by Cynthia Davis | Faith Deconstruction, Identity, Spiritual Writing
My husband Brad and I were sitting in one of our favorite pizza places one mid-October evening when I wasn’t in North Carolina, Norfolk, or holed away with a giant mug of coffee and a bowl of popcorn tapping out a school term paper. I’d just started my second year in...
by Kate Meyer | Mental Health, Spiritual Writing
The county in which I live has a vast trail system open to exploration. Some trails are minimally maintained, and others have been paved; some end at a beach on the shores of Lake Michigan, and others are entirely wooded. Imagine the grief journey as a part of that...
by David Morris | Faith Deconstruction, Spiritual Writing
The song “Nothing But Flowers” by the Talking Heads casts a post-something (post-apocalyptic? post-modern? post-evangelical?) vision where once there was a factory, and now there are mountains and rivers. Or once there was a parking lot, and now it’s covered with...
by David Morris | Faith Deconstruction, Spiritual Writing
As I write, it’s just three days away from December 25—Christmas. I must say, my thoughts are shifting away from work. My feelings of hope and love are bubbling up, even though it can also be a difficult time. Maybe it’s just religious conditioning, but I feel...
by David Morris | Spiritual Writing
Friends, Julia Rocchi (pronounced “rocky”) has given us a gift in her new book Amen? Questions for a God I Hope Exists. When I first read Julia’s manuscript, I felt calmer, more at peace. It wasn’t because I felt closer to a being I can’t necessarily say is there, but...
by David Morris | Mental Health, Spiritual Writing
Friends, So many of us at one time or another suffer from some form of mental illness. The percentages might not be sizable, but we all know someone who has struggled, if not even ourselves. But there’s one mental health struggle that affects 100% of the population:...
