When I lost the Jehovah’s Witnesses, I ultimately gained everything. Those 25 people taking care of me? Two atheists, a Muslim, a Jew, gay people both churched and not, and traditional church folks like me. None of them would have been accepted by the faith I left behind — where salvation was only for a chosen few. I want an afterlife like my life has been: one like Revelation 7:9, a great multitude of diverse people existing together in love of each other and their Creator. It’s not up to me to say who qualifies.In my search, I left behind conditional, behavior-based love and traded it for the unconditional grace shown by a true family, whose bonds have nothing to do with DNA.And I’m dying grateful for that.
What a fascinating and yet very sad article. I’m very sad that the author passed away, especially at my age. But it was an interesting insight into somebody who “found faith I could do business with.“ She found a Christianity without any real need for Christ. She’s so eloquent and so clear and now she’s gone. Very sad
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