Tag: Spiritual Trauma

How it Continued: Church Hurt Part 2

I thought leaving that church would be the end of it. 

I left for college with naïve confidence. Being out on my own, making my own choices, this meant I was going to get church right, and church was going to be right, be what it was supposed to be in my life.                                                                                                                         

And yet a few months ago and just as many years as I spent in that first church later, I found myself triggered in pews and more … continue reading

Where it All Began: Church Hurt Part 1

This is where it all started.

That first church, that welcomed me as a newborn in the nursery here. Then into kids’ classes.

Baptized here, youth group here, a pianist here.

My mom the secretary, my dad head deacon, and oh so many days spent here.

Fervent prayers. Deep friendships. Beautiful music.

And the first several years of my life that was all I knew here. Or at least all I remember. The best of playing with friends, the joy … continue reading