Confession

Confession, Community, and Conquerors

Confession, Community, and Conquerors

I recently had a conversation with someone that grew up in the Catholic church who now attends Willowdale Chapel. He wanted to know how our church does confessions.

“Well…it’s a little different here.” I explained that even though we don’t have a set time and place for confession the way the Catholic church does, we’re encouraged to confess our sins directly to God as well as to close friends. It’s a more “organic” process.

I’ll Go First: When Sexual Shame Meets the Love of Jesus

I’ll Go First: When Sexual Shame Meets the Love of Jesus

This is a hard blog post for me to write. The hardest, probably.

The words aren’t hard to find. They’ve been locked up inside of me for about twenty years, waiting patiently for this day to come. They’ve made their way out here and there, in one-on-one conversations or with small groups of trusted friends.

But still there are days when it feels much safer to keep those words quiet, stashed under my bed or in the corner of a dark closet where they belong. At least, that’s where he told me they belonged.

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