Allowing my faith to flex The United States is out of Afghanistan after a twenty year occupation. That military conflict is so noteworthy to me because it truly did shape my life. As I wrote a few weeks ago, 9/11 changed how I thought, lived, and worshiped. I remember, as I developed a protest of the global war on terror, how I continually felt out of step and out of place with my youth group. Thank God for my youth pastor Marc Zeisloft who lovingly accepted my protest. I remember my vocal opposition to the war as I confronted even our Senior Pastor about it (and thankfully, he was gracious too). I credit my conservative Evangelical church for actually, amazingly, holding space for me as a high schooler as I developed. The reason I name my Evangelical youth group’s support for me is because they allowed me to explore and express my faith without saying I didn’t have any. They certainly held more space for me than my peers (and granted, I was an argumentative teenager).
How deconstruction saved my faith
How deconstruction saved my faith
How deconstruction saved my faith
Allowing my faith to flex The United States is out of Afghanistan after a twenty year occupation. That military conflict is so noteworthy to me because it truly did shape my life. As I wrote a few weeks ago, 9/11 changed how I thought, lived, and worshiped. I remember, as I developed a protest of the global war on terror, how I continually felt out of step and out of place with my youth group. Thank God for my youth pastor Marc Zeisloft who lovingly accepted my protest. I remember my vocal opposition to the war as I confronted even our Senior Pastor about it (and thankfully, he was gracious too). I credit my conservative Evangelical church for actually, amazingly, holding space for me as a high schooler as I developed. The reason I name my Evangelical youth group’s support for me is because they allowed me to explore and express my faith without saying I didn’t have any. They certainly held more space for me than my peers (and granted, I was an argumentative teenager).