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Living it UP (weekly blog)
My Bad Breakup with the Bible
The Bible was the most important thing in my life. Now I hardly ever think of it. Here’s what happened.
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The Story of My Fall
Why I became a preacher, how I got out, what happened next.
Chapter by chapter, with text
Introduction
Welcome to Facing Up
Resignation
The horrible day I resigned.
Fairy Tales
Music is my earliest memory
Born Again
The day I met Jesus
Preacher
Why I became a preacher
Cracks
The first signs of church trouble
Disaster
I blew up my first church
Do-Over
I get a second chance.
Bandaids
How I tried and tried until I couldn’t try anymore.
Hard Reset
We hit the road in search of a new life.
Faithless in Seattle
I realize I will have to live without faith.
Nobody Knows
The first horrible discovery: We’re lost.
Nothing Matters
The second horrible discovery: There are no happy endings.
Nobody Cares
The third horrible discovery: I’m on my own.
I Spy
I walk by sight, not by faith.
Perceptual Map
Here’s what I see .
Facing Up
How I face today.
I was a preacher,
a professor,
a Godsplainer
a Rock.
Then my high pulpit crumbled.
I thought I would land,
but just kept falling.
So I traded my firm foundation
for a set of wings
and made my home
on a rush of wind.
