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I left uni (theology degree) with crippling doubts, intense cognitive dissonance and felt I have no one to talk to about it. I was terrified of being honest with myself (let alone anyone else) that I didn't really believe the faith I was raised with. I was scared that admitting https://twitter.com/sarahk330/status/1358088120189747200
that to myself would be the end of it all and I wouldn't know what to do with myself. I found the approach to my faith that I had absorbed from a variety of sources (mainly the Young Restless & Reformed camp + my Charismatic background) did not equip me either intellectually or
pastorally.
That said, my journey has looked VERY different to what many who talk about deconstruction a lot has looked like. I haven't jettisoned my faith, or even orthodox (little o) belief. I found that theological retrieval, going back to the church fathers, the great minds
That said, my journey has looked VERY different to what many who talk about deconstruction a lot has looked like. I haven't jettisoned my faith, or even orthodox (little o) belief. I found that theological retrieval, going back to the church fathers, the great minds
of the medieval period, the reformers and their followers, has given me a far better basis, both intellectually and through their pastoral insight and warmth than I got anywhere else. I don't think I'd still have a faith if it wasn't for people who pointed me back to those who
came before me and showed me something better. I don't think I've fully processed everything yet, I'm still discovering now angles of understanding what I went through but I'm far more comfortable than I ever was in my faith before, and I'd like to think a healthier influence too
