by Trey Ferguson | Faith Deconstruction, Identity
People tried to tell me about seminary. I even heard pastors jokingly refer to it as “cemetery.” Looking back, I’m not sure if they were actually joking, or if it was one of those “laugh to keep from crying” situations. But I’d been warned: seminary wouldn’t be gentle...
by Trey Ferguson | Spiritual Writing
Theology is full choices. Some of those choices are conscious, and some of them we make unawares, but we’re always choosing something. One of those choices is what we’re prioritizing in the grand narrative of scripture. Put another way: which lens will shape the faith...
by Trey Ferguson | Faith Deconstruction, Spiritual Writing
I’ve never needed to read the Bible for me to desire good. If I’d never encountered the Bible, I would still be repulsed by what my ancestors endured on the plantations of the Caribbean and the southern United States. I do not need to visit the canon of...
