Monthly archive March, 2007

Why we leave – it’s not Jesus fault

You would think that something Jesus began, and thousands followed, would not be the thing that we are all now rejecting. When we read about the early church we wonder why our churches are not like that. I have come to the conclusion that the majority of churches I have attended bear very little resemblance... Read More

Christianity outside the ‘four walls’

It was over 40 years ago when I was treasurer of a Church of England Parish Church, that I asked the question in a Men’s Discussion Group, “What is the purpose of life?”  The immediate response of the Vicar was, “Peter, that’s the 64,000 dollar question (a lot of money in those days), you can’t... Read More

I couldn’t take the condemnation anymore.

That’s what Christianity does, makes you hate yourself. To be a Christian, one must believe that their self, their essential self is bad. Christianity takes away the natural exuberance from life. That’s what happened to me as a child, and I spent the next 20 years trying to make peace with the angry sky-god I... Read More

Moving on…not out

My faith is bigger than the church … that is why i choose to move on to another church and not out of Christianity. It is difficult to change churches.  The church body becomes a community of people who know you and care about you.  And vice versa.  It is the “family of God”.   I... Read More