by Derek | Apr 16, 2014 | Feelings
So I’m pretty brand new to TLS, and I wanted to share a bit. I grew up fundamentalist Christian – 7 years spent as a Calvinist Southern Baptist. I had a crisis of faith my first semester of college, partly because I was meeting people who seemed to not be...
by | Jan 20, 2014 | Feelings
Two years ago my husband and I moved from Pittsburgh, PA to a small coastal town in North Carolina. I will call it Mayberry, USA. We had found this 2 traffic light village from driving through it on our yearly vacations to a nearby resort. The idea of living the...
by | Jan 18, 2014 | Ideas
So…lucky enough to have a Skype conversation with David today. Always invigorating. Always challenging. Always reminds me that I’m sane. I’m grateful. We caught up. We shared stories. We commiserated. We talked of our endless desires, his and mine....
by shade | Nov 26, 2013 | Spirituality
http://theunsparedrod.wordpress.com/2013/11/25/outloud/ i wrote this tonight about church last night (sunday). i thought belonging would make things easier. somehow i thought i could do this. all i have found is that while i belong, i also do not believe as...
by shade | Nov 23, 2013 | Spirituality
this is a post i wrote about what happened when i decided to join our church. i’m still kind of bemused, uncertain, giddy from doing it. http://theunsparedrod.wordpress.com/2013/11/23/measure/
