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January 2023

January 01, 2023

It’s Okay to Evolve

People have always been drawn towards things like religion to try to explain the things...

December 2022

December 23, 2022

How the Codependency Works

Every time we planted a church, we felt like we were doing something totally different....

November 2022

November 25, 2022

Do We Really Need the Clergy?

Since the release of our book, Out Into the Desert, I've been writing blogs and...

November 19, 2022

Outgrowing Our Religion

In my best evaluation, people have always been drawn towards things like religion to try...

November 18, 2022

The Church is Out of Space

Recently I listened to a discussion about a book I'm involved with called Parenting Deconstructed....

November 16, 2022

Guest Post – Parenting Deconstructed

‎by Jason Elam The day we had been dreading had finally arrived. Our oldest child,...

November 16, 2022

Your Freedom

A few days ago, someone said "I will pray for you, Karl." They weren't saying...

November 14, 2022

Loosing Our Religion

The band R.E.M. had a song called "Losing My Religion" In the early '90s. The...

November 12, 2022

Riding the Wave Into the Desert

I know the metaphor doesn’t make much sense, but I wanted to get your attention...

November 06, 2022

A Simple Spirituality for the Future

Even though I tend to avoid creeds and belief statements and organized religion these days,...

November 05, 2022

How Religion Morphs Backward

Photo by Admiral General For about 20 years, Laura and I were in ministry as...

November 04, 2022

It’s Okay to Evolve Past Your Religion

When we begin to question our beliefs or go through deconstruction, eventually we realize we...

November 03, 2022

Why Church Generally Doesn’t Heal Our Trauma

(Adapted from my blog on Patheos) Before we even get started, let me just say...

November 02, 2022

Why I Had to Go Further

‍ While It's true that many millions of people are deconstructing their faith, some of...

October 2022

October 31, 2022

What I Didn’t Know

When I was seven, the things I understood were very limited. I knew how to...

October 30, 2022

Why Less Religion is Better

Over the years religion, and especially Western religion, has proven not only to be...

August 2022

August 24, 2022

The Journal of My Deconstruction

They told me early on that it's important to be able to summarize your writing...

August 18, 2022

I Remember When I Discovered

‏ I remember when I discovered that I like girls. Before then, there were some...

August 06, 2022

Thriving Outside Organized Religion

Two things seem to be true. 1. Evangelical Christianity is in a tailspin and quickly...

July 2022

July 28, 2022

The Biggest Problem with Church

“And when you pray, you shall not be like the hypocrites. For they love to...

July 26, 2022

Baptism, Confirmation and other Forms of Manipulation

I started thinking the other day about things like: Baptism of Children Confirmation of Children...

July 23, 2022

Quick Review – Under the Banner of Heaven

Laura and I watched this series over the past few days. It was an intense...

July 18, 2022

Announcing – Out into the Desert

Cover by Rafael Polendo Several years ago, I went through what most people call a...

July 15, 2022

The Origin of our Fears

As much as we would hate to admit it, most of our lives are totally...

July 12, 2022

Are You Addicted to Religion?

Laura and I wrote a book a couple of years ago called, Out into the...

July 11, 2022

Religious Bullying

Bullies don't always look like the chubby kid with the low self-esteem that tries to...

July 06, 2022

The Shortest Blog Ever

I try to keep my writing as succinct as possible. So this blog is an...

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 10, 2022

How Pastors Foster Abuse

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

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...