It’s one thing to talk in generalities about millenials leaving the church, to read books and ponder the reasons why. But it’s another thing to have one person talk about specific reasons why they’re teetering on the edge. I think so, anyway. But I’m just that one person. Maybe this won’t actually mean much….
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Caris Adel
My Sacred “Twitter” Friends
When I started blogging, it was to build a platform. I thought you could just sit down, whip out some brilliance, get loads of fans, and then churn our those best-selling books that your people would buy. *insert hysterical laughter* Oh to be young and naive again. Church talks a lot about how community is…
Finding Hope in the Drought
When it comes to suffering, I’ve heard Joel 2:25 quoted a lot. “I will restore to you the years the locusts have eaten.” Otherwise meant as, Let’s not dwell in the pain. Look for the good. Eventually this will all be rewarded. But what if it isn’t? What if you live locust-ridden…
Complaining as an Act of Faith
When my brother and I were old enough to be left home alone, we always had to clean the house. As we got older, we fell into our roles as obedient and ‘rebellious’ oldest and middle children. Which meant by high school I was cleaning the house everyday, even forsaking homework to get it…
Smaller Than A Mustard Seed
What I’m Into March 2013
Miscellaneous Neat Things Chinua Achebe Quotes Stop the Pity – amazing videos of people in Africa New Girl filming – I saw part of this! Viral Video Shows the Extent of U.S. Wealth Inequality Bullies Called Him Pork Chop. He Took That Pain With Him And Then Cooked It Into This. Bradley Hathaway – The…
Choosing People Over Beliefs
I changed my profile picture yesterday. There was some personal backlash from conservative family members. A woman I used to go to church with, and haven’t talked to in years, posted a couple of times yesterday on my wall, explaining to me what the gospel really means, and who salvation is really for. People…
Life After Art – Review and Giveaway!
“Did you know Matt Foster of Foster the People used to write commercial jingles? I thought those made you a lot of money….”[why would he stop that to start a band???] I heard that statement on the radio the other day, along with the inflection, and the unspoken question at the end in…
Looking For Trampoline Faith
The first metaphor to challenge my theological views was one of brick walls and trampoline springs. I find myself, all these years later, still longing for springs on a Sunday morning. Churches usually don’t acknowledge different perspectives and interpretations (unless it’s to say how wrong they are), let alone teach them. When you discover…
It’s Sunday Morning – Time To Wake Up, God
My story is rooted in whispers, conversations behind closed doors, arguments, struggles, isolation, and above all, a certainty that there is only one right way to be a real Christian. My parents came of age in the Shepherding movement, which resulted in their arranged marriage. We stayed in that church until I was 10,…