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Explaining “almost an atheist”

April 13th, 2008  |  by Helen  |  published in My change in faith

Recently I posted something I wrote, Spirituality and Everyday Life on Jason Clark’s blog. One of the commenters asked me to define “almost an atheist” . I’m posting their comment and my response because it turned out to be one of my more concise attempts to explain what I mean by “almost an atheist”.
They [...]

Almost an atheist

December 17th, 2006  |  by Helen  |  published in My change in faith

In November I gave a 25-30 minute talk at Off The Map’s annual conference, in a workshop called “Almost an Atheist”. I’ve written about how it went below, including a detailed summary of what I said in the talk.
I originally posted the following write-up on Conversation at the Edge. (There are some comments on [...]

Why I Don’t go to Church Anymore

July 13th, 2006  |  by Helen  |  published in My change in faith

This was published in the Wednesday Journal, July 5, 2006. It led to some interesting dialog in subsequent issues. You can find links to that on this Conversation at the Edge page.
I used to love going to church. I was there every Sunday, ready to worship God with my Christian friends and learn more about [...]

My Story: Taking Off The Duct Tape

April 29th, 2006  |  by Helen  |  published in My change in faith

This is the new, improved, short account of my spiritual experience over the last 21 years.
I became a Christian in a fairly ‘typical’ way at the age of 20. My curiosity was aroused by some Christians I met at college whose involvement in all things Christian was very evident. After talking with them and some [...]

A pastor tries to help me

April 25th, 2006  |  by Helen  |  published in My change in faith

I was guest blogger for the Off The Map eBay Atheist blog April 25-27. I posted this piece of writing as one of my blog entries. If you follow the link you can read how people responded to it.
Two days ago I ran into a friend and was telling her how Off-The-Map wants to help [...]

My Story: The Questions Which Didn’t Have The Right Answer

March 30th, 2006  |  by Helen  |  published in My change in faith

This is a ‘work-in-progress’; it is my attempt to share some of the experiences and thought processes which have taken me away from being a committed, Bible-believing Christian. I became a Christian in 1984. I began to have serious doubts around 2001 which eventually led me to withdraw from my involvement in church and Bible [...]

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