Final Thoughts about My Honest Question -- "I Don't Fit Anywhere" ... in CHURCH

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Final Thoughts about My Honest Question -- "I Don't Fit Anywhere" ... in CHURCH

I’ve been thinking about the comments from my Honest Question post a few days ago.

I have one final thought — maybe it’s that some people are really reacting to “the CHURCH” more than “religion/legalism” or “God Himself.” And why might that be? What about the “CHURCH” turns people off?

I get it. We have been in many churches in various traditions. I’d like to share some of my own struggles with church. Maybe you can identify and so maybe we can all understand others’ issues.

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Another answer to my Honest Question: "The Smile that Destroyed my Religion!"

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Another answer to my Honest Question: "The Smile that Destroyed my Religion!"

I’m still pondering my honest question (See my previous post and “Honest Question”).

Maybe many people are living without a “sense of religion / legalism” but they are mistakenly equating that with a “sense of GOD.”

I get that. Religion/legalism can be deadly. BUT relationship is Life-giving.

So I’m remembering and sharing the most pivotal point in my own spiritual journey … The smile that destroyed my religion. Here is my turning point:

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An Answer to my Honest Question?

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An Answer to my Honest Question?

Back in 2012 when I was just beginning to write A Branch in the Vine, I did a series I called “Findings in the Files.” My sister and friend Tresca reminded me of this poem as part of the answer to my “Honest Question” (see my previous blogpost and the comments).

So here is a partial answer along with a beautiful response. May you be blessed as you read.

FINDINGS IN THE FILES, 2012

The following two findings are a true study in contrasts -- Invictus by William Ernest Henley and My Captain by Dorothea Day.

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