Life after "church" & in the new thing...
One of the surprising things about deconstruction and rebuilding has been the impact of what you know, mentally, actually hitting your soul square in the face for the first time. We know a lot of things to be true cognitively - like educationally or what we learn in school or what we memorize for a grade. When those things "hit home" at a deeper level, it is an emotional revelation. You simply don't know until you know and feel in ways that are bigger. __________ I remember the first time my youngest child had a soda. He wanted to try a Sprite with his meal instead of juice or milk, etc. It wasn't a moment I was expecting to be "a moment". He sipped the cold Sprite and immediately paused, closed his eyes, and audibly, in a whispery voice said, "Aaaaaahhh" for a long time, with a very pleased look on his face. He repeated this several times during the meal, almost as if he couldn't believe it was real the first time. Some things like that for ...