I have a confession to make
I have another confession to make…12 years later, I still hear this Foo-Fighters song in my head whenever I say that phrase. The irony of referencing that song in this post isn't lost on me, either. Because the confession I'm about to make is one that's taken quite awhile for me to work up the courage to write. I haven't read my Bible in over a decade. Walking away from an Evangelical community was more of a life-altering decision than I imagined. I lost more than my Faith - I lost much of the only community I'd ever known. There are relationships that I had, where I could say I'd known someone "forever" - and mean it, literally. There are family relationships going back generations that fell apart, friendships I thought would last a lifetime ended when I walked away from a single aspect of my life. It's a very unique pain - to leave behind everything you've ever known, but stay in the same place geographically. Being ...