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May 2022

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...

March 2022

March 15, 2022

Things Christians Say – You Need God’s Protection

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

January 2022

January 13, 2022

Why the Church Can’t Fix Itself

When I say the church, I specifically mean Westernized Christianity. I'm not familiar with other...

January 01, 2022

Out Into the Desert

Five years ago, when we stepped down from our final church to dive into our...

December 2021

December 28, 2021

The Reasons I Deconstructed / Evolved

Photo by Jonathan Andrew from PexelsThe natural reaction when someone deters from the prescribed path...

December 18, 2021

The Natural Death of Organized Religion

Yesterday I finished listening to the podcast series, "The Rise and Fall of Mars Hill." ...

October 2021

October 31, 2021

Finding Community Outside Organized Religion

When I try to discuss the topics about thriving outside organized religion, the most prominent...

October 16, 2021

Christianity is not Under Attack, it is Under Review

Photo by EKATERINA BOLOVTSOVA from PexelsA few days ago, my daughter sent me a Tik...

October 11, 2021

If I Should Die – A Poem

If I Should Die by Karl Forehand If I should die,...

August 2021

August 19, 2021

Why Churches Generally Don’t Heal our Trauma

Before we even get started, let me just say this. I know that many of...

May 2021

May 16, 2021

How Complementarianism is like Slavery

I work on assembly line. There are about 40 jobs on the line that I...

April 2021

April 02, 2021

Finding New Life in Unexpected Places

Many of us who are deconstructing and evolving in our faith find Easter weekend to...

March 2021

March 26, 2021

Carl Jung and the Enormous Turd

Carl Jung, was a Swiss psychiatrist and psychoanalyst who founded analytical psychology. His influence has...

March 20, 2021

An Open Letter to White Evangelicals

Please understand that my tone is not angry. But, I am resolute. It's a not...

March 07, 2021

The Problem with Preachers

Last week, an article made the rounds about a pastor that suggested from the pulpit...

February 2021

February 20, 2021

The Love That Doesn’t Lift Me

Currently, I work on an assembly line. It monotonous, long hours of doing the same...

February 14, 2021

Out into the Desert: Thriving Outside Organized Religion

Over a year ago, we stopped attending church. After our deconstruction, we immediately started attending...

November 2020

November 19, 2020

Bypassing Our Most Important Issues

Several years ago, I adopted a plant-based lifestyle. Both my father and grandfather had heart...

November 08, 2020

The Limits of the Organization

In my denomination of origin, they used to talk extensively about the value of a...

September 2020

September 14, 2020

Reimagining it All

When I was a pastor, I remember having conversations about how hypocritical church people were. ...

August 2020

August 13, 2020

Church Addiction

"Religion is the opiate of the masses." Karl Marx Recently, we interviewed Cindy Wang Brandt...

July 2020

July 29, 2020

Top Ten Things To Contemplate about Religion

Occasionally, I have a deep, contemplative thought during my day. I can’t really write about...

July 16, 2020

Would Jesus Go To Church

When we decided not to go to church anymore, we didn’t really know whether this...

July 07, 2020

Top Ten Reasons NOT to Go to Church (especially during a pandemic)

Recently people headed back to their favorite sanctuaries: bars, beaches and church buildings. All the...

July 04, 2020

Is Your Prolife Stance Really Pro-Life?

One reality of our political climate in the United States is that it divides us...