Greetings friends, I just published a new blog post (excerpt and link below) - go check it out and feel free to share it far and wide.
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Glenn || PATREON | BUY ME A COFFEE
“We weren't meant to do life alone and yet sometimes the journey of deconstruction / reconstruction / de-orientaton / re-orientation / ... whatever ... sometimes it feels like the loneliest place on earth.
Right?
Like, when I began to ask questions about hell, salvation, etc, etc, etc ...
A friend / professor of 20 years Facebook messaged me and expressed that he was concerned to see me straying from Orthodox Christianity and the message of Jesus. 20 years, and I get an accusatory Facebook message.
No phone call.
No text.
No, "you got a few minutes to talk?"
Or, "how's your family?"
Or, "I'd love to hear more about your what you're doing with your podcast."
Another professor mockingly told me that it was time to come in from the wilderness and join God's work in the church.
A family member called me a blasphemer and declared that the Devil has a hold of my life.
Old church friends unfriended me on Facebook.
Some messaged me and told me that I was a false teacher headed for hell and bringing all of my podcast listeners with me.
Another called me a Social Justice Warrior and said that I wasted my seminary education on this silly "deconstruction".
I was called names, like "the Doctor of Deconstruction".
I was mocked.
I was unfriended.
Blocked.
Shamed.
... And left to ponder whether or not I could ever trust anyone else again. After all, professors of 20+ years, family members, friends, church family ... all Christians ... aren't these people that I'm supposed to be able to trust? Aren't they supposed to represent Jesus to me?
I mean, if I can't trust a family member.
Or a friend.
Or a church member.
Or a pastor.
Or a seminary classmate.
... Who can I trust?”