Just Me

  Last night, I spent some time reading one of the many books I am reading for this month. One of those books is Don’t Give Up, Don’t Give In by Louis Zamperini. I finished reading this book today. It’s a really good book and very inspirational. So inspirational, in fact, that also last night, I tweeted a few good quotes from the pages I was reading.   I first became familiar with Louis Zamperini when I read the book, Unbroken by Laura Hillenbrand. (I also saw the movie, after reading the book.) Louis’ story of how he survived in a POW camp in Japan is amazing and I was greatly inspired by his story. So of course, I was excited to read this book when I came across it. (I have not read his other book, The Devil at My Heels , but I plan to.) It’s an excellent book and I highly recommend it. And although Louis used his transformation to Christianity in his speaking engagements as a subject during his many talks, you really don’t need to be a Christian to appreciate the messa...

  I recently finished reading the novel, The Shack by William P. Young. While I am aware that this book has had a profound impact on the Christian community, this story affected me in a different way. I am no longer a Christian; I decided I was done with religion after years of seeing so-called “Christians” judging others, hating on others, refusing to accept others and, contrary to what Jesus taught, not loving others because they were different. I saw way too much backlash, hate and bullying taking place against people in the LGBTQ+ community, as well as against Wiccans, witches, and other faiths. There was one particular person I knew who refused to stop people from bullying another person who was gay, simply because that person was gay and it went against her beliefs. I was horrified. Her refusal to do anything to stop the bullying meant she was okay with that person being bullied.   This was the face of Christianity that so-called Christians showed to me. So, yeah,...