The Hateful Christians Creating Former Christians

The Beautiful Mess by John Pavlovitz Podcast · Jun 30, 2024 · 5m

The woman's voice began to quiver.

She'd just introduced herself to me in the hallway of our church, and for a couple of minutes she'd held it together. But as she started to share the difficulty of the past few months, the strain showed on her face and her cheerful facade quickly began to crumble and fall away before my eyes—until finally she blurted out the words punctuated by heavy sobs:

"I don't know if I believe anymore."

I'd like to say that my first feeling was surprise or sadness—but honestly it was deja vu. This is commonplace now in this work I do. This is normal.

There is an…