I wrote a blog post a few months ago called Serve or Lie - it can be found here. Since then I have been telling more and more people about my deconversion, I have been doing this slowly and through it, I have been preparing for my blog to go live in a month (which … Continue reading Serve or Leave (or Love)
I was introduced to The Clergy Project (TCP) a few months ago and have been on the journey of joining ever since. Finally, last week I was accepted as a member and am now live on their forums. TCP is an online community of religious leaders, all of whom have lost their faith. They might … Continue reading The Clergy Project
Over the last few weeks, as I have been preparing to leave the Christian place of work that I have been at for the last four and a half years, and so I have been telling a few more people that I have lost my faith. There have been some very hard conversations. Telling those … Continue reading Hard Conversations
Listening to the stories it holds being read to me by my Dad before bed, it really has had a massive impact on my life. Even now, with two young boys myself, I find them often pulling books from our shelves that are religious in their material. Maybe it's a parable with pictures that someone … Continue reading Our children are our future
I get a few emails and messages from Christian readers or Christians I know within my own personal sphere every couple of months. In these encounters they are usually trying to bring me back to Christianity. Seeing someone 'lost' and 'searching', as I am perceived by Christians, is really hard for them and if they … Continue reading Turn Sam back to Christ
I have been told my whole life that believing in God brings peace. I don't know about you, but life can be fairly full-on at times and finding a little spot of peace sounds like a really good thing! When you believe you are protected, fully understood, divinely appointed to be alive and on the … Continue reading Peace…
This blog post is going to be a little vague, as I don't want to name the charity I work for, instead I want to reflect on the implications of landing a new job at a secular place of work. I have mentioned a few times that this blog is about 6-9 months behind the … Continue reading A new job…
Simple faith. It's spoken and preached about like it is possibly the best thing someone can possess. In the Bible Jesus talks about possessing faith like that of a child. Matthew 18:2-3, '2 He called a little child to him, and placed the child among them. 3 And he said: “Truly I tell you, unless … Continue reading A simple faith
Have you been in a large crowd before? At something like a gig or sporting event? The atmosphere can be overwhelming. Hundreds or thousands of people all coming together to chant, cheer, scream and all focused in on one specific event. I have been to a lot of Christian conferences, festivals and misc events. Some … Continue reading Music and Crowds
This is the first post I have written and published in the same week - feels strange. I just wanted to let you know that on the 3rd of June that the podcast 'When Belief Dies' will be doing live. That's a mere four days away - I am very excited. It has taken a … Continue reading The podcast is going live!
