1/5 📚🧵 Empty the Pews by Chrissy Stroop, Lauren O'Neil

As one who's struggled to define my 30+ church yrs as abuse or no (& cult or no, while we're here), I like this description -- "an eating disorder of the soul."

P111 "I wouldn't say being raised Christian was necessarily abusive either, but surely there's something wrong...

https://bookshop.org/p/books/empty-the-pews-stories-of-leaving-the-church-chrissy-stroop/14398729

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#books #reading #bookcommunity #booklist #exchristian #exchurchofchrist #nonfiction #EmptyThePews

#introduction - i guess I'll keep doing this?

I read/listen to things abt #cults & #urbanlegends - I'm curious about #belief but not looking for #religion. (I'm #exchurchofchrist deconstructed/ #formerchristian). I do read about religion. A lot.

Other stuff:
#crossstitch - a bit stuck on a pattern of #godzilla.

#crochet - with yarn - i used #plarn for a bit to make tote bags out of used plastic bags

#drawing (badly)

#postcrossing - i like to send/ receive mail from strangers