Thanks again, Holly. I'm so sorry that you had to go through this, although you certainly seem to have come through it as a vastly better human. Signed, a lapsed former Evangelical whose parents thought that attending Billy Graham crusades was a great recreational activity.
Having been swept up at the time by "Focus on the Family" , I was all too close to sliding down that slippery slope myself - with my wife and two kids in tow.
Something tells me that you would appreciate the graphic novel Shelter belts, by Jonathan Dyck. Published by Drawn and Quarterly. It explores the tensions in a conservative Mennonite community in Manitoba, with a liberal pastor and his queer daughter set against a conservative mega church. It's the same world that has inspired the novels of Miriam Toews.
Though taken piecemeal, most of what you wrote is painfully obvious for those who are paying attention. Your background changes that. Combined with the fact that so many basically decent people aren't really paying attention, it is a might powerful peace - Thank you Holly
Amazing stuff Holly. I am glad you took that scary jump, and are sharing it with us
Thanks again, Holly. I'm so sorry that you had to go through this, although you certainly seem to have come through it as a vastly better human. Signed, a lapsed former Evangelical whose parents thought that attending Billy Graham crusades was a great recreational activity.
Having been swept up at the time by "Focus on the Family" , I was all too close to sliding down that slippery slope myself - with my wife and two kids in tow.
Something tells me that you would appreciate the graphic novel Shelter belts, by Jonathan Dyck. Published by Drawn and Quarterly. It explores the tensions in a conservative Mennonite community in Manitoba, with a liberal pastor and his queer daughter set against a conservative mega church. It's the same world that has inspired the novels of Miriam Toews.
Please, go ahead and bash evangelical Christianity. They deserve it.
Though taken piecemeal, most of what you wrote is painfully obvious for those who are paying attention. Your background changes that. Combined with the fact that so many basically decent people aren't really paying attention, it is a might powerful peace - Thank you Holly