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by Athena
Wed Sep 11, 2019 10:25 pm
Forum: Welcome -- please introduce yourself here.
Topic: A year of healing
Replies: 17
Views: 4929

Re: A year of healing

Hi, Lerk! Why yes, it was "Our Dear FC." :) It is a small world indeed, especially in the coC, so I would be surprised if I didn't know, or know of, your DIL. As the years have gone by, I've heard of a few classmates who have bravely left the coC fold (not heard through gossip, but rather ...
by Athena
Thu Aug 22, 2019 9:22 am
Forum: Welcome -- please introduce yourself here.
Topic: A year of healing
Replies: 17
Views: 4929

Re: A year of healing

Is it too optimistic to think that my generation is, in general, more ecumenically-minded and less judgemental than the older generations? I don't know. Are you a millennial? No. I'm approaching 40 :o Old enough to have seen friends grow up, fall away, change their tune, "eat-pray-love," ...
by Athena
Tue Aug 20, 2019 11:42 pm
Forum: Welcome -- please introduce yourself here.
Topic: A year of healing
Replies: 17
Views: 4929

Re: A year of healing

Don't go to the reunion. I agree with Sean...don't go!! Oooh. But then I would be letting fear run me off, and then the "what-if's" would be with me forever. But then again, I could go and find myself in awkward conversations, which might be regretful too. Is it too optimistic to think th...
by Athena
Sun Aug 18, 2019 11:00 pm
Forum: Welcome -- please introduce yourself here.
Topic: A year of healing
Replies: 17
Views: 4929

Re: A year of healing

Anyway - I do remember the 'history of the coc'. We were hiding in caves. Until we emerged into the light in the very home of cave systems: Kentucky! Holy moly...I had never connected it to the cave system in KY! :lol: And we've got a lot of 'em here too in central FL. I must be standing on holy gr...
by Athena
Sun Aug 18, 2019 10:55 pm
Forum: Welcome -- please introduce yourself here.
Topic: A year of healing
Replies: 17
Views: 4929

Re: A year of healing

My wife and I were Baptist. We became familiar with the Church of Christ through a Bible study with a c of C minister. There is a certain logic with their approach to the Bible. The problems with their logic doesn’t become apparent until much later. "A certain logic," as in psuedo-logic: ...
by Athena
Sun Aug 18, 2019 10:39 pm
Forum: Welcome -- please introduce yourself here.
Topic: A year of healing
Replies: 17
Views: 4929

Re: A year of healing

teresa wrote:Welcome to the board. Did you mean to write "three stream"? I am glad you found a church that you love.
Yes, indeed. I will go correct that now! :)
by Athena
Fri Aug 16, 2019 9:20 pm
Forum: Welcome -- please introduce yourself here.
Topic: A year of healing
Replies: 17
Views: 4929

A year of healing

Hi. I'm new here. I found this forum several years ago when I was still working out my struggles within the coC. Though my family left the coC a little over a year ago, I was triggered today, which led me to back to this place again. Let me share my story. I was born and raised in the conservative/a...