If you are feeling disenfranchised, like there is no room for you at the inn, you are not alone.

Maybe you’ve left institutional religion for any of variety of reasons. Maybe you’ve walked away from God, too. The process of deconstruction is bumpy and long but so much more rewarding than staying where you no longer feel welcome. Read my recent post about what to expect on the path of deconstruction here.

Sooner or later, the reasons to leave a church home outweigh the comfort of staying in a place that doesn’t have room for you. Eventually, the status quo becomes too constrictive. Some teachings or ways of being just stop making sense. I’m here for you if you can no longer tolerate toxic theology.

I totally understand your feeling disenfranchised and deprived of your right to fully participate and express yourself in the institutional church. I did, too. After my kids were raised, my church didn’t have much space for me to offer my gifts, other than serving the coffee and donuts.

This is not God’s story for us. I want you to see yourself the way God sees you! In the words of John O’Donohue:

May you learn to see your self

with the same delight,

pride, and expectation

with which God sees you in every moment.

Know that God yearns for your return to the divine embrace – like the prodigal father who longed for his child’s return, watching the horizon, hoping and waiting. Seeing his son in the distance, the father ran out to greet him and embraced him without waiting for any apology. The prodigal father was overjoyed at the return of his son. God, who loves you as lavishly and unconditionally as the prodigal father, is overjoyed that you are searching for a way back into relationship, even if all you’re doing is poking around on the Internet!

Let’s talk!

I invite you to pick a time to talk to me about where you are on your spiritual journey and whether my companionship on that journey would be helpful.