OK, this is a big one. I think most of us grew up being taught it was absolutely wrong, but I was interested to learn that this was not always the case in the church. What do you think about abortion now?

Please tell me someone else has come across this preacher. He’s from the States and, like so many things from the States, it makes its way to the rest of the world. My four cousins (all siblings) are into his teachings at the moment, and the way they talk, he’s Jesus. Wommack says this, Wommack says that. “The problem with you kids is you think…[Read more]

The church was constantly telling us not to live only for the spiritual highs, yet was constantly creating those (rousing music, sweeping language, calls for action…)
It’s interesting for me to realise now that some people don’t constantly live with those highs. And I wonder what it has done to my psyche.

Do ‘trigger words’ send you into a paroxysm of anxiety or doubt?
Since I left the church, I can’t be in a charismatic/apostolic environment at all.
Sometimes I feel tempted to wander one of those neigbhourhood churches where a friendly bunch of grey heads gather of a Sunday morning. The kind I used to avoid – the kind I used to call “the frozen…[Read more]