http://rediscoveringchurch.wordpress.com/2008/05/29/a-deconversion-story/ Thu, 20 Aug 2009 21:18:16 +0000 http://wordpress.com/ hourly 1 http://rediscoveringchurch.wordpress.com/2008/05/29/a-deconversion-story/#comment-50 Amy D. Thu, 29 May 2008 18:00:16 +0000 http://rediscoveringchurch.wordpress.com/?p=39#comment-50 As a mom, nothing scares me more than thinking about one of my kids rejecting Christ. As hard as it is though I know they have to "make it their own"... experience Christ in their own way and find answers for themselves. My faith, and the way I live it out, is not and should not be theirs. Terrifying, though. So I grip the steering wheel a little tighter when my daughter turns to me in the car and says, "Mom, what if the Bible isn't true?" What if, indeed. And there starts her own journey of discovery, just as it should be. As a mom, nothing scares me more than thinking about one of my kids rejecting Christ. As hard as it is though I know they have to “make it their own”… experience Christ in their own way and find answers for themselves. My faith, and the way I live it out, is not and should not be theirs. Terrifying, though. So I grip the steering wheel a little tighter when my daughter turns to me in the car and says, “Mom, what if the Bible isn’t true?” What if, indeed. And there starts her own journey of discovery, just as it should be.

]]> http://rediscoveringchurch.wordpress.com/2008/05/29/a-deconversion-story/#comment-49 hoverfrog Thu, 29 May 2008 13:47:25 +0000 http://rediscoveringchurch.wordpress.com/?p=39#comment-49 I followed your link back from Off the Map. I couldn't agree more that people, whether religious or not, should question their beliefs. Anything that has been accepted and never examined can be frightening when it is challenged. Challenging it yourself removes that chance for someone imposing fear on you and gives a you the opportunity to see yourself as a stranger might view you. A sobering thought perhaps but valuable nonetheless. I followed your link back from Off the Map. I couldn’t agree more that people, whether religious or not, should question their beliefs. Anything that has been accepted and never examined can be frightening when it is challenged. Challenging it yourself removes that chance for someone imposing fear on you and gives a you the opportunity to see yourself as a stranger might view you. A sobering thought perhaps but valuable nonetheless.

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