For the love of the game? My thoughts on the NBA and how it's more like going to a concert than a game davehubbard.notion.site
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Probably just gonna leave social media altogether but the more I read about Mastodon the more it sounds like a good idea sfba.social/@dhub
When I'm feeling down I like to listen to John Legend's All of Me and sing it to Life. Gives me hope every time.
It's baffling how people will look on others in disgust for commiting gun violence, but in the midst of a pandemic that has killed over 900,000 those same people will walk into a store without a mask on.
The more I open my eyes to notice white supremacy the more I realize that the version of Christianity I learned is inundated with it. To be clear, the message of Jesus isn't racist, the way we've taught it is racist. If that sounds crazy you're probably too close to notice.
The answer to that is what I experienced in my teenage years, and highlights why the church has become irrelevant in the lives of many.
New post about my teenage years growing up in the church and how my parents raised me. 2/3
Hopefully I'm still welcome in their house after this one. ＊Gulp＊ Read it losingchurch.com 3/3
#church #godislove #love #jesus #disconnection #authenticity #bible #freedom #boundaries #teenager #adolescence #curfew #parenting #nurture #pornography #porn #shame #religio
When we say things like 'God is love' - all the while ignoring people's authentic selves - and expect them to fall in line with our own interpretation of the bible (aka 'be like us'), what happens within them? Do they feel loved? 1/3
'The church's views on sin, and my parent's reinforcement of that theology, left me feeling that God's love was dependent on my ability to follow what someone else thought was best for my life.'
New post, 'What I Learned as a Child' at losingchurch.com
'In my deconstruction I'm still the same person, I just don't go listen to a white man dressed in a collared shirt on a Sunday morning telling me his agenda as if it's the be all end all anymore.'
Maybe you're fine going to church your whole life. I was too for a long time. 1/2
And maybe I've just been tainted by some bad experiences, but maybe you'd have been too if you were in my shoes. Maybe one day I'll go back to church, but right now it all just feels so pointless.
losingchurch.com
#deconstruction #church #christianity 2/2