Recent Posts Tagged With 'quester'

• What can I know?

  Posted on Thursday September 17th, 2009 at 20:06 in christianity, Bible, gospel, atheism, Faith, reason, truth, jesus christ, salvation, deconversion, quester, faith claims

  I was a seminary-trained pastor who felt responsible for those I pastored. I was responsible for telling them the truth, and more- for pointing to the Truth, the Way and the Life. My problem was that I could not figure out what the truth (or Truth) w...

• The Sky’s the Limit- a Poetic look at De-converting

  Posted on Friday June 19th, 2009 at 22:56 in religion, poetry, God, metaphor, evidence, parable, analogy, deconversion, quester

  The pictures I drew of my home, when I was a child, showed the typical square house and triangle roof with a thick strip of green across the bottom of the page and a similar strip of blue at the top. After all, grass is green and found under our feet...

• Finding home, again

  Posted on Tuesday February 3rd, 2009 at 19:15 in quester

  February 17, 2008, I preached my last sermon, said my good-byes, and changed out of my clergy garb for the last time. Since then, I’ve learned some things similar to Josh’s experiences, though our roads have had some different curves. Whe...

• Fighting the fear of hell and eternal torment

  Posted on Monday December 8th, 2008 at 22:01 in religion, christianity, fear, salvation, hell, eternity, condemnation, quester

  Different visitors to this site are at different points of their de-conversion journey. However, I've been noticing an increasing number of people at the point where their fear of Hell and eternal condemnation is keeping them from getting any furthe...

• William P. Young’s “The Shack”

  Posted on Monday September 8th, 2008 at 02:06 in religion, book review, morality, suffering, theodicy, quester, the shack, william p. young

  While I was still working as a pastor, I brought my doubts to my bishop and he started the process of finding me a spiritual mentor. The process of my leaving licenced ministry for an indefinite period of time went faster than the process of finding ...

• What does a de-converted minister do with all their stuff?

  Posted on Tuesday June 10th, 2008 at 22:45 in moving, ministry, memories, packing, sadness, de-conversion, quester

  I was an ordained minister for almost three years when I asked to leave and have my license revoked because I could no longer see any reason to believe in God. I have now moved out of the house I was living in (provided by the parish I worked for) an...