Hey, Peeps, I need help...
Where should I go next?
Hey peeps, I need help.
I started this Substack to chronicle my deconstruction and at the time I didn’t know where it was going to lead. Now that the dust has settled and I’m more in a healing and rebuilding mode, I’m trying to decide what to write about now. That’s where I need your help.
I’m not a great idea person. That’s one reason that midway through my writing career I switched to being a collaborative author. That way I didn’t have to decide what I was going to write about. I just helped other people tell their stories.
So here I am with 500+ subscribers on Substack (Thank you all!) and I’m not sure what would best serve you. What would you be interested in hearing from me.
I don’t want to get into theology, philosophy, or politics. I’m more a devotional writer.
So, I’m asking for your help. Is there anything I could write about that you think would be helpful for people who are deconstructing or reconstructing. Putting it another way, what in my writing has most resonated with you? How can I help you?
My ears are wide open. Please shoot me some suggestions…
Humbly,
Jim
Hi, Jim! I've been asking myself the same question, and some of the people we served with our writing are at the same spot in their life journeys. I'd love to see what does faith look like when thinking about church doesn't enter the picture so much. And also, what about those who deconstructed then reconstructed their faith minus the messiness of church? They aren't leaving the faith but they are leaving evangelicalism or other churches that caused church hurt or taught teachings that were a bubble off of Bible. Or they majored on the minors. Where can reconstructed Christ followers find community? And what are examples of ways to have meaningful conversations with others that opens the door for them to feel safe to explore--to have a holy curiosity? These are some of the things going through my mind recently.
I can’t say you ought to do what I’m finally planning to get to, (this has been brewing awhile), but I sense I need to share the ways in which God has spoken to me both verbally and through mental pictures and (in one case) visions. This I don’t see as Theology, it’s much more a working relationship God and a revealing of His astounding Grace, in has made Himself known to me.
Joy, Annie