If you are currently in a church, Christian family or religious community, chances are you’ve heard the word “deconstruction.” The term may have been presented in a negative light to you or perhaps you don’t truly know what it means. Or, if you’ve been on social media in the last few months and follow any prominent Christian leaders, your introduction to the word may have been through a heated video clip and thread. One thing is for certain, the term “deconstruction” and all it entails is a word stirring up much controversy in American religious spaces right now. Why are people reacting so str ..read more

As a parent, we daily coach our children through handling their array of emotions. From toddler tantrums to young adult hormones, encouraging our kids to identify, then giving them the appropriate tools to effectively manage their emotions is a vital step to them becoming successful, relational humans. Emotional intelligence is now understood to be important to one’s overall health and education, as described by John Gottman in his book, Raising an Emotionally Intelligent Child, In the last decade or so, science has discovered a tremendous amount about the role emotions play in our lives ..read more

   Spiritual Identity Disruption is when what you believed or were taught about faith or spirituality collide with an opposing lived experience - which may include abuse, trauma and hypocrisy. This polarization cannot be reconciled using the existing foundation thus causing a disruption of identity and crisis of belief. Spiritual Identity Disruption was developed after I experienced this process in my own life and observed, for more than a decade, this exact pattern as countless others walked the same path, it is inclusive of a wide range of religious and spiritual backgrounds. Ever ..read more

According to a 2019 study done by The Barna Group, nearly two-thirds of U.S. 18–29-year-olds who grew up in church have withdrawn from church involvement as an adult after having been active as a child or teen.  In a 2019 study, Pew discovered that 76% of Baby Boomers identify as Christian while only 49% of Millennials describe themselves as Christian while four in ten of that 49% consider themselves a religious “none.”  What has changed in recent years to bring about a 27% decrease in those identifying as Christian? There is before us, a great divide. The division is between the chu ..read more