BUT I'M BRAVE

They wanted to know, in my presentation of the gospel, if I’d remembered to have her repent of her sin.

"...God won’t give you more than you can handle.”

I wanted stone tablets engraved with the fingers of God to be brought down by carrier pigeons and say something like "You are to be...

"But the bible clearly says..." -Idiots

We forget that the image of God can take the form of one with disabilities.

Our bodies are evil. That's what I used to think. But am I originally sinful, or originally awesome?

a piece on how being obsessed/preoccupied with saving people from hell is ironically often the very thing that drives people away from God.

Saying "I heard God say." is often used as a power move to spiritually manipulate an individual or a group.

There is a false teaching that has pervaded the church since the very beginning that is nothing but flat out dangerous.

They treated it as sacred. Sacred, scared Scared they didn't dare say his name

Toxic Forgiveness: Forgiving someone over and over again while allowing them to continue to harm you or others.

I've had my eyes opened to how holding out hope for a miracle in the face of terminal illness can often be psychologically damaging.

Why try to save this planet if we're all getting raptured anyways?

I said "F@#& God" and started anti-depressants.

"She thinks its a miracle. We think she is killing people."

Now she is sassy and complains when she doesn't like what's for dinner. And its awesome.

"I don't want school to start up again! We were having lots of fun and now its all going to be ruined. I'm cranky about it!"

I wish all churches smelled like our church.

"Oh don't worry! She is going to be fiiiine. She has you!" Sigh.

11 years of youth work. 4 years of parenting. A well worn copy of "The Mutiny on the Bounty"