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October 2016

October 31, 2016

Want Change In Our Country? Start With The #AmericaIsKind Challenge

The purpose of the #AmericaIsKind Challenge is simple: We want to spread kindness, gratitude and...

October 30, 2016

You Explored 30 Religions… What Did You Pick?

When I wrote "Post-Traumatic Church Syndrome: One Woman's Desperate, Funny, Healing Journey To Explore 30...

October 25, 2016

Angry About Election 2016? Read This.

Are you angry about Election 2016? Have all the debates--between the candidates on TV, coworkers at...

January 2016

January 05, 2016

Stop Should-ing on Yourself

By Guest Contributor extrodinaire Alece Ronzino, a great idea as we enter the New Year! I've...

December 2015

December 27, 2015

Podcast Sunday: Kathy Escobar’s FAITH SHIFT (A #1 PTCS resource!)

When I say they should sell Kathy Escobar's Faith Shift with PTCS as a boxed...

December 20, 2015

#Podcast Sunday: Paul Young, Author of THE SHACK, on EVE

In this installment of Podcast Sunday, Mark talks with Wm. Paul Young, author of The Shack, about his...

December 13, 2015

Podcast Sunday: Doug Pagitt

This week's Podcast Sunday features Doug Pagitt: leader of the Emergent Church movement, pastor, author, and...

December 10, 2015

The Year I Traded in Church for Cooking: How Nigella Lawson Changed My Life

I don't necessarily recommend giving up on your marriage and your religion in the same...

December 04, 2015

#FridayReads: FLUNKING SAINTHOOD by Jana Riess

I run out of words to say how much I adore Jana Riess. (My enthusiasm embarrasses Jana...

December 03, 2015

Life After Fundamentalism

Post by Contributor Susan Gray Blue If I emerged from fundamentalism, anyone can. I know I’m...

December 01, 2015

Why We Need to Do Nothing Every Day (Especially During the Holidays!)

Post by Contributor Julie Cline "I need to do nothing." How often do you hear...

November 2015

November 29, 2015

Podcast Sunday: Brian McLaren

In this second installment of Podcast Sunday, we hear from Brian McLaren, author, speaker, and...

November 27, 2015

How I Lost My Religion and Found Meaning

Post by Contributor Susan Gray Blue I was born the year we landed on the moon,...

November 26, 2015

A Thanksgiving Blessing (In Lieu of Prayer)

This is the blessing I wrote for today's Thanksgiving meal at our home. I share it here because...

November 25, 2015

3 Things to Remember This Thanksgiving

If we’ve decided as a society that it’s not polite to invite yourself to things,...

November 24, 2015

The Biology of Leaving Church

I walked out of that confessional booth, shame and anger rising with every step I...

November 23, 2015

ISIS is to Islam what the KKK is to Christianity

"ISIS is to Islam what the Ku Klux Klan is to Christianity." When my sister...

November 22, 2015

Podcast Sunday: How To Form A New Spiritual Identity

I talked with the Fundamental Escape Podcast a few months ago, and I've invited host Mark Fitzgerald to post...

November 20, 2015

#FridayReads: OUT OF SORTS by Sarah Bessey

Thanks to the (glorious!) fact that weekends often give us a little extra time to catch...

November 19, 2015

5 Things You May Not Know About Fundamentalism

Post by Contributor Susan Gray Blue Fundamentalism causes more befuddlement than anything else in America these...

November 18, 2015

When None of It Mattered, I Needed Spiritual Detox

I've spent the past few years in a spiritual detox. Post by: ALECE RONZINO In...

November 17, 2015

Release What No Longer Serves You

Post by: JULIE CLINE, Certified Martha Beck Life Coach Recently, I was chatting with my Dad...

November 16, 2015

An Open Letter to Our Muslim Sisters

Dear Sisters, You see the sidelong glances at restaurants, on the subway, at the park....

November 13, 2015

Call For PTCS Blog Submissions

The changes here on the Post-Traumatic Church Syndrome blog are not limited to the great new...

November 12, 2015

The Morning After Veterans Day: A Reminder That The Fight Doesn’t End With The War

This shirt reminds us all that the fight doesn't end with the war. Yesterday was...

November 10, 2015

What Diwali Taught Me About God

The label "Christian" used to make me feel itchy deep in my soul-- like the...

September 2015

September 12, 2015

When Joey Couldn’t Climb the Mountain, His Brothers Carried Him

We all need people to carry us on their shoulders when we can no longer...

August 2015

August 18, 2015

The Reason Broken=Beautiful

This is an excerpt from my memoir Post-Traumatic Church Syndrome, which debuts 8 Download four...

August 12, 2015

My Interview on Fundamental Escape

I recently had the opportunity to share my story and book with Mark Fitzgerald on...

May 2015

May 24, 2015

Amazing F***ing Grace

Sometimes we find grace where we least expect it. By: Anna Johnson Throngs of people...

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