Category: Church Culture

  • My Experience with Church Hurt, Part 4

    My Experience with Church Hurt, Part 4

    This is the final part of my series on church hurt. In the first three posts, I shared experiences that reshaped how I view community, leadership, and trust within the church. This last post isn’t about the wound — it’s about the healing. It’s about what I’ve learned, what I’ve released, and how God has…

  • My Experience with Church Hurt, Part 3

    My Experience with Church Hurt, Part 3

    Hurt…Again When we found our new church in 2016, I thought the hard part was over. I was hopeful—maybe even a little naive. I wanted this to be the place where healing turned into belonging. But healing isn’t always linear, and community can be both beautiful and complicated. A New Church, A New Hope I…

  • My Experience with Church Hurt, Part 2

    My Experience with Church Hurt, Part 2

    In Part 1 of this series, I shared how I grew up in church. I also discussed how I poured myself into ministry. Eventually, I reached a breaking point. It left me burned out and disillusioned. Walking away was both freeing and unsettling. I didn’t know who I was outside of constant church involvement. Part…

  • Am I Carnal?

    Am I Carnal?

    Recently during a message at church, the scripture reference was 1 Corinthians 3. “However, brothers and sisters, I could not talk to you as to spiritual people, but [only] as to [a]worldly people [dominated by human nature], mere infants [in the new life] in Christ! 2 I fed you with milk, not solid food; for you were not yet able to…