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Advent for those deconstructing their faith – Day 9
What is this? This strange nothingness I feel…? When I proclaimed my God dead to me, and I dead to Him, I thought I would be all-consumed. I thought that lightning might strike…
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Advent for those deconstructing their faith – Day 8
God, now that my eyes have been opened, I finally understand what so many others have been saying all these years – about the hypocrisy and the fear-mongering and the judgment and the…
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Advent for those deconstructing their faith – Day 7
God, my emotions are all over the place. First, I feel shocked. I feel completely undone by my own examination of my beliefs. I never thought I’d end up here. And now, there…
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Advent for those deconstructing their faith – Day 6
God. Is this all true? Is everything I’ve been believing true? Right now, I’m craving authenticity, reality, sincerity, TRUTH. And in the midst of all this chaos, Your word is sounding less and…
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Advent for those deconstructing their faith – day 5
God, for someone who has believed a certain way for so many years, it’s a little scary how quickly I’m leaving so much of it behind. I know people might think that it’s…
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Advent for those deconstructing their faith – Day 4
God, I want to go back. I want to go back to the way my faith used to be, to when it was easy to believe and everything seemed to make sense. I…
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Advent for those deconstructing their faith – Day 3
God, sometimes it seems like I’m the only one who is struggling with these doubts and these frustrations. It makes me feel like I’m the crazy one, like I’m the problem. I sit…
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Advent for those deconstructing their faith – Day 2
God, are we just playing at church? Like little kids playing dress-up and pretend, saying all the right things but not actually making a tangible difference in the world? I look around at…
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Advent for those deconstructing their faith – Day 1
Advent is generally seen as a time honoring and celebrating the longing, expectation, hope, and promise of the birth of Jesus and also His “second coming.” But when your evangelical faith has changed…
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Identifying your core values – Step 4
This is a 5-part series on how to identify your core values. I am defining a core value as a primary motivating factor that influences your decisions in every area of your life.…
