Love your honesty friend. Amazing how quickly people assume that walking away from ‘church’ is somehow walking away from God or spirituality. Church is broken people and practice; Community is relationship and can be found within and outside of church. Keep writing~ReplyCancel

Hi Pumpkin, God still loves you no matter what. You will never lose your Salvation. Don’t forget the poem “Foot Prints” he’s always with you and protecting you. I know that for sure, when I was drowning, he pulled me out of the water, as I was hooked on a depth sounder and couldn’t get loose. I called on our Jesus and was yanked out of the water, couldn’t walk right for about 6 weeks my leg was so sore, it was a constant reminder of what Love he has for me/us.ReplyCancel

I totally support you and your choice.

I was raised in a mixed faith family, Catholic and Protestant. My early education was in a Catholic private school and I attended church every Sunday. I had my First Communion when I was 6 and many years later was confirmed in the United Church. I was part of Young People’s groups and taught Sunday school. Then at the age of 19 I met and fell in love with a Jewish man who was brought up in a Jewish home with all their traditions. We married 40 years ago and our marriage thrived as we grew and learned together. We never attended either a Church or a Synagogue but we loved and respected each other and the life we were building. This was an enormous step as you can imagine; however, our actions drew our 2 families together as we never could have forseen. Our Mothers became wonderful friends and our families have grown and formed bonds that nothing could break. We have 2 children who have become amazing adults and now 2 (soon to be 3) grandchildren who have given our parents enormous pleasure. Also, both families became more tolerant and forgiving and this has helped them enormously over the years as their traditions have been often tested. No one has lost their faith we just practice it differently but in the end it all comes down to being good people and practicing those values we were taught as children. These values can be passed on very easily without attending a church and prayers are heard from anyplace, anytime, anywhere.

Stay true to yourself and you will always find your way.ReplyCancel

Beautiful blog post, so relate to what you’re writing! Wonderful to read that you believe in God and found your own way to get to know his heart. I left the (evangelical) church building a long time ago, too. Have been trying since to find other ways to ‘be’ church with other people, without boundaries and unnecessary habits. But, for me and my husband, it’s still a struggle!
Oh, and you write so beautifully, I think you could write books and articles for a living, too. 😉ReplyCancel

congrats! wonderful!ReplyCancel