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 wrote Helen, your candour is welcome; and I would happily [more]
Dec 172006
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 it there)
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 how to be a faithful Christian. I volunteered at [more]
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 careful consideration, I prayed ‘the prayer’ to ask Jesus [more]
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