Here’s an Ash Wednesday story for you all. When I was in college, a friend showed up to class with a grey smudge on her forehead.

I pulled her aside and quietly let her know she had something on her forehead. She laughed and told me it was Ash Wednesday.

I was raised so Evangelically that this possibility had never crossed my mind. 😂

(To give context, Evangelicals do not generally observe Ash Wednesday or Lent).

#AshWednesday #ExEvangelical #Lent #Evangelical #Christianity

go sub to the YT channel MindShift, rn

MindShift (Brandon) gets it - the weight of religious programming, the complexity of untangling faith from identity, and the pain of losing a belief system that defined your world.

former bible college grad turned atheist who breaks down religious trauma without the usual condescension or edgy atheist bullshit.

he has a whole series on how the bible debunks itself, and major problems with doctrine from a place of his own trauma

if you're questioning or leaving Christianity, especially evangelical, really worth your time.

https://youtube.com/@mindshift-brandon?si=w93ocAB387Wl8wRr

#atheism #YoutuberRecommendation #ReligiousTrauma #Deconstruction #ExEvangelical

Llewelyn John Evans, Presbyterian minister, comments on Galatians 6:2. Christ’s law is Love; He teaches the obligation of mutual service. Even in his divine mission, He took his infirmities upon Himself. Evans repeats the command.

Some might bristle at “all His teachings.” But no, you don’t get to teach against it, even for a day.

How can you bear another’s burdens?

#christian #exevangelical #endhomelessness #ethical #christslove