Evolving Christian Faith
@evolvingchristian.bsky.social
I write about progressive/radical theology, spiritual growth, & the evolution of Christianity (he/him) https://evolvingchristianfaith.substack.com/
We usually think boundaries are the opposite of love.
But love without boundaries can become possession, control, or self-erasure.
A boundary can say:
"I will not destroy myself to love you."
And,
"I will not destroy you to protect myself."
It's spiritually healthy to have boundaries.
But love without boundaries can become possession, control, or self-erasure.
A boundary can say:
"I will not destroy myself to love you."
And,
"I will not destroy you to protect myself."
It's spiritually healthy to have boundaries.
October 5, 2026 at 3:01 PM
We usually think boundaries are the opposite of love.
But love without boundaries can become possession, control, or self-erasure.
A boundary can say:
"I will not destroy myself to love you."
And,
"I will not destroy you to protect myself."
It's spiritually healthy to have boundaries.
But love without boundaries can become possession, control, or self-erasure.
A boundary can say:
"I will not destroy myself to love you."
And,
"I will not destroy you to protect myself."
It's spiritually healthy to have boundaries.
𝙔𝙤𝙪 𝙬𝙖𝙣𝙩𝙚𝙙 𝙩𝙤 𝙜𝙞𝙫𝙚. 𝙔𝙤𝙪 𝙧𝙚𝙖𝙡𝙡𝙮 𝙙𝙞𝙙.
It could have been your time, attention, help, or maybe money.
And then something inside you said, “Wait.”
What exactly is happening in that tiny space between generosity and hesitation?
It could have been your time, attention, help, or maybe money.
And then something inside you said, “Wait.”
What exactly is happening in that tiny space between generosity and hesitation?
The Moment You Felt Generous
Incarnation: Realizing Faith
eclecticmass.substack.com
October 5, 2026 at 2:41 PM
𝙔𝙤𝙪 𝙬𝙖𝙣𝙩𝙚𝙙 𝙩𝙤 𝙜𝙞𝙫𝙚. 𝙔𝙤𝙪 𝙧𝙚𝙖𝙡𝙡𝙮 𝙙𝙞𝙙.
It could have been your time, attention, help, or maybe money.
And then something inside you said, “Wait.”
What exactly is happening in that tiny space between generosity and hesitation?
It could have been your time, attention, help, or maybe money.
And then something inside you said, “Wait.”
What exactly is happening in that tiny space between generosity and hesitation?
𝘼 𝙛𝙖𝙞𝙩𝙝 𝙩𝙝𝙖𝙩 𝙘𝙖𝙣𝙣𝙤𝙩 𝙨𝙪𝙧𝙫𝙞𝙫𝙚 𝙘𝙤𝙣𝙩𝙖𝙘𝙩 𝙬𝙞𝙩𝙝 𝙧𝙚𝙖𝙡𝙞𝙩𝙮 𝙙𝙤𝙚𝙨𝙣’𝙩 𝙣𝙚𝙚𝙙 𝙗𝙚𝙩𝙩𝙚𝙧 𝙖𝙥𝙤𝙡𝙤𝙜𝙚𝙩𝙞𝙘𝙨.
It needs permission to change.
That’s doesn't mean faith has to die.
That's just how faith stays alive in the real world.
It needs permission to change.
That’s doesn't mean faith has to die.
That's just how faith stays alive in the real world.
October 4, 2026 at 9:00 PM
𝘼 𝙛𝙖𝙞𝙩𝙝 𝙩𝙝𝙖𝙩 𝙘𝙖𝙣𝙣𝙤𝙩 𝙨𝙪𝙧𝙫𝙞𝙫𝙚 𝙘𝙤𝙣𝙩𝙖𝙘𝙩 𝙬𝙞𝙩𝙝 𝙧𝙚𝙖𝙡𝙞𝙩𝙮 𝙙𝙤𝙚𝙨𝙣’𝙩 𝙣𝙚𝙚𝙙 𝙗𝙚𝙩𝙩𝙚𝙧 𝙖𝙥𝙤𝙡𝙤𝙜𝙚𝙩𝙞𝙘𝙨.
It needs permission to change.
That’s doesn't mean faith has to die.
That's just how faith stays alive in the real world.
It needs permission to change.
That’s doesn't mean faith has to die.
That's just how faith stays alive in the real world.
Much of Christianity has spent a lot of time asking people to believe extraordinary things about Jesus.
I'm more concerned about whether following Jesus produces extraordinary human beings.
Eventually, a religion is going to be judged by what kind of people it helps us become.
I'm more concerned about whether following Jesus produces extraordinary human beings.
Eventually, a religion is going to be judged by what kind of people it helps us become.
October 4, 2026 at 3:01 PM
Much of Christianity has spent a lot of time asking people to believe extraordinary things about Jesus.
I'm more concerned about whether following Jesus produces extraordinary human beings.
Eventually, a religion is going to be judged by what kind of people it helps us become.
I'm more concerned about whether following Jesus produces extraordinary human beings.
Eventually, a religion is going to be judged by what kind of people it helps us become.
Fundamentalism offers a powerful bargain:
Give up the burden of uncertainty, and we’ll give you the certainty you crave so you can feel safe.
The problem is that this certainty comes with a heafty price.
Someone else gets to decide which questions you’re allowed to ask.
Is it really worth it?
Give up the burden of uncertainty, and we’ll give you the certainty you crave so you can feel safe.
The problem is that this certainty comes with a heafty price.
Someone else gets to decide which questions you’re allowed to ask.
Is it really worth it?
October 3, 2026 at 9:00 PM
Fundamentalism offers a powerful bargain:
Give up the burden of uncertainty, and we’ll give you the certainty you crave so you can feel safe.
The problem is that this certainty comes with a heafty price.
Someone else gets to decide which questions you’re allowed to ask.
Is it really worth it?
Give up the burden of uncertainty, and we’ll give you the certainty you crave so you can feel safe.
The problem is that this certainty comes with a heafty price.
Someone else gets to decide which questions you’re allowed to ask.
Is it really worth it?
Deconstruction doesn’t always destroy faith.
But it does destroy the version of faith that required you to distrust your own questions.
What comes after may be less certain.
But it will also be more honest.
But it does destroy the version of faith that required you to distrust your own questions.
What comes after may be less certain.
But it will also be more honest.
October 3, 2026 at 5:01 PM
Deconstruction doesn’t always destroy faith.
But it does destroy the version of faith that required you to distrust your own questions.
What comes after may be less certain.
But it will also be more honest.
But it does destroy the version of faith that required you to distrust your own questions.
What comes after may be less certain.
But it will also be more honest.
Christianity’s future doesn't depend on convincing people that heaven and hell are real.
It depends on becoming a way of life worth choosing when nobody is frightened into choosing it.
If fear of hell disappears and the gospel has nothing left to offer, that says something about the religion.
It depends on becoming a way of life worth choosing when nobody is frightened into choosing it.
If fear of hell disappears and the gospel has nothing left to offer, that says something about the religion.
October 3, 2026 at 3:01 PM
Christianity’s future doesn't depend on convincing people that heaven and hell are real.
It depends on becoming a way of life worth choosing when nobody is frightened into choosing it.
If fear of hell disappears and the gospel has nothing left to offer, that says something about the religion.
It depends on becoming a way of life worth choosing when nobody is frightened into choosing it.
If fear of hell disappears and the gospel has nothing left to offer, that says something about the religion.
What if fundamentalism isn’t really about stupidity?
What if it’s about development, belonging, and fear?
Or, what happens to us when the world we’ve built feels threatened?
That changes the question from:
“What’s wrong with them?”
to...
“Could I be doing the same thing without realizing it?”
What if it’s about development, belonging, and fear?
Or, what happens to us when the world we’ve built feels threatened?
That changes the question from:
“What’s wrong with them?”
to...
“Could I be doing the same thing without realizing it?”
Why Smart People Become Fundamentalists
How We Build a World of Faith, Watch It Fall Apart, and Learn to Build Again
evolvingchristianfaith.substack.com
October 3, 2026 at 2:21 PM
What if fundamentalism isn’t really about stupidity?
What if it’s about development, belonging, and fear?
Or, what happens to us when the world we’ve built feels threatened?
That changes the question from:
“What’s wrong with them?”
to...
“Could I be doing the same thing without realizing it?”
What if it’s about development, belonging, and fear?
Or, what happens to us when the world we’ve built feels threatened?
That changes the question from:
“What’s wrong with them?”
to...
“Could I be doing the same thing without realizing it?”
Theology can become dangerous when it gives us a way to avoid responsibility for harmful behavior.
"God said it" can justify anything and end critical conversation necessary for discernment.
Newslflash...
Life is messy. Discernment is messy. And we (not God) are responsible for our behavior.
"God said it" can justify anything and end critical conversation necessary for discernment.
Newslflash...
Life is messy. Discernment is messy. And we (not God) are responsible for our behavior.
October 2, 2026 at 3:08 PM
Theology can become dangerous when it gives us a way to avoid responsibility for harmful behavior.
"God said it" can justify anything and end critical conversation necessary for discernment.
Newslflash...
Life is messy. Discernment is messy. And we (not God) are responsible for our behavior.
"God said it" can justify anything and end critical conversation necessary for discernment.
Newslflash...
Life is messy. Discernment is messy. And we (not God) are responsible for our behavior.
Theology can become dangerous when it gives us a way to avoid responsibility for harmful behavior.
"God said it" can justify anything and end critical conversation necessary for discernment.
Newslflash...
Life is messy. Discernment is messy. And we (not God) are responsible for our behavior.
"God said it" can justify anything and end critical conversation necessary for discernment.
Newslflash...
Life is messy. Discernment is messy. And we (not God) are responsible for our behavior.
October 2, 2026 at 3:06 PM
Theology can become dangerous when it gives us a way to avoid responsibility for harmful behavior.
"God said it" can justify anything and end critical conversation necessary for discernment.
Newslflash...
Life is messy. Discernment is messy. And we (not God) are responsible for our behavior.
"God said it" can justify anything and end critical conversation necessary for discernment.
Newslflash...
Life is messy. Discernment is messy. And we (not God) are responsible for our behavior.
I no longer see prayer as sending words somewhere.
For me, prayer is what happens when we become present enough to notice what our ordinary consciousness keeps editing out.
-Pain
-Beauty
-Longing
-Another person
Prayer changes the world by changing what becomes impossible to ignore.
For me, prayer is what happens when we become present enough to notice what our ordinary consciousness keeps editing out.
-Pain
-Beauty
-Longing
-Another person
Prayer changes the world by changing what becomes impossible to ignore.
October 1, 2026 at 9:00 PM
I no longer see prayer as sending words somewhere.
For me, prayer is what happens when we become present enough to notice what our ordinary consciousness keeps editing out.
-Pain
-Beauty
-Longing
-Another person
Prayer changes the world by changing what becomes impossible to ignore.
For me, prayer is what happens when we become present enough to notice what our ordinary consciousness keeps editing out.
-Pain
-Beauty
-Longing
-Another person
Prayer changes the world by changing what becomes impossible to ignore.
"Salvation" comes from the Latin word for "healing".
If salvation means healing, I think Christianity needs to refocus from "Who gets saved?" to...
What needs healing?
-in us
-between us
-in the world we share
That reorientation changes how we embrace salvation and give expression to it.
If salvation means healing, I think Christianity needs to refocus from "Who gets saved?" to...
What needs healing?
-in us
-between us
-in the world we share
That reorientation changes how we embrace salvation and give expression to it.
October 1, 2026 at 5:03 PM
"Salvation" comes from the Latin word for "healing".
If salvation means healing, I think Christianity needs to refocus from "Who gets saved?" to...
What needs healing?
-in us
-between us
-in the world we share
That reorientation changes how we embrace salvation and give expression to it.
If salvation means healing, I think Christianity needs to refocus from "Who gets saved?" to...
What needs healing?
-in us
-between us
-in the world we share
That reorientation changes how we embrace salvation and give expression to it.
𝙃𝙤𝙬 𝙘𝙖𝙣 𝙨𝙤𝙢𝙚𝙤𝙣𝙚 𝙣𝙖𝙫𝙞𝙜𝙖𝙩𝙚 𝙚𝙣𝙤𝙧𝙢𝙤𝙪𝙨 𝙘𝙤𝙢𝙥𝙡𝙚𝙭𝙞𝙩𝙮 𝙖𝙩 𝙬𝙤𝙧𝙠 𝙖𝙣𝙙 𝙩𝙝𝙚𝙣 𝙗𝙚𝙘𝙤𝙢𝙚 𝙘𝙤𝙢𝙥𝙡𝙚𝙩𝙚𝙡𝙮 𝙗𝙡𝙖𝙘𝙠-𝙖𝙣𝙙-𝙬𝙝𝙞𝙩𝙚 𝙬𝙝𝙚𝙣 𝙞𝙩 𝙘𝙤𝙢𝙚𝙨 𝙩𝙤 𝙧𝙚𝙡𝙞𝙜𝙞𝙤𝙣?
It turns out there may be a psychological reason for that.
And it reveals something uncomfortable about fundamentalism that we often overlook...
Or just don't want to see.
It turns out there may be a psychological reason for that.
And it reveals something uncomfortable about fundamentalism that we often overlook...
Or just don't want to see.
Why Smart People Become Fundamentalists
How We Build a World of Faith, Watch It Fall Apart, and Learn to Build Again
evolvingchristianfaith.substack.com
October 1, 2026 at 2:40 PM
𝙃𝙤𝙬 𝙘𝙖𝙣 𝙨𝙤𝙢𝙚𝙤𝙣𝙚 𝙣𝙖𝙫𝙞𝙜𝙖𝙩𝙚 𝙚𝙣𝙤𝙧𝙢𝙤𝙪𝙨 𝙘𝙤𝙢𝙥𝙡𝙚𝙭𝙞𝙩𝙮 𝙖𝙩 𝙬𝙤𝙧𝙠 𝙖𝙣𝙙 𝙩𝙝𝙚𝙣 𝙗𝙚𝙘𝙤𝙢𝙚 𝙘𝙤𝙢𝙥𝙡𝙚𝙩𝙚𝙡𝙮 𝙗𝙡𝙖𝙘𝙠-𝙖𝙣𝙙-𝙬𝙝𝙞𝙩𝙚 𝙬𝙝𝙚𝙣 𝙞𝙩 𝙘𝙤𝙢𝙚𝙨 𝙩𝙤 𝙧𝙚𝙡𝙞𝙜𝙞𝙤𝙣?
It turns out there may be a psychological reason for that.
And it reveals something uncomfortable about fundamentalism that we often overlook...
Or just don't want to see.
It turns out there may be a psychological reason for that.
And it reveals something uncomfortable about fundamentalism that we often overlook...
Or just don't want to see.
Maybe we’ve been asking the wrong question about fundamentalists.
Intelligence isn’t the problem.
Something much more human is going on...
And it gets uncomfortable.
Article drops tomorrow, 7 a.m. Subscribe tonight.
evolvingchristianfaith.substack.com/
Intelligence isn’t the problem.
Something much more human is going on...
And it gets uncomfortable.
Article drops tomorrow, 7 a.m. Subscribe tonight.
evolvingchristianfaith.substack.com/
September 30, 2026 at 10:32 PM
Maybe we’ve been asking the wrong question about fundamentalists.
Intelligence isn’t the problem.
Something much more human is going on...
And it gets uncomfortable.
Article drops tomorrow, 7 a.m. Subscribe tonight.
evolvingchristianfaith.substack.com/
Intelligence isn’t the problem.
Something much more human is going on...
And it gets uncomfortable.
Article drops tomorrow, 7 a.m. Subscribe tonight.
evolvingchristianfaith.substack.com/
I don't need the Bible to be perfect to take it seriously.
In fact, its contradictions demand more from me than perfection ever could.
A perfect book could tell me what to think in a life of faith.
But it takes a complicated one to force me to learn how to think in a life of faith.
In fact, its contradictions demand more from me than perfection ever could.
A perfect book could tell me what to think in a life of faith.
But it takes a complicated one to force me to learn how to think in a life of faith.
September 30, 2026 at 9:01 PM
I don't need the Bible to be perfect to take it seriously.
In fact, its contradictions demand more from me than perfection ever could.
A perfect book could tell me what to think in a life of faith.
But it takes a complicated one to force me to learn how to think in a life of faith.
In fact, its contradictions demand more from me than perfection ever could.
A perfect book could tell me what to think in a life of faith.
But it takes a complicated one to force me to learn how to think in a life of faith.
One of the strangest things about deconstruction is realizing how much fear used to feel like faithfulness.
-Fear of hell
-Fear of doubt
-Fear of being wrong
-Fear of leaving
Losing that fear may feel like losing God.
But it isn't.
It's healthy to let it go.
-Fear of hell
-Fear of doubt
-Fear of being wrong
-Fear of leaving
Losing that fear may feel like losing God.
But it isn't.
It's healthy to let it go.
September 30, 2026 at 5:02 PM
One of the strangest things about deconstruction is realizing how much fear used to feel like faithfulness.
-Fear of hell
-Fear of doubt
-Fear of being wrong
-Fear of leaving
Losing that fear may feel like losing God.
But it isn't.
It's healthy to let it go.
-Fear of hell
-Fear of doubt
-Fear of being wrong
-Fear of leaving
Losing that fear may feel like losing God.
But it isn't.
It's healthy to let it go.
Ultimate Mystery isn't a theological problem waiting to be solved.
It's what remains after our answers reach their limits.
I don't think a mature faith involves learning enough to codify Mystery.
It's learning how to live meaningfully without eliminating it.
Embrace the adventure of faith.
It's what remains after our answers reach their limits.
I don't think a mature faith involves learning enough to codify Mystery.
It's learning how to live meaningfully without eliminating it.
Embrace the adventure of faith.
September 30, 2026 at 3:00 PM
Ultimate Mystery isn't a theological problem waiting to be solved.
It's what remains after our answers reach their limits.
I don't think a mature faith involves learning enough to codify Mystery.
It's learning how to live meaningfully without eliminating it.
Embrace the adventure of faith.
It's what remains after our answers reach their limits.
I don't think a mature faith involves learning enough to codify Mystery.
It's learning how to live meaningfully without eliminating it.
Embrace the adventure of faith.
Maybe the question after deconstruction isn't, "What can I still believe?"
Maybe it's, "What kind of life is worth building now?"
Beliefs matter.
A lot.
But eventually reconstruction has to become more than just adhering to a new set of ideas.
Maybe it's, "What kind of life is worth building now?"
Beliefs matter.
A lot.
But eventually reconstruction has to become more than just adhering to a new set of ideas.
September 29, 2026 at 9:01 PM
Maybe the question after deconstruction isn't, "What can I still believe?"
Maybe it's, "What kind of life is worth building now?"
Beliefs matter.
A lot.
But eventually reconstruction has to become more than just adhering to a new set of ideas.
Maybe it's, "What kind of life is worth building now?"
Beliefs matter.
A lot.
But eventually reconstruction has to become more than just adhering to a new set of ideas.
We usually ask whether a belief is true.
But here's a better question:
What kind of relationships does this belief facilitate?
You see, every theology creates a social world.
Some teach power-over. Others power-with.
Pay attention to that.
The difference is more important than any doctrine.
But here's a better question:
What kind of relationships does this belief facilitate?
You see, every theology creates a social world.
Some teach power-over. Others power-with.
Pay attention to that.
The difference is more important than any doctrine.
September 29, 2026 at 3:01 PM
We usually ask whether a belief is true.
But here's a better question:
What kind of relationships does this belief facilitate?
You see, every theology creates a social world.
Some teach power-over. Others power-with.
Pay attention to that.
The difference is more important than any doctrine.
But here's a better question:
What kind of relationships does this belief facilitate?
You see, every theology creates a social world.
Some teach power-over. Others power-with.
Pay attention to that.
The difference is more important than any doctrine.
This is odd...
We hope spiritual growth will change us,
Then we avoid the things that actually change us:
-practice
-failure
-reflection
-adjustment
-repetition
Spiritual transformation isn't something we discover,
Or something that happens because we read about it.
It's something we rehearse.
We hope spiritual growth will change us,
Then we avoid the things that actually change us:
-practice
-failure
-reflection
-adjustment
-repetition
Spiritual transformation isn't something we discover,
Or something that happens because we read about it.
It's something we rehearse.
September 28, 2026 at 9:01 PM
This is odd...
We hope spiritual growth will change us,
Then we avoid the things that actually change us:
-practice
-failure
-reflection
-adjustment
-repetition
Spiritual transformation isn't something we discover,
Or something that happens because we read about it.
It's something we rehearse.
We hope spiritual growth will change us,
Then we avoid the things that actually change us:
-practice
-failure
-reflection
-adjustment
-repetition
Spiritual transformation isn't something we discover,
Or something that happens because we read about it.
It's something we rehearse.
I think treating resurrection as the reversal of death is a mistake.
What if it's what becomes possible because something has actually died?
-An identity
-A certainty
-A God-concept
-A former life
Maybe resurrection begins when we stop trying to resurrect what really needed to end.
What if it's what becomes possible because something has actually died?
-An identity
-A certainty
-A God-concept
-A former life
Maybe resurrection begins when we stop trying to resurrect what really needed to end.
September 28, 2026 at 3:01 PM
I think treating resurrection as the reversal of death is a mistake.
What if it's what becomes possible because something has actually died?
-An identity
-A certainty
-A God-concept
-A former life
Maybe resurrection begins when we stop trying to resurrect what really needed to end.
What if it's what becomes possible because something has actually died?
-An identity
-A certainty
-A God-concept
-A former life
Maybe resurrection begins when we stop trying to resurrect what really needed to end.
𝙎𝙤𝙢𝙚𝙩𝙞𝙢𝙚𝙨 𝙮𝙤𝙪𝙧 𝙗𝙤𝙙𝙮 𝙠𝙣𝙤𝙬𝙨 𝙗𝙚𝙛𝙤𝙧𝙚 𝙮𝙤𝙪𝙧 𝙢𝙞𝙣𝙙 𝙙𝙤𝙚𝙨.
A conversation wakes you up.
An idea gives you energy.
A possibility makes you lean forward.
What if those surges of aliveness are clues?
A conversation wakes you up.
An idea gives you energy.
A possibility makes you lean forward.
What if those surges of aliveness are clues?
A Surge of Energy Out of Nowhere
Passion: Flowing with a Higher Purpose
eclecticmass.substack.com
September 28, 2026 at 2:01 PM
𝙎𝙤𝙢𝙚𝙩𝙞𝙢𝙚𝙨 𝙮𝙤𝙪𝙧 𝙗𝙤𝙙𝙮 𝙠𝙣𝙤𝙬𝙨 𝙗𝙚𝙛𝙤𝙧𝙚 𝙮𝙤𝙪𝙧 𝙢𝙞𝙣𝙙 𝙙𝙤𝙚𝙨.
A conversation wakes you up.
An idea gives you energy.
A possibility makes you lean forward.
What if those surges of aliveness are clues?
A conversation wakes you up.
An idea gives you energy.
A possibility makes you lean forward.
What if those surges of aliveness are clues?
𝙏𝙝𝙚 𝙤𝙥𝙥𝙤𝙨𝙞𝙩𝙚 𝙤𝙛 𝙛𝙪𝙣𝙙𝙖𝙢𝙚𝙣𝙩𝙖𝙡𝙞𝙨𝙢 𝙞𝙨𝙣'𝙩 𝙥𝙧𝙤𝙜𝙧𝙚𝙨𝙨𝙞𝙫𝙚 𝘾𝙝𝙧𝙞𝙨𝙩𝙞𝙖𝙣𝙞𝙩𝙮.
You can change every doctrine and keep the same need to be right.
The deeper alternative is learning to hold convictions without needing everyone else to be wrong.
You can change every doctrine and keep the same need to be right.
The deeper alternative is learning to hold convictions without needing everyone else to be wrong.
September 27, 2026 at 9:01 PM
𝙏𝙝𝙚 𝙤𝙥𝙥𝙤𝙨𝙞𝙩𝙚 𝙤𝙛 𝙛𝙪𝙣𝙙𝙖𝙢𝙚𝙣𝙩𝙖𝙡𝙞𝙨𝙢 𝙞𝙨𝙣'𝙩 𝙥𝙧𝙤𝙜𝙧𝙚𝙨𝙨𝙞𝙫𝙚 𝘾𝙝𝙧𝙞𝙨𝙩𝙞𝙖𝙣𝙞𝙩𝙮.
You can change every doctrine and keep the same need to be right.
The deeper alternative is learning to hold convictions without needing everyone else to be wrong.
You can change every doctrine and keep the same need to be right.
The deeper alternative is learning to hold convictions without needing everyone else to be wrong.
Christianity isn't dying because the world has somehow become less spiritual.
It's dying because too many people discovered they could become more compassionate, curious, and more fully human outside than inside the church.
That's not a evangelization problem.
It's a spiritual formation problem.
It's dying because too many people discovered they could become more compassionate, curious, and more fully human outside than inside the church.
That's not a evangelization problem.
It's a spiritual formation problem.
September 27, 2026 at 3:02 PM
Christianity isn't dying because the world has somehow become less spiritual.
It's dying because too many people discovered they could become more compassionate, curious, and more fully human outside than inside the church.
That's not a evangelization problem.
It's a spiritual formation problem.
It's dying because too many people discovered they could become more compassionate, curious, and more fully human outside than inside the church.
That's not a evangelization problem.
It's a spiritual formation problem.
Sometimes the faith we lose was never really ours to begin with.
It was inherited before we were old enough to question it.
Deconstruction can feel like losing faith because, for the first time, we're actually discovering what it is that we actually believe.
It was inherited before we were old enough to question it.
Deconstruction can feel like losing faith because, for the first time, we're actually discovering what it is that we actually believe.
September 26, 2026 at 9:01 PM
Sometimes the faith we lose was never really ours to begin with.
It was inherited before we were old enough to question it.
Deconstruction can feel like losing faith because, for the first time, we're actually discovering what it is that we actually believe.
It was inherited before we were old enough to question it.
Deconstruction can feel like losing faith because, for the first time, we're actually discovering what it is that we actually believe.