
My Emancipation From American Christianity
I used to think that it was just me, that it was my problem, my deficiency, my moral defect. It had to be. All those times when I felt like an

I used to think that it was just me, that it was my problem, my deficiency, my moral defect. It had to be. All those times when I felt like an

Dear World, I’m a Christian who feels something needs to be said about my faith tradition. Despite the ways we who practice it might declare otherwise, it is intended to beautiful and

I despise bullies. I always have. As a young boy, when I scanned the hallways at school my eyes instinctively sought out the underdog and the marginalized. I pushed back against those who brokered in

Christians, I think we’ve been exposed this week. I think the world has seen us clearly and we’ve seen ourselves—and it isn’t very pretty. We’ve all witnessed that our faith tradition has

I used to think that it was just me, that it was my problem, my deficiency, my moral defect. It had to be. All those times when I felt like an

Dear World, I’m a Christian who feels something needs to be said about my faith tradition. Despite the ways we who practice it might declare otherwise, it is intended to beautiful and

I despise bullies. I always have. As a young boy, when I scanned the hallways at school my eyes instinctively sought out the underdog and the marginalized. I pushed back against those who brokered in

Christians, I think we’ve been exposed this week. I think the world has seen us clearly and we’ve seen ourselves—and it isn’t very pretty. We’ve all witnessed that our faith tradition has