Making New Friends

This is a kind of continuation of last week’s letter on community. Probably the most difficult issue for Lisa and I once we left the church was community, or friendship. I’ve been doing a lot of thinking about it because loneliness sucks. Lisa and I were anything but...

The Oughts, The Musts, and the Shoulds

I don’t know about each one of you personally, but I’m sure many of us grew up and lived in a religious context that was defined by ought and must and should. So many rules! Expectations! Goals! Dangers! Warnings! They weren’t always explicit though. They were...