said it. Just in case anyone was wondering just how far I’ve fallen from the evangelical-christian tree, this will prove my heresy: The Bible is not enough. Back in my super-christian…
