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May 2022

May 20, 2022

The Gullibility of Faith-Based Communities

One of the first things I realized in my deconstruction was how gullible faith-based communities...

May 15, 2022

Can You Deconstruct Too Much?

Can we deconstruct too much? This is, by far, the is the greatest fear that...

May 14, 2022

Deconstructing the Church

When I went through my deconstruction, the temptation was just to stay away from people...

May 12, 2022

A Transition Plan for Fundamentalists

I know it's hard waking up one day and realizing that your faith and practices...

May 11, 2022

The Water We Swim In

Often when I talk about issues I see within the church or organize religion, I...

May 10, 2022

How Pastors Foster Abuse

Only in the past 100 years have we begun to truly understand how humans work....

April 2022

April 14, 2022

We are Better Than the Bible?

People use different words to describe it like inerrant and infallible. The problem is that...

April 07, 2022

Words Matter in Recovery

Over the past few years, words have become very important to me. Not just words,...

April 05, 2022

Some Words That Matter

Photo by MoldyVintage Photo from Pexels I‏ used to think that things had to be...

April 04, 2022

Why Deconstructing Is Not a Dirty Word

It is becoming more and more popular for Evangelicals to speak up...

April 01, 2022

Why I Like to Write

I didn't talk much in high school. But, one thing that I would respond to...

March 2022

March 27, 2022

How to Solve the Gas Crisis

I am typing with my voice since I had a stroke a couple of...

March 22, 2022

The Mystery Within

It's finally here! Every time I release a book it seems like I'm having a...

March 20, 2022

The Nature of Abuse

One of the things I appreciate most about the deconstruction movement is the fact that...

March 19, 2022

What Christians Say – His Ways Are Higher

Many times, when I have conversations with people on the Internet that...

March 19, 2022

Pressing the Reset Button

Everyone knows that one of the most common cures...

March 15, 2022

Things Christians Say – You Need God’s Protection

Most of my criticism of Christians is probably more...

March 14, 2022

The Hotel

Have you ever looked at one of the buildings downtown and then just let your...

March 13, 2022

Things Christians Say – The Bible is God’s Word

‌‍ Photo by RODNAE Productions from Pexels I used to be a Bible scholar. I...

March 12, 2022

Things Christians Say – God is in Control

As I have begun to investigate the things that Christians typically say, I would estimate...

March 05, 2022

Things Christians Say – “It’s Satan, Demons, or Evil””

Most of my life inside organized religion was lived with a certain amount of...

March 02, 2022

Things Christians Say – “It’s a Test”

Now that I've gone through my deconstruction, there are a lot of annoying things that...

March 01, 2022

What It Is Like To Have a Stroke

The Tuesday before my stroke I felt a little tingling in my arm. I thought...

February 2022

February 17, 2022

What I Don’t Need From Church

Photo by Pille Kirsi from PexelsFor 20 years I was somewhat of a church planter...

February 14, 2022

Stroke Recovery Fundraiser

Jason Elam has graciously organized a fundraiser for my stroke recovery. Please decide if you...

February 11, 2022

The Hard and Necessary Work

(much of this content is inspired by what I've...

February 03, 2022

The Hotel -:March 22nd

Some time ago I visited a hotel in my hometown to investigate places to...

February 01, 2022

Surviving My Stroke Recovery

Several weeks ago I had a stroke. In many ways I have fought my inherited...

January 2022

January 29, 2022

It’s Okay to be Sad

(warning, voice typing) Recently I had a stroke. I...

January 16, 2022

We Can Do Better

Yesterday, I was thinking about my mother and the possibility of speaking at her funeral. ...