Essays, reflections, and stories about my own experience in the Evangelical Church, both before and after leaving it.
It has never been easy for me to define family. I find this to be a common struggle among exvangelicals, not least of all because those in the evangelical community with whom we share DNA often simply cannot understand the reasons that we have decided to walk away from this path. For so many in …
Continue reading My Story: “Keep My Sister Safe” – A Tale of an Exvangelical’s Prayer
Some of my favorite people are evangelicals. Unless they are using their authority and influence to actively take advantage of others, I'm really not angry at the folks in the pews at all. I've learned that the primary difference between evangelicals and exvangelicals is that the latter have simply realized that we are all victims. …
Continue reading My Story: The Tiger-Eyed Kid – An Exvangelical’s Tale of Amazing Grace
After walking away from a childhood faith that taught me that it holds the absolute Truth (about God, life, the universe, your eternal soul, and everything else), transitioning out took more than simply walking away from it all. It required a complete deconstruction of the way that I was taught to think – all things …
In 2018 -- 12 years after walking away from the church -- I finally went to therapy and confronted what I came to understand was trauma I still carried from my religious upbringing. The more I realized that I still carried so much trauma within myself, the more I knew that I needed to confront …
Continue reading My Story: A Dream of a Million Feathers – A Tale of A Repentant Abuser
Surviving the Spirit 