Welcome to Decompressing Faith. This is my first attempt at blogging, though I have been a frequent blog reader for quite some time. I only have very limited experience with html, so please forgive my missteps and grant me a generous learning curve. In the next few weeks or so, I hope to have time to work on my format, add more links and a blogroll (the few I have added were just the first to come to mind), and more content such as a reading list.
For starters, let me tell you a little about myself. I am thirtysomthing, married nearly 14 years, with two children ages 9 and 5. I live in the beautiful green Northwest, born and raised. I am a follower of Christ, also born and raised, a 4th generation Christian. In my faith journey, I have worshipped in a variety of places: Baptist, Lutheran, Church of Christ, and a Foursquare Megachurch (to name a few), and I have attended Mass more times than I can count.
I desire this to be a place where I can think out loud as I engage in the process of deconstructing my faith down to the bare bones, hopefully decompressing from a lifetime of "institutional" evangelicalism, spiritual abuse, religious hurt, and then begin to rebuild it by the exclusive leading of Jesus.
About 6 months ago, with the support and understanding of my husband (who is a 3rd generation PK), I walked away from my church environment. Unfortunately, some people in my life cannot understand my need to be free of the binds of traditional church, if only for a season, while I find my path and my passion. I have no intention of denying my faith in Christ, in fact the opposite has begun to occur. I do desire to cleanly adjust my vision of what life with Christ means for me.
I appreciate your visit, and I will be glad if you find something encouraging here, and I pray I will be able to follow through in this process of finding my faith.
Oh, and for blog purposes, you can call me Lily. This isn't out of a desire to hide my identity in insecurity, but since I would like to candidly reflect on my experiences and feelings, I believe a pen name will prevent hurt or embarrassment of those who have been involved in my journey.
Thanks, Lily
For starters, let me tell you a little about myself. I am thirtysomthing, married nearly 14 years, with two children ages 9 and 5. I live in the beautiful green Northwest, born and raised. I am a follower of Christ, also born and raised, a 4th generation Christian. In my faith journey, I have worshipped in a variety of places: Baptist, Lutheran, Church of Christ, and a Foursquare Megachurch (to name a few), and I have attended Mass more times than I can count.
I desire this to be a place where I can think out loud as I engage in the process of deconstructing my faith down to the bare bones, hopefully decompressing from a lifetime of "institutional" evangelicalism, spiritual abuse, religious hurt, and then begin to rebuild it by the exclusive leading of Jesus.
About 6 months ago, with the support and understanding of my husband (who is a 3rd generation PK), I walked away from my church environment. Unfortunately, some people in my life cannot understand my need to be free of the binds of traditional church, if only for a season, while I find my path and my passion. I have no intention of denying my faith in Christ, in fact the opposite has begun to occur. I do desire to cleanly adjust my vision of what life with Christ means for me.
I appreciate your visit, and I will be glad if you find something encouraging here, and I pray I will be able to follow through in this process of finding my faith.
Oh, and for blog purposes, you can call me Lily. This isn't out of a desire to hide my identity in insecurity, but since I would like to candidly reflect on my experiences and feelings, I believe a pen name will prevent hurt or embarrassment of those who have been involved in my journey.
Thanks, Lily
hey lily...
ReplyDeletewelcome to the blogosphere and thanks for the link! I hope you find what you are looking for... let me know if I can help in any way!
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Thanks Bob. I've been hoping to get my family over to visit you guys at Evergreen one these days, but it's a little out of our way. BTW I enjoy your blog. Some days it even provides some badly needed laughter.
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