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One Good Thing I Learned in Church: Embrace

April 23, 2015 Leave a Comment

t_t_cover_front_1As a contributor to Talking Taboo: American Women Get Frank about Faith, I had the opportunity to guest post for Erin Lane, co-editor of the anthology, in answering the question: what’s one good thing you learned in church?  


Growing up I never got to be the new kid in class. For some this might sound ideal, but for me it was stifling. I went to the same school my entire life, and when I graduated from high school there were twenty students in my grade, four of whom I’d known since kindergarten. If I could go back to that first day of school and talk to my five-year-old self, I’d tell her, be careful about what version of yourself you choose to be today because that’s the person everyone will think you are for the next twelve years.

Church was my chance at reinventing myself.

Read the rest of my post at Holy Hellions.  

Filed Under: Faith Tagged With: Christianity, compassion, faith communities

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